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Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Izge, who grew up in Turkey, left her home country to study in the US, worked in various locations. and then decided to move back and forth a few times. She now feels like a complete mix of the two countries and slightly at odds with both from time to time.  We talk about those seemingly small moments that change the trajectory of your life, the best way to i...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Janine, a Canadian expat in Valencia, Spain. Janine left Canada over 14 years ago, but never planned to stay this long. Cupid had other plans, however, and she ended up staying, and after initial bumps in the road, is now fully embracing her expat existence. We talk about the strange sense of not belonging, how to survive - and even embrace - the dark days, a...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I'm back! Today I don't have just one guest, but two! Married couple Megan from the US and Simon from the UK are on the show to tell us their story and share some insights into the differences between their countries. "Great Britain and America are two countries divided by a common language" - this famous George Bernard Shaw quote couldn't be more t...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is someone you might have heard of if you're a) Francophile, and/or b) a comedy enthusiast. Paul Taylor is a British stand-up comedian who lives in Paris with his French wife and daughter, and performs both in English and French.  We talk about his career transition from Apple employee to full-time comedian, how to do comedy in two languages, the peculiarit...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is my namesake Steffi, originally from the UK, who's lived in Southern Germany for a couple of years now. She calls herself an unexpected expat, and had never anticipated a move, or having to learn another language. Of course we discuss the many aspects of learning German,  how she slowly overcame her fear of talking to native speakers, and how ultimately the w...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Brigitta, a Hungarian with some Canadian roots, who's married to an American. And not just any American, but a member of the US Army. We talk about what it's like to deal with the many moves and ups and downs of army life, how to make and maintain friendships when your life is so transient, and how to cope with the sacrifices you need to make someti...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Corinna, a fellow German in the US. Corinna currently lives in Cape Cod with her American husband and two children, although they hadn't planned to live there, and might still up sticks and relocate. Corinna's story resonated with me on so many levels - being married to someone not from your home country, trying to make it work in one country, but missi...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Marie,  a fellow European bringing up kids in the United States. Born in France, Marie lives in Michigan with her American husband and two children.  We talk about what it's like to try and maintain your mother tongue as the minority language in your household and country, and how to create the need to use "your" language, while accepting that your...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Dana, an American in Munich, Germany. Dana is a seasoned YouTuber, and her channel, Wanted Adventure , is an absolute favourite of mine. She is also the author of a really funny and insightful book about learning German, You Go Me On The Cookie! , which we talk about at length. It's only published in German at the moment, and is a wonderful reminder for us G...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Cath, who was a guest on my show over a year ago, and it was so good to be able to continue our conversation. It's not easy to have a flowing conversation and then try to fit it into an hour-long episode, so I was more than pleased to delve into all the things we didn't have time for last time. Our conversation meandered from the whirlwind beginnings of...

Send us Fan Mail Today I'm talking to Brenda, a "Nebraskan farm girl turned global adventurer" about her life in Tanzania, where she lives with her Tanzanian husband and their twins and various extended family members, running a safari business, Tanzania Choice Safaris . Brenda is a wonderful storyteller and talks openly about her journey from being an introverted Western woman to e...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is the wonderful Sundae Schneider-Bean, author, podcaster, and intercultural coach and strategist, whose mission is to help global individuals achieve their international and personal goals. Having been a member of Sundae's coaching program, I loved hearing her story - from meeting her Swiss husband on a backpacking trip, to moving to Switzerland, experiencing...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to my new season! For the next few weeks and months, my focus will be on cross-cultural relationships, and I'm kicking off this new approach with a wonderful guest:  Carol El Hawary from Scotland, who lives in Cairo with her Egyptian husband. I still maintain this should be a movie script: a holiday romance in a country her aunt had strong connections with turned Caro...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is one of my favourite expat podcasters: Nicole Palazzo from The Expat Cast – "the podcast where expats share stories about fitting in, standing out, and every mishap on their journey to feeling at home abroad".  We talk about the dark moments of expat life, how we discover things about ourselves we didn't know, and what happens when your primary...

Send us Fan Mail It's just me today, celebrating my podcast's first anniversary and over 2,000 downloads, as well as making a little announcement. Thank you so much for being such fantastic listeners! Don't forget to spread the word, and please subscribe! You can also find me on my website , on Instagram , or join my Facebook group. See you next time!

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Katherine from Bad Days Abroad , the blog she decided to start in order to process her own journey as an expat and her recent decision to repatriate to Estonia, her passport country, after 15 years of living abroad. Katherine describes herself as an adult TCK, having spent most of her formative years in Switzerland, Portugal, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, a...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Martina from Germany, who has  lived in Spain, Switzerland and Australia, and is currently enjoying life in California with her young family. Martina created her blog, Almonds & Sunset , to celebrate the beauty and adventures of life abroad. Languages are one of her biggest passions, and if you're ready to listen to two German language nerds geeking...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I have the great pleasure of talking to Expat Empire founder David McNeill.  Originally from the United States, David has lived in Beijing, Tokyo and Berlin, and is currently based in Porto, Portugal. He started Expat Empire because he has a genuine passion for living abroad, and wants to inspire people to move and show them how to do it. He has produced books, podcasts and...

Send us Fan Mail My very special guest today is Feli from Munich, aka Feli from Germany (that's her YouTube channel ). I love talking to people with a similar background, and in typical German fashion, we jumped right into all the dicey topics you avoid in polite conversation in America: ignorance when it comes to world matters, sex, politics, religion, and many more. We had a blast! Feli exp...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Etienne, whom I met through my husband's work, and who I knew within five minutes of meeting absolutely had to be a guest on my podcast. Originally from South Africa, Etienne has lived in Germany and then moved to the US in 2000 with his South African wife. They now live in San Diego, CA, with their three children. Our conversation topics span the full US ex...

Send us Fan Mail Here's my take on a traditional but not entirely typical German Christmas (is there such a thing?). After my intro, I'm reading two of last year's blog posts I wrote about Christmas traditions in the US, UK and Germany, and the mix my family has created. If you've already read them, feel free to skip ahead to minute 19. If you'd like to check out the posts...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Rachel from YouTube channel "Meet the Germans"! I always love talking to people with a connection to Germany, and Rachel being a Brit in Germany was a double whammy of fun for me. Apart from comparing notes on German and British culture, we also discuss what it's like to move in stages, and the importance of moving on your own terms, especially...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Oscar, a software engineer from Uruguay. At the age of 17, he ventured away from his home country to achieve his career dreams, but eventually decided to put family first and return to Uruguay, after living in the US, the UK and Portugal. We discuss what it's like to find your place in the world when your sense of belonging is askew, and you constantly q...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I'm joined by Dr. Laura Anderson, child and family psychologist with her own multicultural background.  Dr. Anderson specializes in global families, adoptive families and those raising gender expansive children and adolescents, as well as treating children and teens suffering from anxiety and depression.  The range of topics we cover in our conversations are so valuabl...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Sophie, whom I met at work here in Austin. She was in total disguise when we met; to me, she sounded just like any other American girl in her twenties, and I had no idea she was a TCK with a very varied international background, until I heard her speak Italian on the phone. I'm so happy she wanted to be interviewed for my podcast, and it was fascinating to h...