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Send us Fan Mail Heute geht's auf die Insel! Mein Gast ist Vanessa, eine Engländerin, die lange in Österreich gelebt hat und seit 10 Jahren wieder in ihrer alten Heimat Hertfordshire lebt. Vanessa arbeitet als interkulturelle Trainerin und Sprachlehrerin, und natürlich sprechen wir ausgiebig über das Sprachenlernen und die Unterschiede zwischen Englisch und Deutsch. Außerdem geht’s ums Umzieh...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is a true ATCK - an adult third culture kid. Third Culture Kids are people who were raised in a culture other than their parents' or the culture of their country of nationality, and also live in a different environment during a significant part of their child development years. Shakti is also the author of Colours of a Cultural Chameleon: "Where are you fr...

Send us Fan Mail For my very first Destination Special, we're travelling to South America! Nikki Palazzo, born in the US and a former expat in Germany, is showing off the city she's called home for the last 18 months: Asunción, the capital of Paraguay.  Join us on our virtual weekend through this colourful and friendly city and find out where to eat, drink cocktails and watch the sunset....

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Sabine, a fellow German transplant in New Jersey, who's lived in the US since 2010. Her story is truly harrowing and amazing at the same time: Sabine talks about how a life-altering emergency made her expat journey take a 180, and how her life has changed since then. We talk about how an emergency situation like this affects your family in and outside of you...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is a true nomad - Iliana, a Living Abroad Strategist, writer and scientist, born and raised in Bulgaria, and currently living in Chicago. Iliana left life behind the Iron Curtain for adventure in the US just before the millennium and has since lived in five countries on three continents. We talk about the transience of life, making friends all over the world, wh...

Send us Fan Mail Und weiter geht's mit den deutschen Folgen! Mein heutiger Gast ist Susann Reiner, alias Madame Süsette, Vintage-Liebhaberin und Geschäftsfrau mit Herz. Susann ist ursprünglich aus Thüringen, und floh mit ihrem damaligen Mann kurz vor der Wende in den Westen, wo sie sich in der Nähe von Stuttgart niederließen. Susann war ausgebildete Krankenschwester, bevor sie ihren Beruf an...

Send us Fan Mail We're heading to Rotterdam today. My guest is Sicilian Rossella Davi, who's lived in the Netherlands on and off for the last 12 years. While we talk a lot about how national stereotypes aren't always applicable, we also can't escape them, and have a good laugh at Dutch minimalism vs. Italian drama, amongst other culture shocks.  Find Rossella on Instagram , or...

Send us Fan Mail Meine erste Folge auf Deutsch! Mein heutiger Gast ist Monique Menesi - vielleicht bereits bekannt durch ihren Muttersprache-Podcast , oder ihren Unternehmer-Podcast zum Business-Aufbau. Monique ist erfolgreiche Unternehmerin, Auswandererin und Coach mit mehr als 30 Jahren Erfahrung. Wie sie selbst das Auswandern mit ihrer Familie meistert (Dubai, Katar, Schweiz und USA) und was si...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is "The Culture Guy" - Christian Höferle, founder, president and CEO of The Culture Mastery, a coaching, mentoring and consulting company based in Atlanta, Georgia.   Our conversation starts with Christian's early life in small-town Bavaria (incidentally, the exact same area and time period I grew up in),  his experience as a 17-year-old exchange stud...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is, without a doubt, the most global person I've had the pleasure of talking to! She is none other than two-times author, writer, speaker, economist, language enthusiast and passionate expat, Mariam Navaid Ottimofiore. To say that today's episode is a love letter to learning languages is an understatement, and you will find so much wisdom in Mariam&apo...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is for all the aspiring writers out there and, of course, their equally important enthusiastic readers! My guest is Catriona Turner, a seasoned expat and newly published author. Her memoir, "Nest - a Memoir of Home on the Move" is widely available. We chat about Catriona's expat journey,  taking her from Scotland to France, Uganda, Congo and Den...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is an education warrior: Brantley Turner-Bradley, East Asia Education Director for Dwight Schools . Born in Brooklyn, NY, Brantley spent 25 years of her life in China and is raising three TCKs with her husband. We spoke in June, while Brantley and her family were in the US; they are currently embarking on a new venture in Hanoi, Vietnam. We cover a whole range of su...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Katherine, who was a guest on my podcast two years ago, an expat coach, writer, and locational astrologer.  Using my own journey as an example, we're traveling the world looking at some of the places I've lived in or visited, and how the date, place and time of my birth are determining how I react to different places in the world. If you're int...

