#9. How To Live The American Dream While Still Connected To Home

Send us Fan MailWhat does “home” even mean when you’ve lived in more than one place, switched languages, and had to rebuild your life from scratch more times than you can count?In this week’s conversation, Suzanne — a British expat who’s lived in Italy and now the USA — opens up about the messy, beautiful, emotional parts of migration. We talk about identity, belonging, raising kids far from family, and that quiet ache you feel when you miss a place that used to be yours.If you’ve ever felt torn between countries, cultures, or versions of yourself, you’ll feel right at home here.We talk about:Living between culturesHow moving from the U.K. to Italy to America shaped Suzanne’s identity — and why she doesn’t feel the need to choose just one home.Finding your people abroadThe real talk on loneliness, community, and how to build friendships when you’re starting over in a new country.Holding onto your rootsThe foods, languages, memories, and tiny rituals that keep you connected to where you’re from.Thriving as an expat womanWhy contentment, adaptability, and celebrating small joys matter when you’re navigating culture shock, homesickness, and identity shifts.Press play for an honest, gentle reminder that you’re allowed to belong to more than one place — and more than one version of yourself.If you’d like to share your own migration story or send feedback, email [email protected] podcast for expat and immigrant women in the USA, who are navigating homesickness, identity shifts, culture shock, and the emotional work of starting over. Through real conversations with women from around the world, we talk about belonging, rebuilding community, raising bicultural kids, language barriers, and what it means to create home when your heart lives in more than one place.https://www.instagram.com/placeswecallhomepod