The Global Mom Show: The Podcast for Moms with Global Worldviews

Today on the show, I talk with Christa Jimenez about the commitment she's made to raise her children to be bilingual. She is living in the US, but she is doing a lot of things to keep her two girls connected with their heritage, since her husband is from Costa Rica. Christa is the founder+ Read More The post The Many Ways to Be Bilingual, with Christa Jimenez (TGMS 32) appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Several months ago, I came across an article by Sonia Smith-Kang on The Mash-Up Americans website titled: How to Talk to Your Mixed Race Kids About Race. Sonia's steps were straightforward and accessible, and I knew I wanted to have her on the show to talk about her background and how she's raising her own+ Read More The post Talking to Your Mixed Race Kids About Race, with Sonia Smith-Kang (TGMS 31) appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Anjelica Malone and I just kept talking, and we thought we would share the rest of our conversation with you. We touch on the refugee ban, books we want to read, how we've developed an understanding of our global identity, and things we are loving right now. Here's the show notes: The Spirit Catches You+ Read More The post BONUS Episode: Mom Chat with Anjelica Malone appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Have you ever met someone and immediately connected? That's how it was with me and Anjelica Malone. She started listening to the podcast after the first couple of episodes last summer, and soon she was sending me voicemails (using the tool on the right side of this page) to tell me about what she liked+ Read More The post Living Your Own Version of Motherhood, with Anjelica Malone (TGMS30) appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

If you live in the United States, you know that this past year has brought to the surface lots of racial tensions. We've seen racism on the news and in our classrooms. And many of us have had to re-evaluate how we are thinking about and talking about race and discrimination. Now, if you don't+ Read More The post Talking to Your Kids About Race, with Lucretia Berry (TGMS#29) appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Reading to your kids is a fantastic way to teach your kids about anything. It only follows then that multicultural children's books would be an excellent way to teach your children about other cultures. But despite the number of mixed-race families and immigrants increasingly growing in the United States, the number of multicultural books being+ Read More The post Why Multicultural Children's Books Are so Important, with Mia Wenjen (TGMS28) appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

I wanted to say a quick hello to you all and pop in you podcast players to let you know what is happening with The Global Mom Show. Last year, I launched the show in May, and produced 27 episodes! I had so much fun connecting with global moms and starting to build a network+ Read More The post Get Ready for Season 2 appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you all for a fantastic first year of The Global Mom Show (we'll it's not really a year, since we just started in late spring…). This week's show is a fun chat with my friend Lizzy, who lives in South Asia with her family. We share silly stories from our time+ Read More The post An Expat Christmas: Multicultural Traditions and Celebrating Holidays Abroad (TGMS 27) appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Today, I talk with Rita Rosenback, author of Bringing Up a Bilingual Child, How to Navigate the 7 Cs of Bilingual Parenting. Rita is a full time writer, speaker, trainger and coach, and she maintains a blog that serves as a resource for bilingual families, Multilingual Parenting. Rita speaks Swedish, Finnish, English, German, and some+ Read More The post 26:Bringing Up a Bilingual Child, with Rita Rosenback appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Today I'm talking with Monica Olivera about her family, growing up Mexican-Spanish-American and how she's teaching her kids about their heritage. We talk about books and resources for teaching Hispanic Heritage (Hispanic Heritage Month was September 15-October 15). Monica also shares about Day of the Dead and explains some of the Mexican traditions surrounding the+ Read More The post 25:Passing on Latino Culture to Your Kids, Hispanic Heritage, and Day of the Dead, with Monica Olivera appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