Send us Fan Mail We're going really deep today!   My guests are American family and sex therapists Julia & Jeremiah, who currently live in Utrecht, The Netherlands. They are the founders of "Sexvangelicals - the sex education the church didn't want you to have", and co-host the Sexvangelicals Podcast. Sex! Religion! Politics! We talk about it all in this episode. Our topics...

Send us Fan Mail Hey, it's me, I'm still here! Just a little update from yours truly. The sound isn't very good as I recorded this in the car, but at least it's a little sign of life! In a nutshell: I'm spending more time writing these days than on the podcast, but it's still going. :-) Please leave feedback and suggestions, contact me if you want to be on my podcast...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Chase, an American currently based in Spain and Germany.   Chase works as Head of Remote at Doist , a pioneer of distributed work that specializes in productivity software. He is responsible for developing and executing the company's remote work strategy. Having worked remotely for over 12 years, as one of Doist’s 100 employees in 35 countries, he has a whol...

Send us Fan Mail In our second conversation, Lea and I jump right back in and pick up a few subjects we mentioned in Episode 48. This time we dig even further into our expat minds, and Lea takes me deep into Jewish cultural history and how it's shaped the collective psyche.  We also talk about how our own experiences have not only shaped us, but also keep influencing our immediate families, a...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is the first of two parts - I'm talking to Lea Misan, London-based author, psychotherapist and coach, as well as trauma counsellor. She's the executive director of UK charity Act for Change, and has worked extensively with expats. We talk about everything from what it's like to grow up with multiple languages, moving countries at a young age and...

Send us Fan Mail We're venturing east today, to Japan! My guest is Taro, a Kyoto based photographer, who grew up in California, but decided to explore his heritage and moved to Japan in his twenties. We talk about what it's like to be a foreigner in a country that's strange and familiar at the same time, the intricacies of Japanese rules of behaviour, drinking culture, and why there...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is another Texas girl! I do love my Texans, and Kaci is no exception. Originally from Houston, and in need of a new direction in life, she decided to try her luck at a job posting in Rome. Fast forward a few years, and her home is now a small town in Tuscany. Honestly, Kaci's story reads like a film script, and I truly hope someone can take it to the silver scr...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest has made me miss not only one, but two places! Alex Katte, originally from Houston, TX, lives near Munich with her German husband and new baby son. We discuss the weird similarities between Bavarian and Texan cultures, the joys of driving without a speed limit, and the special charm of traditional clothing. Of course we also delve into the cultural differences,...

Send us Fan Mail A little glimpse into my new surroundings! I've not had time or energy to set up new interviews with other expats, so today it's just yours truly, sharing some thoughts and updates from my new home in New Jersey. I'm reading out my latest blog post, which of course you can also read right here . In the meantime, find me on Facebook , Instagram, or check out my websi...

Send us Fan Mail Here's my belated last episode of 2021 to kick off 2022! My guest is another expat in Germany, Lawin from the Philippines. We chat about Lawin's unexpected journey to becoming a European resident, his somewhat frosty welcome in Germany and what to expect when you move into a new place, as well as the main differences in working culture, how to make friends, and the beaut...

Send us Fan Mail Here it is, my last episode of the year! I'm talking to Aspen, an American who grew up in Hawaii and has been based in Munich, Germany, for the last nine years. Our conversation ranges from discussing cultural differences including the vastly different social systems in the US and Germany, her journey through German bureaucracy, bluntness, and loneliness, and the reasons why...

Send us Fan Mail This is a Thanksgiving special! Just kidding, but we recorded it on Thanksgiving day, and so there's a fair amount of festive talk in this conversation. My guest is Jenn, an American who's been living in Rome for the last four years. We talk about the beauty of Italy, and la dolce vita, but also how vulnerable you can feel as an expat, and how moving to a new country can...