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Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D.

46 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings

Mindful Expat is a weekly podcast show designed for those living abroad to provide you with weekly guideposts for emotional wellbeing and resilience in your international life and to help you make the most of your inner and outer journeys. Living abroad presents us with unique challenges, but also equally unique opportunities for personal growth and development. Psychologist and expat counselor, Dana Nelson, Ph.D., shares insights on emotional wellbeing for overseas adventurers and brings you interviews with experts on topics related to intercultural relationships, Third Culture Kids (TCKs), mindfulness, self-compassion, emotional resilience, self-care, and personal growth. (www.mindfulexpat.com)

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Episodes

ME26 (Rebroadcast): Bonne Rentrée! Turning Over a New Leaf This Fall

September 13, 2018 01:00 - 30 minutes - 35.1 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • I’ll introduce you to the concept of the “rentrée” in France (basically back-to-school but for adults and kids alike!). • We’ll discuss how this time of year can be an opportunity to take stock of what we have accomplished and learned in the past year and set our intentions for the year to come. • I will provide you with some tips for how to begin to build habits in the service of your goals so that you can continue to make progress throughout the year...

ME44: Welcome to Season 3! The Road Ahead

September 06, 2018 01:00 - 10 minutes - 12.6 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • Today’s episode will be a brief welcome back to the podcast. I’ll share with you a bit about what I have in mind for Season 3! • I’ll invite you to connect with me and stay in touch as we move into Season 3. • I’ll request YOUR participation in the podcast by leaving me an audio message! I'd love to be able to share some of your voices and stories in a future episode! Stay in Touch! To make sure you don’t miss future episodes of Mindful Expat, you ...

ME43: Studying Abroad (Part 2): Developing Cultural Competence as an International Student (With Guest: Claudia Neiman)

August 30, 2018 01:00 - 44 minutes - 51.1 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Claudia Neiman! Since moving away from the US at the age of 18 for school, Claudia has lived in Spain, Brazil, and Portugal. Although she has never actually lived in the UK, she has dual US/British citizenship, which lowers administrative hurdles to her living in the EU long-term, and she considers herself a global citizen. Rather than doing just a semester or year abroad, Claudia actually enrolled directly at the University of Grenada in Spain, where she com...

ME42: Studying Abroad (Part 1): Learning Through the Challenges & Making the Most of Our Experiences (With Guest: Dani Jauregui)

August 16, 2018 01:00 - 44 minutes - 50.5 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Dani Jauregui! Dani is originally from the Chicago area. While studying at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois – majoring in Sociology and Hispanic Studies – she decided to do a semester abroad in Alicante, Spain. After returning to the US to finish her degree, Dani then decided that she wanted to move back to Spain, so in 2013 she moved to Granada, where she worked as a teaching assistant in a bilingual elementary school. After a brief stin...

ME41: Living with Health & Safety Threats: The Present Moment as a Place of Sanctuary (With Guest: Amanda Zetah)

April 19, 2018 01:00 - 41 minutes - 47.1 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Amanda Zetah! Amanda is originally from the United States, from the state of Colorado. While she was in college, inspired by the dream of becoming a travel writer, she started traveling independently and soon caught the travel bug. As soon as she graduated, she jumped at the opportunity to start traveling full-time. Over the past 6 years of traveling independently, Amanda has been to over 60 different countries. She has spent time living in Sierra Leone, Iraq...

ME40: Divided By a Common Language: The Role of Language in Cultural Adaptation (With Guest: Claire Handscombe)

March 05, 2018 02:00 - 54 minutes - 61.9 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Claire Handscombe! Claire is a freelance writer, blogger, and fellow-podcaster (host of The Brit Lit Podcast) living in Washington, DC. Born in London to a British father and French mother, Claire then spent much of her early adolescence in Belgium before returning to the UK at the age of 12. She later returned to Belgium as a young adult, before moving to DC to do her MFA in Creative Writing at American University. From 2005-2012, Claire taught English, Fren...