It's no secret that traveling with your kids is one of the best ways to expose them to the world and all its cultures. But for some of us, that just doesn't always seem possible. We have financial challenges, scheduling challenges, limited vacation days, and on and on. There are many reasons why traveling just+ Read More The post 24: Moms, You Can Travel the World, with Tanai Benard appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Ocotber 16 is World Food Day, a day when the world stops to raise awareness about hunger and food security worldwide. Today, I chatted with Angela Schug about World Food Day and the Hunger Free project at World Vision USA. Angela Schug is a product team leader in the product marketing division at World Vision+ Read More The post TGMS #023 What We Can Do for World Food Day, with Angela Schug appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Mothering changes us. For my friend, Ludmila, it has made her more empathetic to children, more open to relationships, and it has intensified just about everything. Ludmila is a friend from my graduate school days (as are many of my guests on this show). She and I shared an apartment with Katie Chandler (from TGMS+ Read More The post TGMS #022 Mothering in Moldova with Ludmila Ungureanu appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Birth stories are so much fun, and today we get to hear from Lisa Ferland, the editor of two anthologies of birth and parenting stories, Knocked Up Abroad and Knocked Up Abroad Again (currently available on Kickstarter ). Lisa is a US citizen who has lived abroad in Sweden since 2012, working as a writer,+ Read More The post TGMS #021 Birth Stories from Abroad with Lisa Ferland appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

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This is a solo show today, where I dive in to the world of being an expat. I give you a little glimpse back into my own expat experience, and I share some resources to help you through all the transitions. Links from the show: Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds Summertime Publishing Expat+ Read More The post TGMS #019 Resources and Good Reads for Expats with Mary Grace appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Have you ever browsed your library's new releases or searched the displays at bookstores wondering which book is right for you? After I moved back to the States after several years living abroad, many of the titles I came across simply didn't resonate with me. Even books recommended by friends seemed shallow and one-dimensional. There+ Read More The post TGMS #018 Books for Global Moms with Anne Bogel appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

This marks week two of our series on BOOKS! I'm so excited about this episode, because my guest, Valarie Budayr, offered us lots of ideas for books and extension activities to do with our kids. Valarie is the daughter of Swedish immgrants who grew up in Portland, Oregon. She married an Arab Muslim from Lebanon,+ Read More The post TGMS #017 Jump into a Multicultural Book with Valarie Budayr appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

This week Mary Grace starts a new series on books! She talks with the founder and CEO of Barefoot Books, Nancy Traversy, about how the company began, and how it has changed over the years. Nancy shares her kids' favorite books as well as gives us a sneak peak into a new book that's coming+ Read More The post TGMS #016 Living Barefoot with Nancy Traversy appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

  Today we're talking Fair Trade and Fashion, and how to make more ethical choices a part of our everyday lives. I'm talking with Stacey Edgar, founder of Global Girlfriend. Stacey's Bio: A passionate advocate for women and children, Stacey Edgar started Global Girlfriend in 2003 as a way to provide economic security for women in+ Read More The post TGMS #015 Fair Trade, Fashion, and Global Girlfriends with Stacey Edgar appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou found her way through music, and now she takes that music around the world to help others build bridges of peace. Her music is fun, engaging, and energetic. She plays folk music from around the world and in several different languages. In this episode, Daria shares how she became intrigued by other cultures,+ Read More The post TGMS #014 Making Music that Connects Us with Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Today, I chat about why we need a global perspective now more than ever. I share some audio blogs taken from this website. The post TGMS #013 Back to the Basics and Blog Posts appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Today we are focusing in on the United States, because, hey, it's a melting pot, and well, it is our Independence Day. We are still talking about multiculturalism and raising kids who are at home with their heritage as well as in their home countries. This week, I chat with Dania Santana of Embracing Diversity.+ Read More The post TGMS #012 Embracing Diversity with Dania Santana appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

June 20th was World Refugee Day or Refugee Awareness Day, and the month of June is Refugee Awareness Month. In the past few years, the refugee crisis has become an overwhelming humanitarian crisis affecting men, women, and children all over the world. In this episode, Mary Grace Otis talks with the founder of Carry the Future,+ Read More The post TGMS #011 Carry the Future with Cristal Logothetis appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

