Transcontinental Overload – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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Heute gibt's eine Folge mit ganz viel Herz!

Frank nimmt uns mit in seine Herzensstadt San Francisco, wo er seit mehreren Jahren lebt und als Tourguide arbeitet.

Unser Gespräch fängt mit Franks spannender Geschichte an und schlängelt sich durch Themen wie Mut, Freundschaft und den Unterschied zwischen deutschen und amerikanischen Beziehungen, die derzeitige politische Lage, Minderheiten, den Blick von außen, Nationalgefühl, und die Liebe zu anderen Menschen und Orten. 

Weitere Infos zu Frank findet ihr auf seiner Website, auf Facebook und auf Instagram, und für weitere Einblicke gibt es diese ARD- oder ZDF-Reportagen.

Mich findet ihr weiterhin auf Instagram, und seit neuestem auch auf Substack! 

Habt einen schönen Sommer.

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As promised, here's part 2 of my conversation with Christina, a German expat here in New Jersey. Christina is a certified Embodicode® Mentor & Human Design Coach. She offers sessions both in German and English.

What is Human Design?

To sum it up, Human Design is a comprehensive and integrative system that combines elements from various ancient and modern disciplines to help individuals understand their unique personality, decision-making process, and life purpose.

The Human Design System synthesizes aspects of two types of science: the ancient observational systems of Astrology, the Chinese I’Ching, the Hindu-Brhmin Chakras and The Tree of Life from Kabbala; and the contemporary disciplines of Quantum Mechanics, Astronomy, Genetics, and Biochemistry - this is according to its founder, Ra Uru Hu, in 1987. 

Human Design centers around the division of human beings into 5 "energy types": Manifestors, Generators, Manifesting Generators, Projectors, and Reflectors. Each type has its corresponding "strategy," a mode of behavior that is natural to the functioning of that particular type’s aura or energy system. Human Design focuses specifically on these aura dynamics, using this information to prescribe "self" and "not self" themes that are then used to evaluate how one should best live according to one’s type.

Human Design maps 9 energy centers in the body. An individual's bodygraph reveals which of these centers are "defined", meaning that they are consistent and reliable in their functioning, and which ones are “undefined”, meaning the energy is more fluid and less consistent. These centers are connected by Channels and form Gates at the connecting points.

There are also 7 Authorities, including splenic, emotional, sacral, or lunar, amongst others, and 12 different Profiles.

And all of it can be calculated based on the date, time and location of birth.

We mention the Gene Keys, a big component or rather complementary system, but we don't go into this during our conversation due to time constraints.

Time stamps: 24:42 Manifestor, 31:55 Projector, 33:04 Generator, 38:09 Manifesting Generator, 42:33 Reflector.

Here are some resources on Human Design, some of which are mentioned in the episode:

Christina's website (in German, AI is your friend for translation)

Jovian Archive

https://humandesign.net/

https://human.design/

https://www.mybodygraph.com/

Gene Keys (Richard Rudd)

Interesting podcast episode: Rick Rubin (Tetragrammaton podcast) interviewing Richard Rudd

Contact Christina via her website or on Instagram.

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We're off to South America again! Today, we're travelling to Huaraz, the hiking capital of Peru.
Ami, a student from the UK, takes us to her favourite spots and talks us through some interesting food and drinks she encountered during her stay.

Some points of interest mentioned:

Café Andino

Wool shop “Los Gemelos” (Ami and I are both avid knitters)

Shopping tips:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-every-adventurer-should-visit-this-peruvian-mountain-town/

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/peru/huaraz-and-the-cordilleras/shopping

Ancash mountain region 

Pastoruri Glacier ​​

Village of Carhuaz (ice cream) on the way

Laguna Parón

Lagunas Llanganuco

City of Yungay (earthquake)

City of Trujillo 

& seaside surf resort Huanchaco 

Food/drink:

Ponche (eggy milk drink)

Pisco Sour (cocktail using grape-based Peruvian or Chilean brandy) 

Chicha Morada (purple corn drink)

Huancaina Sauce

Cuy chactado = Guinea pig

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I have something very different for you today.
This episode is just a little outburst that needed to find an audience - I'm working on new projects, but while I don't have a finite home for them yet, this podcast is my temporary host.

For comments, please find me on Instagram! I absolutely welcome feedback, especially at this work-in-progress stage. 

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Today we're travelling to the Silver City!
Catriona Turner, author of "Nest - a Memoir of Home on the Move", former guest on this podcast and recent repatriate to Scotland, takes us around her beautiful hometown of Aberdeen.
If you haven't read it yet, Catriona's book Nest - A Memoir of Home on the Move is widely available everywhere and a really good read.
You can also listen to our previous podcast conversation to find out more about Catriona's story.
Please also check out her website, and Instagram with links to the wonderful writing initiative #May on the Move!

