Training to dream again
We sat across from each other, the room was silent. Not an embarrassed silence (there’s confidence and trust between us) but one of those when a client stops for a while to think, because she needs some time after your…
We don’t need help or we just struggle to ask?
Last year I spent a lot of time trying to understand and describe my typical customer: what does she do for a living? What does she need? What’s her biggest problem? How can I help her? I started with me,…
Look at your schedule! Are you doing whatever it takes to go wherever you want?
Have you ever played the ‚stick‘ game on the beach? It works a bit like this: run from a starting line and reach a pole (much lower than you) stuck in the sand once you have reached the pole, place…
Is HOME a physical place?
We talk about home and often that refers to a physical place. But is it really like that in the end? To me, I don’t know, at least not completely. There have been times when, between walls that were familiar…
The power of expectations
It’s June and even in Zürich we are enjoying some sunny days. It’s the beginning of the summer season and it’s what surprised me so much when I arrived here the first time. I was ready for the snow, the sledge and a…
Motherhood: between deep love and the risk of getting lost
People describe to me what it means to become a mother in many different ways, but I can surely say that when my time arrived I had no idea what would really happen to me. I wasn’t born with a…
From Tampa to London, passing through Chicago
I sat in front of my PC feeling excited about the Skype call I was waiting for, I would be interviewing Amelie. Ame (that’s what I’ve called her for years) is a college friend, we studied Law together and we…
What will you do with the next 365 days?
I’ve been face-to-face with 365 new days in the most adverse conditions: excited, overwhelmed, peaceful, scared or a mix of all these sensations. I dreamt eyes wide open, I thought about great changes and made plans, or at least I…
Forever Expat?
If you look up the definition of Expat in different dictionaries you will find that the most common expression is: Expat, abbreviation for expatriate Expatriate, a person who lives outside his home country But at no time will these definitions…
BACK TO WORK AFTER 40s – 7 things I’ve learned
It was Saturday, late afternoon, I was running along the river. It was already dark and the air was warm, the winter cold I love so much still has to come. That week was a rollercoaster of emotions at work…
THE ROLLERCOASTER OF EXPAT FRIENDSHIPS
One day you wake up and it’s the morning of your new life, in a new place. When you decided to move the time flew by and suddenly, today you are already here and it seems like there wasn’t enough…
BILINGUAL AND MULTILINGUAL KIDS
Four years ago we moved to Switzerland but I can remeber as it was yesterday the moment my daughter entered her new class for the first time, without being able to understand a word of what her teacher and her…
WHAT TO DO BEFORE LEAVING – THE EXPAT JOURNEY
I still remember as it happened yesterday when my husband came back home telling me that he was contacted for a new job in Zürich. I’ve always hoped to experience living abroad, it was part of my idealistic future life,…
FEMALE NETWORKING: WHY IT’S WORTH A TRY
I’ve always heard about Networking and I’ve always avoided it as if it was a bad illness. I’m an extrovert but I’ve never felt at ease with PR: I had labeled networking as a way to show off how cool you are and…
