If you are reading this, I assume that you are pregnant. Congratulations! I hope everything is going well. Between summer 2019 and late autumn 2022, I went on maternity leave 3 times. Today I found my mind map that I used to prepare my time away from the office to make sure I left my…
Recently, a family event made me take my three girls on an intercontinental solo flight from Japan to Germany as my husband couldn’t join. I wasn’t worried about it for the most part as we had taken flights with them several times before. Given that I was traveling alone, I did try to consider more aspects…
Life has thrown me some curveballs lately—dealing with tantrums from both my kids and my team members has been a rollercoaster. But every cloud has a silver lining, right? As time’s been a little scarce these days, I just described the basic situations to CoPilot and asked them to write the post. Due to said…
Using the Dubai Connect Service on our way home has become somewhat of a family tradition. When you are living abroad, a considerable amount of time might be spent on visiting family and friends in your passport country. Therefore, not many paid leave days for an actual vacation are left. Taking this small time window…
It is the fifth of January as I am posting this article. My socials have been filled with ways of how to end the year, how to reflect, how to be grateful, how to plan for the new year and how to best start it. If you haven’t finished your planning for the year, don’t…
When I told a friend that I was going to be solo parenting my “3 under 4” while my youngest was just 2-3 months old, she mentioned that in her case, they would always get help from the grandparents if one parent had to step out for the evening. Unfortunately, that wasn’t an option for…
Public speaking is an empowering skill that opens doors to countless opportunities. Whether you aim to inspire, educate, or entertain, mastering the art of public speaking can make you a more confident and influential person. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you start your journey. It’s been an unspoken and maybe unadmitted goal of myself…
In November 2024 we travelled to Berlin with the whole family for a family event, to catch up with family and friends and spend our annual vacation there. November in Berlin is not kind. It was cold, rainy and grey and I wouldn’t recommend this time of year to anyone. Especially not with small children….
If motherhood was a course at university, these are the books I would include in its syllabus. Pregnancy & Birth Parenting Which books have helped you prepare for and get through motherhood? Leave me a comment or share it via email. I would love to expand my reading list.
When I was pregnant, I knew that raising my Global Babies would be different from how I was raised. From talking to friends in similar family settings, joining Facebook groups, I’ve also found guidance in several books. Raising Multilingual Children Covering My BlindSpots In English In German If you are raising international, intercultural, interracial children,…