New Beginnings | Episode 01

01/06/21 • 34 min

We're chatting about new beginnings (NOT new goals). As expats, we don’t have to wait for a new year to roll around to experience new beginnings. Whether it’s a new location, new language, new schooling choice, or new housing situation every time you return to your passport country — it can bring a roller coaster of feelings.

We'll be chatting about our most recent ‘new beginnings’, what we learned through it, and the unexpected blessings each experience brought us.

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We'll be chatting about our most recent ‘new beginnings’, what we learned through it, and the unexpected blessings each experience brought us.

Check out our show notes for links to all the things we talked about in this episode.

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There are so many ways to get involved in our community.

Join us on Instagram.

Interact with other expats on our private Facebook group.

Search for expat articles on our blog.

Get monthly curated resources monthly via our newsletter.

Connect with Denise

Connect with Melissa

Connect with Alicia

Previous Episode

It’s Tea Time Somewhere | Episode 00

The Taking Route Community is growing and we are so happy to see more and more women from around the world connecting and encouraging each other as we all learn to thrive right where we are planted. With that growth comes the need to reevaluate what brings life as we juggle connection online and feeding our multitudes of children. So.Many.Children. Doing this podcast is a lot of fun, and brings life, but arranging interviews with differing time zones and sketchy internet is a little less fun. In the hopes of 2021 being the year of less stress, we have decided to change the podcast format to less interviews and more tea time conversations. Each episode we’ll pick a topic and dissect it, share our perspectives and what we’ve learned through our experiences as expats. We really value different voices so we aren’t doing away with interviews altogether, but the meat of the podcast will be just the three of us: Denise, Melissa, and Alicia.

In this episode we reintroduce ourselves for the benefit of any new listeners and share more about what you can expect in the episodes to come. We’re excited about this new format and hope you enjoy!

Check out our show notes for links to all the things we talked about in this episode.

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There are so many ways to get involved in our community.

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Interact with other expats on our private Facebook group.

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Next Episode

Fostering TCK (Third Culture Kid) Friendships | Episode 02

Our discussion this week is all about TCK friendships. This topic can be a tough one, but it's oh so important for the health and happiness of our kiddos in their life overseas.

In this episode we break down the discussion into the Early Years, the Middle Years (aka "The Hay Day of School Age Kids"), and then on into the Tween and Teen Years. We talk about things we have done to help our kids develop friendships, our successes and failures, how our perspectives have shifted over the years, and what it looks like to be proactive in creating opportunities for our kids to find friendship.

We don't claim to be experts on this topic, but we hope you come away with an encouraged heart, and more than anything, we hope you see that you are not alone. If your mama heart is struggling as you navigate friendships alongside your TCK's, know that you are definitely not the only one. So, grab a cuppa and settle in for some encouragement, because it's tea time somewhere!

Check out our show notes for links to all the things we talked about in this episode.

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There are so many ways to get involved in our community.

Join us on Instagram.

Interact with other expats on our private Facebook group.

Search for expat articles on our blog.

Get monthly curated resources monthly via our newsletter.

Connect with Denise

Connect with Melissa

Connect with Alicia