Here are a few mentions in case you're planning a trip:
Bars:
Number 10
the Dutch Mill
Under the Hammer

Cafes:
Corner Tree Cafe
Books & Beans Cafe,
Inversnecky Cafe

Restaurants:
Travancore restaurant (South Indian)
The Silver Darling (fish restaurant)

In and around Aberdeen:
Albert Terrace
Union Terrace Gardens
Aberdeen Art Gallery (artist Louise Bourgeois)
Belmont Street 
Nuart: Street art festival
Old Aberdeen/University Campus
St Machar's Cathedral & Seaton Park
Brig o' Balgownie
Codona's fun fair
The fishing village of Footdee (Fittie)
Torry
Greyhope Bay

Further afield:
Royal Deeside
Balmoral
Falls of Feugh near Banchory
Braemar
Caerngorms mountains
Fife Arms Hotel
The market town of Stonehaven
The ruins of Dunnottar Castle
Slains Castle - inspiration for Dracula

Food/Recipes:
Yumyums
Haggis
Millionaire's Shortbread

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Have you ever felt lonely in your expat adventure?

My guest today is Sarah, a German in London, who used her own loneliness to establish a business as a "Loneliness Coach".

Friendships, and how to make friends and keep them, is our overall topic, but of course we also talk a lot about cultural differences, especially between the UK and Germany.

Sarah mentions Brooke Castillo's The Life Coach School Podcast, which is a great resource, not only if you're interested in coaching in general. There's a lot of wisdom there.

You can find out more about Sarah via Instagram or head straight to her Linktree and find all the links to her resources, including a quiz to find out how lonely you really are, and ways to turn it into your biggest strength.

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Heute geht's auf die Insel!
Mein Gast ist Vanessa, eine Engländerin, die lange in Österreich gelebt hat und seit 10 Jahren wieder in ihrer alten Heimat Hertfordshire lebt.

Vanessa arbeitet als interkulturelle Trainerin und Sprachlehrerin, und natürlich sprechen wir ausgiebig über das Sprachenlernen und die Unterschiede zwischen Englisch und Deutsch. Außerdem geht’s ums Umziehen mit Teenagern, die Zweisprachigkeit, verschiedene Schulsysteme, Tee, Schokolade und Chips, sowie den Unterschied zwischen "Handy" und "Handy".

Wenn ihr mehr über Vanessa wissen wollt, findet ihr sie am besten auf Instagram, oder natürlich direkt auf ihrer Website. 

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My guest today is a true ATCK - an adult third culture kid. Third Culture Kids are people who were raised in a culture other than their parents' or the culture of their country of nationality, and also live in a different environment during a significant part of their child development years.

Shakti is also the author of Colours of a Cultural Chameleon: "Where are you from?" Life. gets interesting when one has no simple answer.

Born in the Netherlands to a Belgian father and an Indian mother, Shakti has known cross-cultural living from an early age, moving to Delhi, India on several occasions, and also Boston, USA, for a year, before returning to the Netherlands, where she lives today with her husband and son.

We talk about writing in general, and writing and publishing your own work, but mainly we talk about what it's like to constantly bridge two or more cultures, what it means to belong, the power of celebrations, and the gift of multillingualism. 

You can find Shakti on Instagram, or go straight to her website for more information about her writing, travel and publishing tips.

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For my very first Destination Special, we're travelling to South America!

Nikki Palazzo, born in the US and a former expat in Germany, is showing off the city she's called home for the last 18 months: Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. 

Join us on our virtual weekend through this colourful and friendly city and find out where to eat, drink cocktails and watch the sunset.
We also venture out of town, and there are tips and anecdotes galore!
Make sure you eat something before listening, as you'll be ravenous once you've heard Nikki describe Paraguayan food.
 
From Tereré to San Juan Festivals and the joys of parallel parking, I promise you won't get bored hearing all about this secret little place that usually ranks pretty high on the list of happiest countries in the world.

For more information, get in touch with Nikki on Instagram, or listen to her on this podcast - she was my guest for Episode 27! If you want to find out about her previous experiences in Germany, she still has her Expat Cast links available.

Some other things Nikki mentions:
El Café de Acá
Mbeju food
El Parque de la Salud
Nu Guasú Park
Guaraní language
San Bernardino town and lake
O Gaucho restaurant
Ciudad del Este: gateway to the Iguazu Falls
Encarnación: Unesco World Heritage Site
The Chaco: the "green hell"

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My guest today is Sabine, a fellow German transplant in New Jersey, who's lived in the US since 2010.
Her story is truly harrowing and amazing at the same time: Sabine talks about how a life-altering emergency made her expat journey take a 180, and how her life has changed since then.

We talk about how an emergency situation like this affects your family in and outside of your country, what consequences a medical diagnosis can have for your residency status, and we discuss different health systems, and the importance of grandparents in your children's lives.

Apart from being an active fundraising coordinator, speaker and advocate, Sabine functions, amongst other things, as a volunteer leadership advisor for the American Brain Tumor Association, sits on the advisory council of the National Brain Tumor Society, and serves on the Board of Directors of Epic Experience, a Colorado-based nonprofit that organizes camps for adult cancer survivors. She recommends their podcast: Campfires of Hope - Living beyond Cancer.

To connect with Sabine, find her on Instagram!