Perfect Strangers

Wally's story is a tale of a self made woman in the US, of love at a time in which she couldn't legally get married, of a journey that will bring her back to Italy after a life abroad.Music: trailer's music: Paris Gipsy Swing By Dieter Van der Westenmusic ending episode: Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre by Kevin Mac Leod

Kirk grew up in Florida from Jamaican parents. As a child and then a teenager it was a bit complicated for him. He was not recognized as African American by African American kids but was seen as one by other kids. He had to learn how to navigate different groups and be accepted. Today he considers the skills he acquired along the way to have been essential to his success as an adult.To reach Kirk Nugent http://kirkrnugent.com/Let's Meet! Grab 15 minutes on his Calendar - http://kirkrnugent.live/bookmeJoin the Community of Support - https://www.kirkrnugent.com/supportDigital Business Card - https://www.kirkrnugent.com/cardMusic: trailer's music: Paris Gipsy Swing By Dieter Van der WestenReal Avatar (Jamaica) by Jah Henchmanmusic ending episode: Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre by Kevin Mac Leod

What can go wrong when you have an American accent, an American passport and your parents tell you you are going home after living 7 years in Uzbekistan? You will totally fit in, finally! At least that's what Jessi thought. I discovered her story while reading a blog she wrote for Families in global Transition, an NGO which serves as a forum for mobile individuals. I was touched by the very authentic way  she described her 13 years old self facing difficulties she didn't expect.  I also discovered that she created a company named Kaleidoscope to help kids that go through the same type of difficult transitions. trailer's music: Paris Gipsy Swing By Dieter Van der Westen music ending episode: Danse macabre by Kevin Mac Leod

As daughter of a diplomat, Amel moved to new places from the day she was born. As an adult, she wanted to pursue a career in advertizing but it turned out to be incompatible with her nomadic life. Now she helps her clients create their portable business through her own portable company: Tandem Nomads. Tandem Nomads https://tandemnomads.com/

Jean-Michel arrived in San Francisco when he was 17. His own family history has taught him that sometimes life throws you lemons. He has worked tirelessly to end homelessness with new programs at Friendship Place since 2006.

Jessica's podcast: Duct Tape Rocket Ship

To understand why it is hard to get along we have to look at how human evolution developped our capacity to cooperate specifically inside groups and how our intuitions guide our decisions and our behavior. In this episode you will find a short summary of the book The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt and his hypotheses on why it is hard to get along.

Hella shares witht us why it made sense to create her own business. The learning curve can be steep but it allowed her to build a bridge between her roots in Tunisia and the US in which she arrived when she was 10.

Lea left the Yvory Coast to study in Paris. She then moved to Kazakstan and realized she was the only black woman in Astana. She shares her "weapons" to feel welcomed and at ease everywhere and how she learned to use emotional intelligence as she moved and worked in different places.

Paolo Battaglia's book : Italian American Country: Finding Italy in small-town America

Danny works four jobs and lives with a rabbit and a cockatiel. Life can be lonely but at 62 he knows what is REALLY important.

Unlike many of us, David chooses carefully the places he moves to. It all began with his childhood's dream to live in Japan. Berlin and Porto followed. His podcast "Expat Empire" gives tips about moving through expats stories.

Hala's Book: Bridge Between Worlds, a Lebanese-Arab-American Woman's JourneyI also recommend Amin Maalouf's book: In the Name of Identity 

Pascale Brady is Founder and CEO of The Challenge CoachShe does Life and Business Coaching in these areas:- Challenge coaching in life and at work through transitions or in relationships- Expatriate and international coaching,- Parent coachingShe also is a certified Parent EducatorShe teaches PEP classes and workshops on  practical parenting skills geared to each stage of a child's development, whether you're looking for new parenting techniques or faced with serious parenting concerns.

Review of Nicholas Christakis book : Blueprint, the evolutionnary origins of a good society.

17 years old Juliette is about to take a gap year. She will travel on two continents, work and improve her language skills, discover herself. Why did she decide not to go straight to college? Have some of her friends made the same decision? Where will she go? What does she hope for? it's all in her interview.

Amanda has a long expat experience and shares with us how she manages to feel at home in every country and how kindness goes a long way. She teaches her chinese culture and language to children and gives us advices on how to pass on our own culture and language to our children. She also shares a few insights on her job as consultant for professionals who go to China or Taiwan.

Bonnie experienced cultural differences for the first time when she was a 16 year old exchange student. Austria after WWII was very different from New-York and it was only the beginning of rich life experiences abroad. She worked in different countries, languages, jobs, married three times and now looks back on her life with a smile.

Rene fleed from Guatemala with his parents when he was a toddler. They were refugees in Canada and entered illegally in the US. His father was later caught by immigration services and sent to prison. He speaks about his experience in the US as a Latino.

My dad became an orphan when he was 10, began to work when he was 13 and met American tourists through his job in an hotel in Florence, Italy. The more he learned the more he wanted to move to the United States. Listen to his journey to get there and his love for cultural diversity.

Kiana is a third Culture kid, growing up in different countries none of which the country of origin from her parents. She doesn't belong completely somewhere and she feels home when she is with other international kids like her. She has learned to adapt and be resilient, taking the positive parts of each culture. She shares her experience from childhood to today as a college student in the US.

Felix tells us about his childhood with deaf parents in central Switzerland, his travels to work and learn languages while still in high school, his journey to South America during his gap year and how it helped him choose his field of study, his culture shock when he arrived in the US and everything he learned along the way.

Noelle a déménagé plusieurs fois enfant, elle a toujours gardé le goût de la nouveauté. Elle partage avec nous l'expérience de venir vivre aux USA avec ses enfants.

Ken didn't know anything about Asia when he was offered a job abroad at age 23. He learned a lot even founding his own business oversees. He lived in many different places and experienced reverse culture shock coming back home. Now he is a little bit of a world citizen even if as he says he will always be American.

Arlette was born in Cuba from a single mother who crossed the ocean to flee WWII France. She later moved to New-York. A vibrant story of a migrant child who struggles to fit in but finds her way.