My first, post overseas was in Porto, Alegre, Brazil. I am not a language person, but after three years living there I fell in love with Portuguese and the Brazilian culture. Of all the languages, I attempted to learn Portuguese was my favorite. During this time, I discovered my favorite Portuguese …
Memory Jar: Start a New Year’s Tradition
This New Year I tried something new. Personally, I hate New Year’s Eve, it feels like another over-rated holiday. So much hype and always some disappointment. I had long given up on the idea of trying to make it an exciting night and just treat it like any other night. …
What is your safe place?
One of the struggles of being an expat is the constant need to establish a new sense of belonging every time we change our cultural environment. We are constantly challenged with feeling like an outsider in our new life and even in our home country. We are left feeling as …
Finding your Anchor and True Belonging
Have you heard of ExpatWoman? They are website that aims to connect woman worldwide. They just published my article about my struggle to find belonging in my new city. Each time we change our environment we are forced to find a new sense of belonging. Check out my article below! …
4 practices to help expats adapt to a new country
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What’s the Purpose of a 30-Day Challenge? (Plus my favorite vegan recipes from my challenge)
Thirty day challenges were created from the brain research that you CAN teach a dog new tricks. New research shows that our brains can be trained to learn new habits. If we perform a task for 21 days a new neuron pathway is formed and the old pathway is weakened, …
My Top 3 Pumpkin Recipes
I started experimenting with pumpkin recipes early this season! This is my third year living in the U.S after 10 years overseas. For me one of the highlights of living in my home country is the holiday season. I can have access to all those holiday benefits that were not …
Building a Whole Foods Pantry
Are you feeling confused about what to eat? Paleo? Vegan? Ketogenic? What about just eating real whole foods! When setting up a whole foods pantry there are seven criteria to keep in mind when choosing your food. They are whole foods, fresh foods, real food, organic & free of GMO, …
