• I believe in resilience. You need it when you move countries. You need it when your...
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    I believe in resilience. You need it when you move countries. You need it when your qualifications...
  • Your confidence is probably coming back right now, and you may not even notice it. Nobody talks...
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    Your confidence is probably coming back right now, and you may not even notice it. Nobody talks...
  • 23 years abroad taught me that so much of what I believed in year one was incomplete. The beliefs...
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    23 years abroad taught me that so much of what I believed in year one was incomplete. The beliefs I...
  • I thought language would be the easy part. I had qualifications. I had experience. I knew how to...
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    I thought language would be the easy part. I had qualifications. I had experience. I knew how to...
  • I never planned to do this work. I planned to teach. To lead. To raise my daughters in a home...
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    I never planned to do this work. I planned to teach. To lead. To raise my daughters in a home full...
  • The hardest immigrant questions are rarely the ones people ask first. Most immigrants do not...
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    The hardest immigrant questions are rarely the ones people ask first. Most immigrants do not start...
  • Moving countries did not just change my address. People talk about the new country. The new...
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    Moving countries did not just change my address. People talk about the new country. The new house....
  • 6 hills I will die on about how workplaces treat skilled immigrants. I have lived and worked...
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    6 hills I will die on about how workplaces treat skilled immigrants. I have lived and worked across...
  • Rejection can make even the most capable person question themselves. When I moved countries, I...
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    Rejection can make even the most capable person question themselves. When I moved countries, I came...
  • I am an immigrant mother raising four daughters. That means I think deeply about what I am...
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    I am an immigrant mother raising four daughters. That means I think deeply about what I am passing...
  • Nobody said these to me when I first moved countries. I needed every single one. 9 hills I’ll die...
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    Nobody said these to me when I first moved countries. I needed every single one. 9 hills I’ll die...
  • One small moment is not always the whole story. A pause in conversation. A message that feels...
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    One small moment is not always the whole story. A pause in conversation. A message that feels...
  • The little girl in this photo would not think you are behind. You keep telling yourself, “I...
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    The little girl in this photo would not think you are behind. You keep telling yourself, “I should...
  • I didn’t have a midlife crisis. I stopped pretending. I used to think this part of life would...
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    I didn’t have a midlife crisis. I stopped pretending. I used to think this part of life would feel...
  • Migration can make even your own life feel unfamiliar. You can miss who you were and still be...
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    Migration can make even your own life feel unfamiliar. You can miss who you were and still be...