ME39: Reframing Self-Care: Having Empathy for Your Future Self

February 09, 2018 02:00 - 13 minutes - 15.2 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • How self-care is really having empathy for your future self (and what this really means). • A fun Seinfeld clip to illustrate this concept (in the inverse) • Some ideas for what this type of self-care might mean for you. Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode: • I mentioned our wonderful New Year's episode, featuring all of the past year's Mindful Expat guests, sharing their self-care tips! Be sure to listen in for some great ideas to add to your o...

ME38: Building Resiliency & Connection Through Health Challenges Abroad (With Guest: Carolyn Parce Rizzo, M.ED., ACC)

January 13, 2018 11:34 - 54 minutes - 62.9 MB

Today's Mindful Expat Guest is Carolyn Parse Rizzo! Carolyn is a certified Child Life Specialist and Life Transition Coach focusing on healthcare and vitality abroad. From her home in Italy, she works as a health coach and consultant, supporting people who are dealing with various types of health conditions while living abroad. Through her company, Interval Coaching, she helps her clients navigate some of the challenges of managing health conditions in a foreign medical system, while also ...

ME37: Self-Care Inspiration for the New Year (Featuring all of 2017's Mindful Expat Guests!)

January 05, 2018 19:13 - 31 minutes - 36.5 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • We'll talk a bit about New Year's resolutions and making sustainable self-care a priority in 2018! • We'll hear from all of our Mindful Expat guests from the 2017, listening to their self-care tips from their own experiences as inspiration for our own self-care in the coming year! Resources Mentioned in Today's Episode: • If you're interested in thinking more about setting New Years' resolutions, check out this previous episode of the podcast, Epis...

ME36: Helping TCKs Make Room for Mixed Emotions & Find Their Sense of True Belonging (With Guest: Lois Bushong)

December 22, 2017 02:00 - 55 minutes - 63.5 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Lois Bushong! Lois is a licensed marriage and family therapist living in the state of Indiana in the United States. She is originally from the US, but grew up in Central America (mainly in Honduras) as part of a missionary family, and she also spent 10 years working in Honduras as an adult. Having grown up as a Third Culture Kid (or TCK) herself, Lois has specialized in working with TCKs, adult TCKs, and intercultural couples.  Lois is also the author of th...

ME35: Meaningful Expat Holidays When You're Far From Home

December 15, 2017 15:16 - 23 minutes - 26.9 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • Why the holidays can be an especially challenging time of year for expats — whether we’re traveling home or staying in our host countries. • Some specific tips for meaningful expat holidays when we’re far from home that you can implement in your life this holiday season! Resources mentioned in this episode: • I mentioned a number of ways you can stay in touch with friends and family back home over technology. Some great tech resources include Skype, ...

ME34: Recognizing & Guarding Against Destructive Patterns in Relationships

December 08, 2017 00:00 - 32 minutes - 36.9 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • How not all issues in relationships can be completely resolved, but how this may actually be ok — we just need to learn how to manage them! • Some problematic patterns that couples can fall into (what John Gottman calls the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” — criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling — because in his research these variables have been used to predict divorce with impressive accuracy) — and how to shift away from these into he...

ME33: Challenges & Opportunities for Expat Partners: Meaningful Work, Sense of Purpose, & Professional Identity (With Guest: Claudia Landini)

November 30, 2017 15:29 - 54 minutes - 62.9 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Claudia Landini! Claudia is an intercultural trainer and mobile careers coach. Originally from Italy, Claudia has been living abroad for the past 27 years, since 1989! She has lived in four African countries (Sudan, Angola, Congo Brazzaville and Guinea Bissau), two Latin American countries (Honduras and Peru), in Jerusalem, and she now lives in Jakarta, Indonesia. She also speaks quite an impressive number of languages – Italian, English, French, Spanish, and...

