A widow, who died of a sudden heart attack, shifted to Bali with her two sons to adopt a digital nomadic lifestyle.
Kate Marilut, 44, an emotional flexibility coach and mentor, lost her husband Nigel, 47 in May 2020.
Left to lift his two boys, Kiran, 13, and apples, 10, alone, Kate decided to pursue a long -held dream.
Working in Paris earlier, Ms. Marlat had always desired to become a digital nominee, who was working from a distance while traveling to the world. Family life in East Sussex’s Peshavan caught those plans.
However, the tragedy motivated her to jump in September, transferred Sanur, Bali – at the same place she and her Buddhist husband had honeymoon in 2010.
Now, while living in a three-bedroom villa with a pool, Ms. Marilat and her sons enjoy a life filled with surfing, snorkeling and other daily adventure.
She says that the low cost of living allows her money to “move three times”, allowing her sons to educate her personally and eat more often. The move has changed his life, given a new beginning and a chance to flourish in a new environment.
After the death of her husband, Ms. Marlat initially felt that she was living in a “changed situation of consciousness”, but her background as a writer and coaching helped her through difficult days, “to avoid survival”.
“It was the most difficult day of my life when Nigel died,” he said.
“Suddenly, you go from marriage to a widow to single parents, you have these labels, and you think, ‘Who am I now? What do I want to create? What do we want to lead life?”
“Sometimes you need to take a step from that life, which is to find out what will happen when you go back.”
Nearly a year after her husband’s death, Ms. Marlat and the children moved to Saltadin, and they continued to use techniques that she has taught over the years, mainly emotional freedom technology (EFT) exploitation, including tapping on specific points on the body “clear trauma and emotional crisis”, and focused on self-assessment.
Ms. Marlat later wanted to change her environment to help her and children “heal”, and she began looking at options to expand her online business globally and fulfill her dreams of traveling abroad and fulfilling the dream of working.
He and his children flew to Sanur in September.
She said that Bali has been “amazing” but “alone” many times, and still “navigate the emotional waves of single parenting and financial freedom”.
According to Banak’s global living report, digital nomads have more saving of more than a quarter (more than 28 percent), while about one (24 percent) feels more economically safe – and it has been a case for Ms. Marilut.
She said that she can pick up her clothes, iron and bring back for about 5 pounds per week and the food is “so cheap”.
“These things have allowed me to take more time, more space, more self-care,” Ms. Marilut explained.
“I can eliminate my upcoming novel, grow my business and exist more for my children and send them to private schools, which I could not do in the UK.”
Once her children grow up and settled, she wants to adopt a digital nomadic journey and working life worldwide – and expects to visit Australia or other places in the next Asia.
Ms. Marlat, a published writer in seven languages, said that the move brought her and her children together and will encourage others to “step outside their rest area”.
“It has been given me a place to learn myself again for the next season.
“I definitely got more energy here, I feel more grateful to peace, and it has prepared me for this chapter and the next one.”
