The Way of the Founder Podcast with Dina Marie
E21: From Escape to Expansion: Travel as a Tool for Inner Growth & Entrepreneurship

What if travel wasn’t just about changing your location, but about changing your life?
In this episode of Your Business: Untethered, we're going deep with global citizen and freedom entrepreneur Freeman Fung, exploring how transformational travel can crack you open, shake you up, and bring you back home to yourself.
From escaping the pressure cooker of Hong Kong to redefining freedom on his own terms, Freeman shares his story of using travel as a soul tool—not an escape hatch. Together, we unpack the F.E.L.T. framework (Financial, Emotional, Location, and Time freedom), and why emotional freedom is the real unlock to designing a life and business you don’t need to run away from.
This isn’t just a conversation about travel—this is a permission slip to pursue your own inner journey, break free from the boxes you’ve outgrown, and finally start living untethered.
Inside this episode, we dive into:
✨ The difference between running away and breaking free
✨ Why emotional freedom is the foundation of total freedom
✨ How conscious travel becomes a mirror for personal growth
✨ The messy beauty of shifting relationships as you evolve
✨ Why creating space (literally and energetically) reveals your truest self
✨ How the F.E.L.T. framework helps define freedom on your terms
This episode is your reminder that the real passport to freedom is already inside you—and travel, entrepreneurship, and healing are just some of the tools to find it.
🎧 Hit play, and take the next step in your journey back to YOU.