ME32: Thanksgiving & Gratitude (Even If You’re Not Feeling So Grateful at the Moment)

November 23, 2017 02:00 - 23 minutes - 26.5 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • The benefits of practicing gratitude (to our emotional, psychological, and physical health!). • What it even means to "practice" gratitude. (And how doing so can help you experience more spontaneous gratitude as well!) • A short gratitude practice that you can incorporate into your daily routine that is supported by a bunch of research. Resources mentioned in this episode: • I mentioned Robert Emmons (from the University of California, Davis) and...

ME31: Learning to Trust Yourself Through Pregnancy & Birth Abroad

November 16, 2017 02:00 - 52 minutes - 59.9 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Karen Wilmot! Karen was born and grew up in South Africa. Growing up with a mother who was a midwife, Karen was exposed from an early age to inspiring stories of women giving birth. She followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a midwife herself. Karen’s love of travel led her to live in many different countries – including Saudi Arabia, Mauritius, and Mexico. For the past 13 years, she has been living in Oman, where she established the first private comm...

ME Bonus Episode: Guest Interview on Emotions in Harmony Podcast with Dr. Carmen Roman

November 11, 2017 10:50 - 41 minutes - 48 MB

In this special bonus episode, I share with you Dr. Carmen Roman's interview with me for her podcast, Emotions in Harmony. (Carmen was a guest on the Mindful Expat back in episode 27.)

ME30: Challenges & Opportunities While Studying Abroad

October 19, 2017 10:00 - 35 minutes - 40.3 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • Some of the different contexts in which students may study abroad and how these contexts might impact their experiences as international students. • Some of the amazing benefits of studying abroad! • Some of the common challenges that international students may face. • Some of my recommendations for current and future international students to help them make the most of their experiences abroad. Resources mentioned in this episode: • I mentioned th...

ME29: From Surviving to Thriving Abroad! (With Guest: Louise Wiles)

September 28, 2017 01:00 - 46 minutes - 53.2 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Louise Wiles! Louise is an expat coach who works with international assignees, expat partners, and international organizations to help expats and their families not only survive but thrive in their lives abroad! Louise is originally from the UK, but she has spent much of the last 18 years living in Spain and Portugal. Three years ago, she repatriated back to England with her husband and 2 daughters. When Louise first moved abroad for her husband’s career,...

ME28: Reflections on Foreignness

September 21, 2017 01:00 - 14 minutes - 17 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • My reflections on foreignness during my travels in South Korea. • Some of the pros and cons of being an obvious foreigner vs. a hidden foreigner (or "hidden immigrant"). • Some of the benefits of living abroad and experiencing being "the other" first-hand -- and how this experience can make us reflect differently on our own cultures as well as become more compassionate to other people's experiences. • How all of this relates to my idea for starting th...

ME27: Creativity & Other Sources of Resilience for Latino Immigrants & Others Living Abroad (With Guest: Carmen Roman, Ph.D.)

September 14, 2017 01:00 - 45 minutes - 52.1 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Dr. Carmen Roman! Dr. Roman is a licensed psychologist in the state of California. She is originally from Mexico and practiced as a psychologist there for a number of years before moving to the United States in 2007. Dr. Roman is bilingual in English and Spanish and offers bilingual and bicultural psychotherapy to her clients in the San José region of California, where she lives. She also has a specialty in creative expression and art therapies. Dr. Roman...

ME26: Bonne Rentrée! Turning Over a New Leaf This Fall

September 07, 2017 01:00 - 30 minutes - 34.7 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • I'll introduce you to the concept of the "rentrée" in France (basically back-to-school but for adults and kids alike!). • We'll discuss how this time of year can be an opportunity to take stock of what we have accomplished and learned in the past year and set our intentions for the year to come. • I will provide you with some tips for how to begin to build habits in the service of your goals so that you can continue to make progress throughout the year...

ME25: Welcome Back to Season 2 of Mindful Expat!

August 31, 2017 01:00 - 6 minutes - 7.47 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • Today's episode will be a brief welcome back to the podcast after our break in August. I'll share with you a bit about what I have in mind for Season 2! • I'll invite you to connect with Mindful Expat (and me!) and stay in touch as we move into Season 2. Resources mentioned in this episode: • Mindful Expat is one Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! (Facebook is probably the best way to connect on social media, since I share a lot of articles and other ...

