Latest Cultureshock Podcast Episodes
ME26 (Rebroadcast): Bonne Rentrée! Turning Over a New Leaf This Fall
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - September 13, 2018 01:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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 s...
ME44: Welcome to Season 3! The Road Ahead
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - September 06, 2018 01:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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...
ME43: Studying Abroad (Part 2): Developing Cultural Competence as an International Student (With Guest: Claudia Neiman)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - August 30, 2018 01:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsToday’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...
ME42: Studying Abroad (Part 1): Learning Through the Challenges & Making the Most of Our Experiences (With Guest: Dani Jauregui)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - August 16, 2018 01:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsToday’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 fi...
ME41: Living with Health & Safety Threats: The Present Moment as a Place of Sanctuary (With Guest: Amanda Zetah)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - April 19, 2018 01:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsToday’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 j...
ME40: Divided By a Common Language: The Role of Language in Cultural Adaptation (With Guest: Claire Handscombe)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - March 05, 2018 02:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsToday’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 returni...
ME39: Reframing Self-Care: Having Empathy for Your Future Self
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - February 09, 2018 02:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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 Ep...
ME38: Building Resiliency & Connection Through Health Challenges Abroad (With Guest: Carolyn Parce Rizzo, M.ED., ACC)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - January 13, 2018 11:34 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsToday'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 hea...
ME37: Self-Care Inspiration for the New Year (Featuring all of 2017's Mindful Expat Guests!)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - January 05, 2018 19:13 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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...
ME36: Helping TCKs Make Room for Mixed Emotions & Find Their Sense of True Belonging (With Guest: Lois Bushong)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - December 22, 2017 02:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsToday’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 work...
ME35: Meaningful Expat Holidays When You're Far From Home
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - December 15, 2017 15:16 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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 h...
ME34: Recognizing & Guarding Against Destructive Patterns in Relationships
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - December 08, 2017 00:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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”...
ME33: Challenges & Opportunities for Expat Partners: Meaningful Work, Sense of Purpose, & Professional Identity (With Guest: Claudia Landini)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - November 30, 2017 15:29 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsToday’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), t...
ME32: Thanksgiving & Gratitude (Even If You’re Not Feeling So Grateful at the Moment)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - November 23, 2017 02:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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...
ME31: Learning to Trust Yourself Through Pregnancy & Birth Abroad
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - November 16, 2017 02:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsToday’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...
ME Bonus Episode: Guest Interview on Emotions in Harmony Podcast with Dr. Carmen Roman
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - November 11, 2017 10:50 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn 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
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - October 19, 2017 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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 student...
ME29: From Surviving to Thriving Abroad! (With Guest: Louise Wiles)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - September 28, 2017 01:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsToday’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 spe...
ME28: Reflections on Foreignness
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - September 21, 2017 01:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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 ...
ME27: Creativity & Other Sources of Resilience for Latino Immigrants & Others Living Abroad (With Guest: Carmen Roman, Ph.D.)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - September 14, 2017 01:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsToday’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 Spanis...
ME26: Bonne Rentrée! Turning Over a New Leaf This Fall
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - September 07, 2017 01:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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 s...
ME25: Welcome Back to Season 2 of Mindful Expat!
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - August 31, 2017 01:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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. R...
ME24: The Source of Your Joy
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - August 02, 2017 10:08 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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...
ME23: Let's Talk About Sex! Starting the Conversation about Sexual Intimacy for Expat Partners (With Guest: Dr. Nazanin Moali)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - July 19, 2017 11:40 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsToday’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 – on...
ME22: Supporting Expat Kids Through Relocation (With Guest: Kate Berger, MSc.)
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - July 05, 2017 01:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsToday’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 origi...
ME21: Debunking Some Common Myths About Counseling/Psychotherapy
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - June 28, 2017 20:50 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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 ...
ME20: Shedding Some Light on Expat Depression
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - June 22, 2017 19:36 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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 thera...
ME19: What Are You Waiting For?
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - June 14, 2017 10:19 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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...
ME18: Learning from Our Emotions (Part II): Learning to Listen to Yourself
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - June 07, 2017 01:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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...
ME17: Learning from Our Emotions
Mindful Expat, with Dana Nelson, Ph.D. - May 24, 2017 01:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat 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 nee...
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