Journaling – entering “Narnia”
“Meet Journaling” Workshop 3 Febbraio dalle 9 alle 12 Zurigo-Enge La creatività non è qualcosa che appartiene solo agli artisti ma è qualcosa che fa parte di ognuno di noi. Siamo nati tutti con la stessa dose di creatività, poi…
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…
THE STRUGGLE OF BEING MY TRUE SELF
This evening I was reading a post from a woman who taught me a lot. It was her first post for a while and I could see and feel her in every word, in every letter. It inspired me in…
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…
DISCOVER YOURSELF THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE’S DIVERSITY
I’ve always been instinctively attracted by who’s different from me. It always makes me smile when my mum tells how, as a child, I wandered alone among beach umbrellas making friends in a natural way with people of every age.…
WHO DECIDES WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE IN YOUR CAREER?
-Our beliefs are the vehicle that can take us far in life or hold us back- Oprah W. We all do it. Someone sitting at the desk during a break, someone during a meeting, someone while getting the house in…
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,…
TAKE THE FIRST STEP: Prince Charming is not going to rescue you!
I’ve never been a girl with a passion for pink, make up and laces. Second-born, after a baby girl, I should have been called Michelangelo (yes I know, don’t say a word). I wore coloured clothes, I played always with…
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…
[:it]COSA HO IMPARATO DALLA CORSA – perchè per correre non bisogna essere magri, alti e strafighi[:en]WHAT I’VE LEARNED FROM RUNNIG – Why you don’t have to be slim, athletic and supercool to go running[:]
[:it]E’ mattina e io ho sonno. La mattina più che l’oro per me ha il piombo in bocca, il mio corpo si muove lento e chiede tempo per risvegliarsi. Ma ho imparato a dargli fiducia perché so cosa succederà dopo.…
[:it]RIENTRO AL LAVORO – 6 PASSI PER SUPERARE LE PAURE E I DUBBI[:en]BACK TO WORK – 6 STEPS TO OVERCOME FEARS AND DOUBTS[:]
[:it] Perché tornare al lavoro ci spaventa e come superarlo Stai pensando di tornare a lavorare dopo una pausa o hai già iniziato a cercare un nuovo lavoro? Io l’ho fatto due anni fa. Mi aspettavo un periodo esaltante ma…
[:it]NON ESISTE LA SOLUZIONE, MA LA “TUA SOLUZIONE”[:en]THERE’S NO RIGHT SOLUTION: YOU CAN ONLY FIND YOUR WAY THOUGH IT[:]
[:it]Nell’ultimo anno ho letto una quantità abbondante di contenuti e mi sono resa conto che al posto di sentirmi ispirata, spesso, mi ritrovavo schiacciata o sopraffatta dalle 100 soluzioni che mi venivano proposte e che mi chiedevano sempre di essere,…