ME24: The Source of Your Joy

August 02, 2017 10:08 - 16 minutes - 18.8 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • I’ll share with you some updates about the podcast and invite you to take a short survey I've designed to help me know what you'd like to hear more about in Season 2 of the podcast. • We'll discuss a quote from Thich Nhat Hahn that says, "Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."  • I'll share with you some fascinating research that shows that this quote is literally true, and we'll also di...

ME23: Let's Talk About Sex! Starting the Conversation about Sexual Intimacy for Expat Partners (With Guest: Dr. Nazanin Moali)

July 19, 2017 11:40 - 38 minutes - 44.1 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Dr. Nazanin Moali! Dr. Moali is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of California in the United States. She is not only a practicing psychologist, but also a consultant, researcher, sex educator, and fellow podcaster! She has two wonderful podcasts – one in English and one in Farsi – both called Sexology, where she shares research, insights, and interviews with experts in the field of sexuality to help people better understand their own sexuality an...

ME22: Supporting Expat Kids Through Relocation (With Guest: Kate Berger, MSc.)

July 05, 2017 01:00 - 37 minutes - 42.4 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Kate Berger, MSc! Kate is a child and adolescent psychologist based in Amsterdam. Her private practice is called the Expat Kids Club, and -- as the name would suggest -- she specializes in working with expat and Third Culture Kids and their families. She is originally from New York, completed her bachelors degree from George Washington University in Washington, DC, and then moved to the Netherlands to continue her studies at Leiden University, where she recei...

ME21: Debunking Some Common Myths About Counseling/Psychotherapy

June 28, 2017 20:50 - 30 minutes - 34.6 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • I'll share with you some updates about the podcast.  • We’ll discuss some common myths and misconceptions about counseling/psychotherapy that sometimes serve as barriers to seeking help. We'll debunk these myths and discuss what counseling/psychotherapy is really like.  Resources mentioned in this episode: • If you missed last week's episode about expat depression (which included some links to helpful resources for finding a therapist abroad), click ...

ME20: Shedding Some Light on Expat Depression

June 22, 2017 19:36 - 26 minutes - 30.8 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • We'll discuss what depression is, some factors that contribute to it, and why I think this is a particularly important issue for people living abroad.  • We'll discuss some of the ways depression can be effectively treated and how you can connect with therapists in your area or online.  • We'll discuss some alternatives to therapy and medication, such as exercise and mindfulness practice (surprise, surprise!), that can help with depression and be used ...

ME19: What Are You Waiting For?

June 14, 2017 10:19 - 10 minutes - 12.3 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • I ask you to reflect on whether you're waiting on something to really start living and encourage you to think about how this may present a barrier to living in the present moment.  • We discuss how to allow yourself to start really living right now, even as you may also be working toward your goals or trying to overcome obstacles. • We discuss how gratitude practice can play a central role in being more fully present in our daily lives.  Resources men...

ME18: Learning from Our Emotions (Part II): Learning to Listen to Yourself

June 07, 2017 01:00 - 18 minutes - 20.9 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • A continuation of our last discussion about how our emotions can actually give us useful messages about our needs — if only we can learn how to listen and decode the messages they’re sending us! • Some of the reasons why many people have learned to distrust their emotional signals — and how we can begin to practice listening to them again. • An exercise for you to practice listening to your own inner voice and begin to tune in to your own needs more ef...

ME17: Learning from Our Emotions

May 24, 2017 01:00 - 10 minutes - 12.2 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • About how our emotions are actual useful! They give us important information about our needs -- if only we can learn to listen to them! • How to begin to tune in and be curious about what our emotions are telling us and respond with intention to get our needs met. Stay in Touch! To make sure you don’t miss future episodes of Mindful Expat, you can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app. To receive monthl...

