House of Peregrine

Part of the House of Peregrine Summer Series — shorter clips drawn from our favourite episodes, for those in-between moments when you want wisdom without the full sit-down. In this clip, Third Culture Kid turned therapist and writer Dr. Rachel Cason explores what it means to grow up between worlds — and the quiet, lifelong work of making sense of who we become. Mickelle and Rachel unpack why so ma...

Part of the House of Peregrine Summer Series,  shorter clips drawn from our favourite episodes, for those in-between moments when you want wisdom without the full sit-down. In this clip, international divorce lawyer and mediator Magali van Maanen reveals a truth that catches most cross-border couples completely off guard: when you build a life abroad, the rules you assumed would protect you may no...

What does burnout actually feel like in your body and why does our culture keep getting it so wrong? This is one of our favourite House of Peregrine episodes, brought to you as part of our Summer Series - shorter clips from the conversations we keep coming back to. Mickelle sits down with somatic empowerment coach Alicia Ingruber for a conversation that is equal parts science and soul. Alicia rebu...

Sam Frearson Tubito returns to House of Peregrine for a deeply reflective conversation on home, identity, motherhood, and the beautiful complexity of a life lived across borders. In Episode 52, Mickelle and Sam explored what it means to create stability inside movement. This time, Sam returns with her memoir, Beneath a Borrowed Sky: A Woman’s Search for the True Meaning of Home , a tender and hone...

Melissa Parks, Ph. D. joins Mickelle for a conversation about what life abroad really asks of us, beneath the logistics, beneath the highlight reel. Melissa shares how a devastating breakup in Spain became a turning point: not just the loss of a partner, but a “compound grief” that included home, visa security, community, and identity. Together, they name what so many Peregrines feel but rarely ar...

Michel Bauwens—founder of the P2P Foundation—joins Mickelle Weber for a wide-angle, grounded conversation on what happens when the systems we inherited (market vs. state) stop matching the world we’re living in. Michel argues we’re in a civilizational transition accelerated by the internet’s ability to enable “translocal self-organization”: people coordinating, building, and sharing value across b...

In this episode, Mickelle sits down with Jewel Mondros of Jewel Mondros, Energetic Consultant, intuitive healer, and frequency guide to explore what happens when you can feel you’re changing, but can’t quite name it yet. Jewel shares her own peregrine path, years living across Europe, learning tarot while feeling untethered abroad, and ultimately channeling her work (and her oracle deck) during a...

In this episode, Mickelle sits down with Ana Herrero-Wallace of Ada Invest, former US‑licensed equities trader, investor, and author of Still Thinking? Act. - to talk about building wealth with calm confidence, especially when your life (and residency) spans multiple countries. Ana shares her Peregrine path from Madrid to the US, Budapest, London, and eventually Amsterdam and how moving to a partn...

In this episode of the House of Peregrine Podcast, we’re talking about one of the most tender realities of international life: loving your people well when they live an ocean away. Host Mickelle sits down with Helen Ellis, M.A., New Zealand–based researcher, author, and anthropologist, and founder of DistanceFamilies.com—a longtime practitioner of distance parenting and grandparenting with family...

Money gets emotional fast, especially when you’re living across borders. In this Best Played Moment, Mickelle and Sophie Duong unpack why globally mobile people often delay financial planning (not from laziness, but survival mode), and how that delay quietly reduces freedom later. Sophie, a financial advisor with Devere, reframes money as something that should support your life now and your life l...

Kemo Camara, founder and CEO of Omek, joins Mickelle Weber for a rich conversation on what community really is and what it can become. Kemo reframes community as human technology: the original infrastructure that helps us survive, belong, and evolve, long before it was ever a marketing term. From growing up in Guinea in a multigenerational compound of 30–50 people, he shares how identity is formed...

In this most-played clip, Mickelle Weber sits down with Jessica Stahl of Vanillacooldance (VanillaCool Dance) for an intimate, disarming conversation about what “consent” actually looks like when it’s lived, not just referenced. Through Jessica’s experiences in tantra and kink-adjacent spaces, consent becomes something elegant and dynamic: a real-time practice of communication, self-honesty, and t...