What does Slurping Soup have to do with being an expat? Well, it's one of those confusing cultural differences that expats face everyday, wherever they live. Expat life can be wonderful, but it can also be challenging–especially for children. But having the right outlook and attitude can certainly help one adjust to a new place and+ Read More The post TGMS #010 Slurping Soup and Other Confusions with expat Maryam Afnan Ahmad appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Today, Homa Sabet Tavangar and I finish up our conversation about Growing Up Global. We talk about what holidays she and her family celebrate, how to be a friend to the whole human race, how to make cross-cultural friendships, and more. She shares about an episode of Nina's World, the TV show for which she+ Read More The post TGMS #009 Growing Up Global with Homa Sabet Tavangar (Pt. 2) appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

When I was searching for books to help me raise global kids, Homa Sabet Tavangar's Growing Up Global quickly came to the top of the list. It is a great resource guide for parents who want to expose their children to the world but can't spend a lot of money on travel or living abroad.+ Read More The post TGMS#008 Growing Up Global with Homa Sabet Tavangar (Pt. 1) appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Today I am talking with an old friend of mine, Renee Burgos, who I actually met at graduate school many years ago. Her husband Francisco and I were classmates, and they are both wonderful people. Now they have two girls and they live in Costa Rica, where Renee is the dual-language coordinator for the Cloud+ Read More The post TGMS #007: Renee Burgos, Living across cultures with intention and love appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Finding like-minded moms can sometimes be a challenge. That's why my guest today started the Multicultural Kid Blogs website. The site is a place for multicultural bloggers to join their efforts to share resources and gain inspiration about the day to day activities that help them raise world citizens. The group has grown to about+ Read More The post TGMS #006 Connecting with Multicultural Moms and Bloggers with Leanna appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

SHOW NOTES: My conversation with author and chef Susan Herrmann Loomis was a treat. I first read Susan's book On Rue Tatin a few years ago, when I was adjusting back to life in the States, while remembering fondly my travels around Europe and Asia. I was also getting into food. Susan's stories of life+ Read More The post TGMS#005: Susan Herrmann Loomis, Living abroad for the love of France and food appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

SHOW NOTES: Lisa Webb is a mom of two little girls who currently lives in Indonesia. She's been an expat since 2010, when she and her husband moved from Canada to France. She's a blogger at www.CanadianExpatMom.com, and she's also the author of a children's book and a forthcoming anthology about expat life. We talk+ Read More The post TGMS #004: Lisa Webb, Being a Canadian Expat Mom in France and Indonesia appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

Katie Chandler talks about raising her daughter in Bolivia, choosing travel and international development work even when it's hard, working to help people with kidney disease, trying to find a tamale in Guatemala, and wishing she could speak Creole.  Katie Chandler works at Bridge of Life in Denver, Colorado. She takes teams of doctors and volunteers around+ Read More The post TMGS #003: Katie Chandler, Going to Bolivia is like going home appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

SHOW NOTES: Martina Hahn In this episode, I talk with Martina Hahn, artist, mother of three German-American kids, has lived in the U.S. for, well, longer than she lived in Germany. She came to the U.S. at 19, and has stayed here to raise her children and develop her own “home” here. Martina is an+ Read More The post TGMS #002: Martina Hahn, Creating an Artistic Life in America appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO RAISE MULTICULTURAL KIDS? Raising globally-minded kids, multicultural kids, multiracial kids, or multi-ethnic kids is a privilege and a joy! Today, I chat with Becky Morales, an ESL and Spanish teacher, and mother of five bilingual and multicultural kids. Her blog Kid World Citizen is a wonderful resource for anyone looking to+ Read More The post Raising Kid World Citizens with Becky Morales (TGMS01) appeared first on The Global Mom Show.

SHOW NOTES: Hi, I'm Mary Grace Otis, and this is a quick intro episode on my background and why I started The Global Mom Show. Consider this an “About Me” page for the podcast world. You can skip it, and head straight to Episode #001, or take a quick listen and hear about how I+ Read More The post TGMS #000: What is The Global Mom Show? An Intro. appeared first on The Global Mom Show.