ME16: A Taste of Mindfulness: Finding the Present Moment Through Our Five Senses

May 17, 2017 01:00 - 18 minutes - 21.7 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • About the importance of practicing mindfulness in everyday situations or through “formal practice” so that we have the skills when we really need them (when we’re in distress). • How to use mindful eating as an everyday mindfulness practice. Resources mentioned in this episode: • The exercise I use in this episode is adapted from the book The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness, by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Z...

ME15: A Compassionate, Growth-Oriented Approach to Cultural Adjustment (With Guest: Sundae Schneider-Bean, MA)

May 10, 2017 01:00 - 49 minutes - 57.1 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Sundae Schneider-Bean! Sundae is an intercultural strategist and solution-oriented coach, and – as she says –she’s on a mission to help expats make the most of their lives abroad! Sundae is originally from the United States, from the state of North Dakota. Even before meeting her Swiss husband and launching on a series of international moves with him, Sundae had a thirst for international adventure. In her early 20s, she traveled extensively throughout sout...

ME14: Self-Compassion, the Two Arrows, & Learning to Surf

May 03, 2017 10:08 - 17 minutes - 19.7 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • How you can create a pause between your initial experience of an emotion and your reaction to it, and how doing so will allow you to cultivate more self-compassion and feel less out of control in your life. • About the differences between pain and suffering — and how our responses to our own internal experiences determine the extent to which we suffer. • The Buddhist metaphor of the two arrows, which illustrates this difference between pain and sufferi...

ME13: Nurturing Love on the Move (with Guest, Oxana Holtmann, MA, CPCC)

April 26, 2017 01:00 - 53 minutes - 61.6 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Oxana Holtmann! Oxana was born and grew up in the Siberian part of Russia. She has lived in Moscow, Germany, and now the United States, in Washington, DC. Oxana works as a Conscious Leadership and Relationship Coach, helping her clients nurture and strengthen their relationships, discover their creativity, and develop a sense of personal empowerment in their lives. She specializes in working with international or transnational people – people who may consider...

ME12: Expat & Intercultural Relationships: Growing Together Through the Challenges

April 19, 2017 12:03 - 20 minutes - 22.9 MB

What you’ll learn in this episode: • Some different contexts that expat or intercultural couples find themselves in and how these contexts can present unique challenges for relationships. • Some of the most common challenges I see in expat and intercultural relationships (including some of my own experiences!). • How open, non-defensive communication can help couples learn and grow together through the challenges rather than let them damage their relationships.  Related resources: • ...

ME11: Embracing Change & Going With the Flow

April 12, 2017 01:00 - 14 minutes - 16.3 MB

What you’ll learn in this episode: • How change is an inevitable part of our lives -- especially when we're living abroad -- and how accepting and even embracing change (rather than resisting it) can allow us to be happier. • Some tips for learning how to accept and embrace change in your life -- including practicing being fully present, recognizing that this too shall pass, welcoming change (or relaxing into it), practicing gratitude, and practicing self-compassion. Resources mentioned ...

ME10: Finding Community & Building Authentic Connections on the Move (with Guest: Naomi Hattaway)

April 05, 2017 01:00 - 46 minutes - 52.8 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Naomi Hattaway! Naomi is from the United States (originally from Nebraska). She and her husband have 3 children, and together they have lived in New Delhi, India, Singapore, and they've now repatriated back to the US -- first to Florida, then to Northern Virginia, and now to Columbus, Ohio. Naomi is the founder of 8th & Home, a real estate and relocation company, where she specializes not only in helping families with the practical details of relocating, bu...

ME9: The Wolf You Feed (aka Building Mental Habits)

March 29, 2017 01:00 - 15 minutes - 17.9 MB

What you’ll learn in this episode: • About my experience at the Families in Global Transitions (FIGT) Conference last week. • About the link between our thoughts and our feelings and some strategies for becoming more aware of automatic thoughts. • The parable of the two wolves and how it can be a useful metaphor for thinking about the types of thoughts we’re cultivating in our lives. • The importance of mental habits and cultivating habits that lead to the experiences we want to have (r...

