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Happy Friday, friends! Welcome back to another episode and being here with me. You\u2019re in for a special one today! I have the honor to engage in a connected, uplifting conversation with Jas who is an expat currently living and working in Germany. Hearty and wholesome are ways I find myself using to describe this conversation, as we jived about this shared yet unique experience of uprooting our lives and moving abroad to countries very different from the one we were brought up in, as we shared stories of interesting occurrences and also exchange tips and advice on some steps we can take to better integrate and find joy in our new lives in new cities. I hope you\u2019ll find comfort and support through this conversation. I love you.\xa0

Here are the takeaways:

1. The detachment and feeling that you\u2019re stuck in an in-between zone between where you grew up in and the country you\u2019re living in now is real and it\u2019s okay to acknowledge it, feel it and process it\xa0
2. Be patient with yourself\xa0
3. Cultivate a healthy prospective with new friendships and being social\xa0
4. be willing to socialize and invite new connections into your new life\xa0
5. Find as many opportunities to connect with as many people as you can; a good tip: start by finding people who shares the same hobbies, interest\xa0
6. Walk into the experience with an open heart and allow yourself to experience all of it; the good, bad, positive, negative; you just don\u2019t know who of these will become your new best friends\xa0
7. Bake a cake on your first day to the office and create/initiate those conversations\xa0
8. Take this as an opportunity to start over; a clean slate and to be unabashedly you without the lenses and pressures from your family, friends back home
9. Start unbecoming to become who you really are\xa0
10. Sometimes, it\u2019s more the fear of asking others to step out of their comfort zone by being around you than it is about you not being likeable or you having an issue\xa0
11. Show respect and enthusiasm by attempting to learn more about language, culture and habits; you will be appreciated for trying\xa0
12. The relationship with your parents who loves her can feel stressful and charged at times, but never forget that their intent is always that you\u2019re happy and in a safe place\xa0
13. Jas\u2019s favorite mantra: I AM UNIQUE.\xa0

\xa0In this episode:\xa0

• Connect with Jas and get insights to her interesting, everyday adventures in Germany through her Instagram @jas_in_germany\xa0
• Take a moment to listen to Amanda Gorman\u2019s beautiful poem here: https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/01/20/amanda-gorman-youth-poet-laureate-full-poem-biden-capitol-inauguration-vpx.cnn

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