Namita Nayyar:
You’ve been based in South Korea for two years. Do you plan to stay longer, or is there another country or region you want to live in next?
Audrey Martin:
South Korea is still where I see my future. Even though I’ve traveled to more than 50 countries and deeply loved many of them, Korea is the only place that truly feels like home emotionally. At the moment, my boyfriend and I are constantly traveling together between countries while I work toward returning to South Korea legally and building a stable future there.
He is Korean, and we’ve been together for almost two years now. During this period where I’ve been outside Korea more often, we traveled through Italy, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and Georgia together, and soon we’ll also visit Morocco, Mexico and Norway.
But honestly, no matter where we go, Korea still feels like home to both of us. I genuinely cannot wait to return there, rent a beautiful apartment together, reunite with our cats and rebuild our daily life.
I also feel deeply connected to Korean culture itself:
- The discipline,
- The safety,
- The respect people have toward others,
- The ambition,
- The balance between modernity and tradition,
- The way people quietly take care of each other,
- The food,
- The language,
- The atmosphere of daily life.
Everything about Korea feels emotionally comforting and motivating to me at the same time. Of course, Italy will always remain part of me because it raised me, and maybe one day my boyfriend and I could also imagine spending part of our future there. But if you ask me where my heart truly feels at home, the answer is South Korea.
Namita Nayyar:
What is a dream adventure you haven’t yet done – something that still scares you or feels out of reach right now?
Audrey Martin:
One of my biggest dreams is cave diving. I already scuba dive and currently hold a Rescue Diver certification, but I would love to continue progressing and eventually obtain deeper diving certifications so I can safely explore underwater caves.
I’m fascinated by the silence and isolation of the underwater world. It feels almost meditative to me. Another huge dream of mine is Antarctica. My boyfriend and I already promised each other that one day, after getting married, we want to go to Antarctica for our honeymoon.
I think it perfectly represents the kind of relationship we have:
- Adventure,
- Discovery,
- Pushing limits together,
- And experiencing something unforgettable.
Namita Nayyar:
Five years from now, where do you see yourself, and what message do you hope to be sharing with your community at that point?
Audrey Martin:
Five years from now, I hope I’m married to my current boyfriend and hopefully building a family together.
Ideally I would love to have twins because twins run heavily in my family, but honestly even one healthy child would make me happy.
Professionally, I hope my travel consultancy agency continues growing. My goal is not simply to organize vacations. I want to completely change the way people experience travel. I don’t like superficial tourism where people arrive somewhere for two days, take photos and leave without understanding anything about the culture or people.
The way I travel is much deeper and slower.
I spent:
- four months in Japan
- one month in Indonesia
- one month in Tanzania
- two months in Brazil
- almost two years in Portugal
- nearly two years total in South Korea
- almost two months in Thailand
- weeks traveling through Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
I love living inside cultures instead of simply observing them from outside.
The most valuable part of travel for me has never been landscapes alone — it’s always been the people:
- Their idea of happiness,
- Their relationship with family,
- Their mentality toward work,
- Their emotional values,
- Their way of living life.
That’s exactly what I want to share through my business. I want to help people experience countries deeply and emotionally instead of simply consuming destinations. And honestly, one of my biggest dreams is that one day this becomes something my boyfriend and I build together because he also deeply loves travel and cultural exploration.
Namita Nayyar:
Finally, if a young woman today is struggling with anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating, and feels completely trapped by her scale and her reflection – what is the one sentence you want her to hear from you?
Audrey Martin:
If I could say one thing to a young woman struggling with anorexia, bulimia or binge eating, I would say this:
Your body is not the problem. Your mind is suffering. And because of that, my biggest recommendation will always be therapy.
I personally don’t feel comfortable giving strict diet or mental health advice because I’m not a doctor, and I think these topics are far too delicate for simplistic advice online.
Every person is different.
Every story is different.
What worked for me may not work for someone else.
But therapy genuinely changed my life.
I’ve been in therapy for four years now, and it was one of the greatest acts of self-love I’ve ever done for myself. I also want people to know that it’s completely okay to change therapists. When I first tried therapy, I thought therapy simply “wasn’t for me.” After a few sessions, I quit because I felt disconnected from the therapist I had chosen.
A year later, I decided to try again. The first consultation still didn’t feel right, but then I found the therapist I still work with today, and everything changed.
So I always tell people:
Don’t be afraid to keep searching until you find someone who truly understands you.
And most importantly:
Don’t try carrying everything alone.
Healing takes time, but you deserve to feel peaceful inside your own mind and body.
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