About Caz and Craig

Hi there,

My name is Caroline, or Caz for short, and I’m married to Craig and we have a beautiful 2 year old daughter named Kalyra. The meaning of Kalyra’s name might give you a little insight as to who we are.

Her name is an Australian Aboriginal name that means ‘a wild and pleasant place.’ We discovered it on our travels through the USA at a vineyard in Santa Barbara. We stumbled upon “Kalyra Wineries” on the tour and found out it was owned by two Australian brothers. We immediately loved the name because it’s unique,  it came from our travelling experiences, it’s from our country, and we are all about living a wild and pleasant life. (oh and she’s named after some very nice wine, I might add!)

Craig and I love to travel. I threw the backpack on the day after I graduated from Uni, did a little trekking around Indonesia and then headed to London to start my teaching career (in the worst section of London!). I had a wild time in London for two years, travelling the UK and Europe and living in a house of 12-25 crazy international backpackers. From there I did a summer season in the bars of the tourist section of Dublin (working that is-for the most part!) before travelling through Vietnam and Thailand on my way home.

I was hooked on travel and knew that this was the life for me and was ready to go on my next adventure. That was when I met Craig, who shared the same passions as me. Craig spent the early part of his teens and twenties playing a Professional sport in Australia called Rugby League,  until he retired due to injuries. He fell into a career in construction, but the passion just wasn’t there and he wanted to go on an adventure around the world also.

Three days after we got married, we headed off for a 5 year honeymoon working and travelling across the globe. We taught English in Bangkok, Thailand  for 6 months and traveled all over Thailand, Cambodia and  Vietnam. We then lived in Dublin, Ireland for one year. From there we traveled throughout the UK and then backpacked East Africa, from Kenya to Cape Town for 5 months visiting 8 countries along the way.

However, the money started running out and we were getting ready to move to the USA for our next working adventure. So, to  earn some more income,  we worked on a Pearl Farm in a remote location off the coast of  Broome in Western Australia. We would have to catch a sea plane to work where we would live and work for 5 weeks at a time. It was backbreaking work but we were prepared to do whatever it took to get us to our destination.

We then moved to Raleigh, NC in the USA and worked for 2 years. We loved living in the States and road tripped from sea to shining sea. We thought we were ready to go home to settle, and so moved back to Queensland on the east coast of Australia, but not without spending a couple of months in China, Laos and Thailand first. It was at this time that we realized we wanted to start a family.

We knew that we could never give up travel, it was what we lived for – the passion, the excitement, adventure and freedom of it was deeply entrenched in our soul. But we knew backpacking just couldn’t be done with a child so we began to explore other options to create the money needed to travel more in style. During this time we had our daughter and also decided that we wanted to relocate back to Raleigh to live and so here we are now.

We made some mistakes along the way and realized we had some work to do on ourselves to raise our attractor-factor. Our focus had switched from adventure and freedom to ’settled and paying bills’. If only we knew then what we know now – we got what we focused on that’s for sure! We didn’t understand a lot about business and Personal Development and never really had a great teacher to learn from.

I guess you can say we always had the entrepreneurial spirit though, without ever really realizing it. The life we led was brave and daring, and it was a path that we carved for ourselves. Life was totally on our terms. We decided where to go and what to do. We know what it takes to make dreams happen.

Also, previous to our travel adventures, we had purchased two real estate properties, and ended up doing very well out of them, even though we didn’t really have experience in that field. We just acted on “gut” instinct and it paid off!

Life as a backpacker can be very tough and challenging. Travelling for months on end, living out of a backpack and a tent, riding around on local transport (ie: on the back of a pick up with twenty other people, chickens, bikes, sacks of rice and potatoes) and living like the locals. You have to be made of strong stamina to survive it. But the rewards are so worth it.

We witnessed some incredible sights and did activities through 33 countries (Gorillas in Uganda, Massai Worriors in Kenya, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Safari’s throughout Africa, Octoberfest in Germany, Running with the Bulls in Spain, Magnificent Beaches, Whitewater Rafting the Nile River, Grand Canyon, Rock Climbing in Thailand, Yangzee River in China, Nelson Mandela’s Robben Island home, War Tunnels in Vietnam, Snorkeling amazing reefs, and met some AMAZING people.

We learned that if you want something bad enough, and if you are willing to withstand the challenges, it will come to you and it will be so worth it!

This is what got us through the bad times and we’ve now come to realize through the help of many great teachers that we have got what it takes. We have since learned about entrepreneurship  and think like one too. Our travels have taught us so much about life and the enjoyment of it. We have learned many lessons along the way through our struggles also. We’ve experienced a deep and rewarding life.

Craig and I knew that we had so much within us to share and we weren’t doing that. After much soul searching we finally understood that all the knowledge and insight we gained through traveling was done for a purpose. Not to be hidden within our souls but to share with others so that they may see a brighter future and a bigger more powerful world. Our mission is to help each individual grow to their full potential. In doing so our precious planet that we have grown to know and love so much will benefit. A better, happier you means a better, happier community, and a better, happier earth.

Craig and I know how to live life to the fullest. We are great at inspiring others to live their best life, and showing them how to enjoy all the wealth and happiness this amazing planet has to offer.

Live Your Best Life!

Caz and Craig Makepeace

Raleigh, NC, USA
Email: makepeace@workwithcazandcraig.com
Home Office: +1 919-518-9772
Caz Cell:         +1 919-745-9478
Craig Cell:     +1 919-608-5377

P.S…”The world is a book and those who don’t travel read only a page!”

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