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The Places We Call Home podcast
by Yolanda Reshemah
The Places We Call Home is a podcast for expat and immigrant women navigating homesickness, loneliness, culture shock, identity shifts, and the challenge of making friends after moving abroad. If you've relocated to the United States -- or anywhere far from home -- this is your space to feel understood.After moving to the U.S. for the first time, I had no idea how much it would stretch me, soften me, undo me, and rebuild me. This is my sixth move since age 10. I've learned what it really takes to start over in a new country: courage, belonging, reinvention, and the quiet work of creating a life from scratch. Each episode explores the emotional, the psychological side of living abroad as a woman -- the ache of homesickness, the isolation of feeling invisible, the friendships that don't work out, the identity you're rebuilding, and the surprising hoy that shows up in small, ordinary moments. You'll hear honest conversations and real stories from glob
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#66. Starting Over Abroad: Parenting, Language, and Mindset That Made Year 1 Bearable Practical Tips
How to rebuild with kids, handle culture shock, and find your footing as an expat mom. immigrant mom.Feeling lost after moving abroad? This episode names the quiet grief women carry when you immigrate-homesickness, language shame, identity wobble, and the pressure to make the move "worth it". Karen - a professional organizer from Israel shares how she rebuilt in the U.S. in her 40s: making friends from zero, helping her kids learn a new language, reopening her career, and adapting to culture without erasing herself.You'll leave with simple ways to protect your energy, communicate with confidence and release the feelings in your body.Listen now and start creating the life you moved for-- one small win at a time.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Places We Call Home is a podcast for expat and immigrant women navigating homesickness, loneliness, culture shock, identity shifts, and the challenge of making friends after moving abroad. If you've relocated to the United States -- or anywhere far from home -- this is your space to feel understood.After moving to the U.S. for the first time, I had no idea how much it would stretch me, soften me, undo me, and rebuild me. This is my sixth move since age 10. I've learned what it really takes to start over in a new country: courage, belonging, reinvention, and the quiet work of creating a life from scratch. Each episode explores the emotional, the psychological side of living abroad as a woman -- the ache of homesickness, the isolation of feeling invisible, the friendships that don't work out, the identity you're rebuilding, and the surprising hoy that shows up in small, ordinary moments. You'll hear honest conversations and real stories from glob
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Yolanda Reshemah
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