ME8: Raising Resilient Third Culture Kids (TCKs) (with Guest: Josh Sandoz, MA, LMHC)

March 22, 2017 02:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MB

Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Josh Sandoz! Josh is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) currently living and working in Seattle Washington (in the US), where he specializes in working with expats, repatriated expats, and Third Culture Kids (TCKs). Josh not only works with TCKs, but he actually is an adult TCK himself! Born in South Korea to foreign missionary parents, he grew up as part of a highly international community. He has worked for Interaction International – an organization...

ME7: Diving Deeper into Mindfulness & Balancing Acceptance with Change

March 15, 2017 02:00 - 19 minutes - 22.4 MB

What you’ll hear in this episode: • The attitudes of mindfulness — beginner’s mind, non-judgment, acknowledgment, non-striving or letting be, self-reliance, and self-compassion. • That acceptance and commitment to change are not in opposition to one another. • About my plans to attend the FIGT conference next week! Resources mentioned in this episode: • I mentioned the book, A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, by Bob Stahl & Elisha Goldstein, which is a great resource for more ...

ME6: Reframing Our Challenges as Great Opportunities! (with Guest: Amel Derragui)

March 08, 2017 02:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MB

Today's Mindful Expat Guest is Amel Derragui! Amel is the host of the amazing Tandem Nomads podcast, which is a wonderful resource for expat partners. An adult third culture kid (TCK) and expat partner herself, she has a wonderful, inspiring perspective on the unique challenges and opportunities faced by global nomads. Amel has built a portable career for herself as a freelance marketing and communications consultant, and she now helps other global nomad entrepreneurs develop businesses th...

ME5: Introduction to Culture Shock & the Expat (Emotional) Rollercoaster

March 01, 2017 21:10 - 28 minutes - 32.3 MB

What you'll hear in this episode: • A definition of "culture shock" and some of the ways it can manifest differently for different people. • Some theoretical models of cultural adjustment, including various phases of adjustment that people may experience as they adapt to a new culture (and some of the limitations of these models). • Some of the challenges (and opportunities) for couples and families as they move through various phases of the cultural adjustment process together. • The i...

ME4: Everyday Mindfulness in the Expat Life (with Guest Jodi Harris)

February 22, 2017 07:35 - 40 minutes - 46.8 MB

Today's Mindful Expat Guest is Jodi Harris! Jodi is a life coach who specializes in working with expats and others living abroad, helping them work through life changes, define their priorities and goals, and build a satisfying and meaningful life for themselves! Originally from the United States, Jodi has lived in Northern Ireland, Spain, the Dominican Republic, Madagascar, and she now lives in Tokyo, Japan (for the 2nd time), with her husband and 3 children. (See below for more informati...

ME3: An Introduction to Mindfulness (Abroad!)

February 15, 2017 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

In this episode, we discuss what mindfulness is and why I believe it can be especially helpful for expats and others living abroad. I'll also give you some practical suggestions to get you started with practicing mindfulness in your daily life.  What you'll hear in today's episode: • What is mindfulness? (We'll discuss the different components of the definition and what each of these components really means.) • Some reasons why mindfulness may be especially helpful for expats and others...

ME2: Expat? Immigrant? What's in a Name?

February 15, 2017 08:30 - 10 minutes - 9.57 MB

Today we’ll be talking about the language we use to describe ourselves in our experiences of living abroad. Do you use the word “expat” to describe yourself? Or do you prefer the word “immigrant”? What about “global nomad”? Something else altogether? In this episode, I share with you some of my thoughts about these different terms and how I’ve come to understand some of the connotations associated with them. I also discuss my hope to make the podcast relevant for all people living abroad, re...

ME1: Welcome to the Mindful Expat Podcast!

February 15, 2017 08:00 - 8 minutes - 7.42 MB

Welcome to the Mindful Expat Podcast – a podcast designed for those living abroad to provide you with weekly guideposts for emotional wellbeing and resilience in your international life and to help you make the most of your inner and outer journeys! Today’s episode will be different from future episodes. Here I share with you a bit of information about my background, my goals for the podcast, and what you can expect from future episodes. So welcome! I’m excited to be starting this journey ...

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