What if we were grateful for 2020…

I am seeing lots of newsfeed, posts and hearing comments about the need to get to 2021 urgently so that 2020 is finally over. Comments like this… “So looking forward for 2020 to be over so we can move one” “Very much looking to…

#Resources 55: How is home learning going?

Just checking in, how are you coping with home learning… I am not sure how you are going with home learning, but here, it is definitely challenging! Keeping two parents demanding jobs going as well as supporting three kids at different path of their…

#FIGT2020: Global Migration Resources, Tools and Reflections for Education, Coaching and Counselling Professionals

I will be presenting at the Families in Global Transition Conference in Bangkok in March 2020. A synopsis for the session can be found at the following link. https://www.figt.org/2020-Concurrent-Sessions

Great Work #Australianelection #election #whateverpartyyousupported

Just watching results from The Australian Elections. All the evening somewhat resonated with me. Good, bad news evening. So much hard work has gone into it all. Lots of conflicting emotions leading up to it all, exciting, overwhelming, chants, support, stress, challenges… As a…

I went to conferences and came back with a tribe! #globalmigration #resilience #transition #psychologistmovingabroad #belonging #loneliness

Since moving to Australia, it has been hard to find where I fit in, where I belong. Professionally, it was a big hit to my self-esteem and confidence to have to go through a long process of registration (one full year of registration even…

So Excited! #2019planning

Taking some time ‘semi-off’, not all off as life tends to always be somewhat busy such as looking after the kids during the summer holidays, preparing camping trips, catching up with writing reports and on my blogs and completing unattended administrative jobs. I am…

Are you gaming with your children? #gaming #knowingthegame #parentawareness

Do you understand the language of the game? How do you know what is happening in the game? My children, just being children, naively introduced me to a game on the iPad. It was free to download and my oldest was playing with the…

#Moving Abroad as a Psychologist #overseas #psychologists

The decision was made, we were moving to Australia! Overwhelmed and excited, I did all the research I could imagine to see if this move was possible in terms of my career. I had worked very hard to complete my doctorate so it was…