Jane S. Witherspoon 🇪🇸 - Rambler Profile

What do you love about being a Sole Sister Ramblers founder?

When we created this little passion project, it was during the pandemic. Jill Thomas came to visit me in Panama, and we would spend hours walking the beach, reigniting a long-standing friendship. We would talk about life, growing older, and wishing we had a community of women like us with whom we could connect.

Three years later, a global community of women like us has found a safe space to share, embrace female friendship, and know they are not alone in this journey. This fills me with pride, joy, gratitude, and love every day as I connect with women around the world.

Tell us about where you live and where you grew up?

I currently live in Denia, Spain, and I LOVE living here. My life started in Manchester, England, and when I was three, we immigrated to Canada. My home was Calgary, Alberta, where I grew up and raised two of my children.

I had always dreamed of living on the West Coast of Canada. With one young daughter still at home, we moved to Salt Spring Island, where my other two grown daughters followed shortly after. Once I was an empty nester, I relocated to Victoria, BC, for a couple of years and then started my big expat adventures.

After living in Panama for seven years, my husband and I relocated to Denia, Spain, three years ago and plan to make this our long-term home.

What words would you use to describe yourself?

Kind - I strive to live life by doing what is right through my actions, words, and choices.
Procrastinator - This is not a quality that I find a positive aspect of my personality. It is an ongoing challenge.
Adventurous - I discovered a passion for exploring new places in my thirties. I am in my happy place when arriving at and discovering a new destination.
Calm and Balanced - Being a Libra, it is important for me to feel safe and comfortable.
Easy going - Most of the time, I am happy to go with the flow and am open to experiencing a new adventure that is suggested.

Where is your favorite place to ramble, and why do you love it?

I like to be anywhere away from the noise and hustle of modern life, whether it is the mountains of the West Coast of Canada, the jungles of Panama, the wilds in a new country while on my adventures, or the hills of the Costa Blanca Coast of Spain. Being out among nature allows me to reground, slow down, and appreciate life.

What advice would you give your younger self?

That everything will be okay. It is a long journey, and you will continue to grow, evolve, learn, and become someone you are proud to be. There will be difficult moments in your journey, but they will only make you stronger.

You will learn that you are smarter, stronger, and more worthy than you give yourself credit for. Believe in yourself, and you will grow into a strong and independent woman who may still struggle with insecurity but will find courage and become the person you have hidden inside.

What thing in your life had the most impact on who you are now?

There isn’t one single thing that has impacted who I am now. Every decision I have made in life has contributed to who I have become. I take full responsibility for the decisions I have made and the impact they had along the road.

The mistakes, and there have been many, provided an opportunity to learn and grow. The difficult times made me stronger, and the beautiful moments in life have brought me joy. 

What is on your bucket list?

Yoga retreat in Reshikesh, India.
Do a one-month trek along the Camino 
Tour the Netherlands and live aboard a boat on the canals
Stay in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal
Travel to Egypt with my daughter, who also loves Ancient Egypt

Other random things about me!

I am a crafty person and enjoy doing all sorts of artsy activities.
I volunteer at a cat sanctuary and would have a house full of them.
I am an introvert and need to recharge after social engagements.

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