Pandemic Coping Strategies: Lessons from Living Abroad

The coronavirus outbreak over the last few months has been an unbelievably stressful time for all of us. We are all trying to react, adjust and cope with an entirely unprecedented situation that is affecting everyone around the planet. In my work with, and experience as an, international school teacher(s), I have been really fortunate…

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Finding Balance (For Me) Part 2

Note: Hopefully, you’ve read Part 1, and have been warned that this is primarily about me (and what I’ve been up to in the last year), but at least this post has some fun technology and fitness additions. (Hmmm… I think that’s the first time I’ve ever used the word fitness on this blog.) In…

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Finding Balance (For Me) Part 1

Note: this post is not about education or technology. It kind of comes back around in Part 2, but it’s really more about me. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since I posted something new here. It’s not because I don’t have anything to share, or because I’ve lost interest in blogging. Actually,…

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On my way to work

Thanks to Jess McCulloch for tagging me with this fun post idea. I decided to be a little creative and re-use some older pictures that I’ve already shared via Instagram, Twitter or Flickr, combined with a few recent ones. One of the highlights of living in Japan is that we have 4 distinct seasons, so…

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Two Crises, Many Connections

It’s hard to believe that this is the second time we (my husband, Alex & I) have made the decision to leave our home due to external situations in under a year. The first time was during the protests in Bangkok, Thailand, where we happened to live right in the middle of the protest area….

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