We can find many suggestions about how to support our children to become bilinguals* when they are toddlers, in preschool or primary school. But what happens when they are teenagers and young adults? Can we still support them with their family languages or other languages they’re learning along the way? If culture was a […]
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Goodbyes are hard for leavers and stayers!
To all those who left, to all those who will leave, and to all those who stay… We can find many advices for people leaving, how to organize a move and how to make it a smooth one for the whole family, children, and friends. – But what about those who stay? I’ve been the […]
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What colour has your mindset: blue or green?
My coaching clients know that the main focus of my coaching is on communication, on the way we talk to others and to ourselves. Why? Because the way we talk to ourselves – our inner talk or internal monologue – reveals a lot about how we perceive ourselves and the way we react to the […]
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Understanding Teenagers…
Understanding Teenagers We all develop our very own patterns of communication with one another and every family uses verbal and non-verbal habits to express themselves. It is very easy to get stuck in unhealthy patterns of communication. Especially when our children become teenagers, many of us feel like they don’t know their […]
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Moving on, relocating and staying behind…
When international families are preparing for their next move, they often only get a few months or weeks to get everything done. When they leave the place they called home for the last few months or years and conquer new frontiers, they have a lot on their plate and they are on a real rollercoaster […]
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