“Opening a shaky relationship won’t fix it - it magnifies it. Ethical takes more, not less.”In this episode of the House of Peregrine Podcast, Mickelle is joined by Victoria Onken of VictoriaOnken.com , a relationship coach based in Amsterdam, to explore what ethical non‑monogamy really is (and isn’t) when you’re living abroad. Victoria shares why “I want an open relationship” is never the full st...

Freedom isn’t just geography, it’s structure. In this episode, Mickelle sits down with Bobby Casey, founder of BusinessAnywhere.io, to talk about what it really takes to build a life (and a company) that can move with you. Having lived in 10 countries and helped founders navigate the administrative maze of cross-border living, Bobby brings a grounded, unsentimental clarity to the realities behind...

What happens when motherhood cracks open the old “rules,” and moving abroad removes every last distraction? In this episode of the House of Peregrine Podcast, Mickelle Weber sits down with Vanessa Bennett; therapist, author of The Motherhood Myth , and co-host of Cheaper Than Therapy —for a candid, elegant conversation on partnership, power, and the brave work of rewriting your life. Vanessa share...

When your ambition collides with your humanity, the body always keeps the score. In this Most Replayed Moment, Mickelle is joined by Alicia Ingruber of Alicia Inspired, for a candid, deeply grounding conversation on what burnout actually is and why it’s so often misunderstood. Alicia shares her own story: a childhood shaped by constant relocation, the lifelong search for belonging, and the belief...

What if sabbaticals aren’t just for college professors and burnout isn’t a personal failure or even a rest deficit? Burnout might just be a quiet signal that life and work have drifted out of alignment and a sabbatical could be an important step in all careers? In this episode, Mickelle sits down with Lyndall Farley, co-founder of BreakSpace, to reframe career breaks as an intentional bridge betwe...

Choosing a primary school is one of the first and most emotionally charged decisions families face when relocating to the Netherlands. In this most‑played moment from Episode 026, Mickelle revisits a standout conversation with Annebet van Mameren of New2NL, whose decade of experience supporting international families brings calm, clarity, and perspective to the process. Together, they explore why...

Mickelle is joined by Shellee Howard of CollegeReadyPlan (collegereadyplan.com) for a calm, practical masterclass on getting teens “university ready” without signing up for years of debt. With four kids through college debt‑free (and deep experience across the US + Europe), Shellee makes the process feel both elevated and doable. Her North Star is identity: when a student knows who they are, what...

Moving across borders changes who we are and how our kids learn. In this very current, eye opening  conversation, Mickelle sits down with award‑winning teacher and author Jessica Lander to unpack what real belonging looks like in schools: not a vibe, a design. From reframing “English first” to seeing multilingual students as the cultural navigators they already are, Jessica brings clarity, hope, a...

Moving abroad isn’t just for the young and untethered. In this elegant, grounded conversation, Mickelle and Move to Europe visa expert Travis Drews explore how clarity beats fear and how language programs, scholarships, and student visas create legal, affordable pathways to Europe at any age and stage. Travis shares his Peregrine story from Texas to Berlin - DJ, remote tech, founder - and why the...

This Most Replayed Episode returns to a conversation that feels especially timely. Mickelle and Dr. Kaisu Koskela explore the gap between the rise of remote work and the Visas and Countries still catching up. Kaisu breaks down why many digital nomad visas are modeled like migration permits: slow, rigid, and out of sync with people who are already moving. The shift, though, is underway. As governme...

In this episode, Mickelle sits down with Andrea Jansen, Amsterdam-based designer and founder of Kama by Andrea, to explore what it looks like when creativity, spirituality, and devotion become something you can actually wrap around a life transition. Andrea shares the origin of the name Kama , rooted in Kamadeva, India’s “Cupid” and why her work is ultimately about love made tangible, not trend cy...

This week we’re talking about somatic healing again.  It resonated with us so much that we’ve brought this one back.  This is a clip from our conversation with Amanda MacRae and is part of our “Most Played” series. Landing in a new country (or moving through any big life transition) can leave you feeling ungrounded - even when everything looks “fine” on paper. In this clip, Mickelle and Amanda exp...

Have you ever had a life that looked perfect on paper but felt quietly wrong? Mickelle sits down with Jordan Tarver (bestselling author and change thinker) to explore the moment you realize your “right life” is calling, and what it takes to answer. Jordan shares the intuitive origin story behind You Deserve This Sh!t —a title that arrived with full-body chills and how solo travel became an initiat...