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Have you ever wondered why your immigrant parent(s) didn't prepare you for being a global citizen?

Chelsea thought this when she was struggling in her first expat place. Over time she began to understand the distinct difference between her mother's immigrant experience and her expat one. In this conversation, we unpack the lasting impression that Chelsea's mom had on her expat life and which influences she kept and discarded.

Original publication date: August 27, 2022

00:00 – Growing Up With Immigrant Parents
02:25 – Moving Abroad During the Pandemic
04:50 – Leaving China for Thailand
07:15 – Stability, Jobs, and Expat Life
09:40 – Becoming a Pandemic Parent Abroad
12:05 – First Expat Experience in China
14:30 – Teaching Abroad After University
16:55 – Why Staying Abroad Makes Sense
19:20 – American Work Culture vs Expat Life
21:45 – Having a German Mother in America
24:10 – Language Loss and Assimilation
26:35 – Immigrant Parents and Identity
29:00 – Raising a Third Culture Child
31:25 – Seeing Immigration Through Expat Life
33:50 – When Everything Comes Full Circle

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How much do our immigrant parents impact our adult expat experiences? This is what we're exploring in this conversation with return guest Alison.

Alison and I dig into growing up with two unequal cultures in one household, the racial struggles she's seen in many countries during her years living outside of her passport country of the U.S. and her coming to terms with the differences between her mother's immigrant experience and her own expat life.

Original publication date: August 26, 2022

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Have your immigrant parents ever visited you in any of your expat places? Georges' parents have and it shifted how he understood their struggles moving from Greece to Canada. We cover a lot more ground on his parents' immigrant story and how it has both positively and negatively influenced his own expat experience.

Original publication date: July 28, 2022

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