Screw Being Unhappy

Have you been recently feeling stuck, frustrated and unable to move forward? Never been to a therapist or never worked with a coach? In that case, you’re in the right place! In this episode we chat with Enikö Hajas, an integrative therapist helping people living abroad, about therapy, coaching, how are these two approaches different (and similar!) and how going to therapy or hiring a coach could h...

Staying eight years in an emotionally and mentally abusive marriage with a man from Egypt, Jade shares a bit more about her own story. What makes men from Egypt and the Middle East different? What we should pay attention to when starting a relationship and why is self-love the ultimate healing you can get? This is what we chat about in this episode with Jade Louise Tibbles, who is supporting women...

In this new segment, Shift the Shit, I’m real with you. I share the shitty moments from my life, hoping to show you that it happens to all of us and that it’s possible to get out of it. In this episode, I share how I lost my balance because I broke my own policy of not checking the phone in the morning learning that somebody unfollowed me. I share a bit more of the story as I want you to know that...

South Africa, Finland, almost the opposite poles of the Earth. How to navigate the cultural differences when your partner is from so different culture? This is what we chat about in this episode with Sofia and Rasberg, an interracial couple currently living in Finland. Sofia is Finnish, Rasberg comes from South Africa where they met and lived the first couple of years. Sofia talks about the beginn...

What can we do when life doesn’t go as planned and shit goes down? Why saying no to judgment in those moments will help you feel better, happier and more confident?  In this episode, I share three ways how to stay calm, more positive and confident even if life is like a rollercoaster. We’ll talk about empathy, feeling curious and thinking out of the box.  Feeling empathy can sound like a...

When moving abroad we face multiple fears: the fear of loosing ourselves, the ability to find our self-confidence and a new community. We run into communication challenges and often can fall into the trap of forgetting to establish ourselves as an individual who believes and trust in herself.  This is what we chat about in this episode with Aneesa from Expat Panda, a lifelong international te...

Why is judgment important when it comes to feeling good and happy? All negative emotions stem from Judgment. We judge ourselves, other and the circumstances happening to us at any given moment. And when we feel negative emotions most of the time, we feel unhappy. So, what to do when we want to feel happy? How to feel good (or at least better!) even on the most awful days? In this episode, I introd...

Why won’t he just change? Why nobody believes in us as a couple? What if you had that huge argument, is that the end? How to differentiate real feelings from emotions? If you’ve been wondering about this, this is an episode for you! In this interview with Anna-Marie Donkor, we dive into her intercultural relationship and explore her real experience, with her Ghanaian husband. At first, nobody beli...

Beauty is healing and it has been scientifically backed that being in nature boosts your mood, makes you feel better and you become more optimistic. How to draw from this enormous positive source at our fingertips? This is what we chat about in this episode with Sarah Coniglio, the social impact photographer, podcaster and creator of the project WonderFULL through which she illuminates as much kin...

Do you want great things in life? Do you feel frustrated, worried or scared? Most of the time things in life don’t go as planned. We fail, we fall. Yes, me too. I’m in it with you. I know how hard and frustrating life, relationships and creating new habits can be, especially if you live abroad or have a partner from a different culture. In this episode, I share how growing up in a regular family i...