Ep. 151: Feed Drop: Rubber Time or Slaves to the Clock?
The Immigrant Experience in America
Release Date: 06/11/2024
The Immigrant Experience in America
Master Certified Coach Olivia Abousaid understands the profound impact of self-improvement through her own journey. Born and raised in Dallas to Palestinian parents, Olivia has cultivated a deep appreciation for personal growth and transformation while navigating the complexities of cultural and political externalities. Now based in Los Angeles, she harnesses her life experiences and coaching expertise to empower individuals to transform grief into action. Olivia's grief and transformation coaching transcends one-size-fits-all solutions. She creates a safe, supportive space for clients to...
info_outline Ep. 164: Palestinian-American Experience: Olivia Abousaid (Part 2)The Immigrant Experience in America
Master Certified Coach Olivia Abousaid understands the profound impact of self-improvement through her own journey. Born and raised in Dallas to Palestinian parents, Olivia has cultivated a deep appreciation for personal growth and transformation while navigating the complexities of cultural and political externalities. Now based in Los Angeles, she harnesses her life experiences and coaching expertise to empower individuals to transform grief into action. Olivia's grief and transformation coaching transcends one-size-fits-all solutions. She creates a safe, supportive space for clients to...
info_outline Ep. 163: Palestinian-American Experience: Olivia Abousaid (Part 1)The Immigrant Experience in America
Master Certified Coach Olivia Abousaid understands the profound impact of self-improvement through her own journey. Born and raised in Dallas to Palestinian parents, Olivia has cultivated a deep appreciation for personal growth and transformation while navigating the complexities of cultural and political externalities. Now based in Los Angeles, she harnesses her life experiences and coaching expertise to empower individuals to transform grief into action. Olivia's grief and transformation coaching transcends one-size-fits-all solutions. She creates a safe, supportive space for clients to...
info_outline Ep. 162: Afghan-American: Sara Stanizai (Part 2)The Immigrant Experience in America
Sara Stanizai, LMFT (she/her) is a licensed therapist who founded Prospect Therapy to create a queer- and trans-affirming practice that focuses specifically on serving first-generation American and immigrant communities. As a queer first-gen herself, Sara’s clinical and professional work focuses on serving the Afghan diaspora, specifically fellow Afghan-American women, through retreats and group experiences that help participants find community and reconciliation with self, culture and ancestry. ...
info_outline Ep. 161: Afghan-American: Sara Stanizai (Part 1)The Immigrant Experience in America
Sara Stanizai, LMFT (she/her) is a licensed therapist who founded Prospect Therapy to create a queer- and trans-affirming practice that focuses specifically on serving first-generation American and immigrant communities. As a queer first-gen herself, Sara’s clinical and professional work focuses on serving the Afghan diaspora, specifically fellow Afghan-American women, through retreats and group experiences that help participants find community and reconciliation with self, culture and ancestry. ...
info_outline Ep. 160: Hong Kong Immigrant to the UK: Summie Yeung (Part 2)The Immigrant Experience in America
Summie Yeung is a Life & Career Transition Coach, dedicated to empowering multicultural people in English-speaking countries to break free from traditional career paths and cultural expectations. Summie's immigrant journey began when she was 15, when she arrived in the UK from Hong Kong without her parents. She started her career with the conventional path of securing a stable job in technology consulting. Amidst turbulence at her last workplace, she read the book "Third Culture Kids," which illuminated the impact of cultural identity on career choices. This realization, coupled with...
info_outline Ep. 159: Hong Kong Immigrant to the UK: Summie Yeung (Part 1)The Immigrant Experience in America
Summie Yeung is a Life & Career Transition Coach, dedicated to empowering multicultural people in English-speaking countries to break free from traditional career paths and cultural expectations. Summie's immigrant journey began when she was 15, when she arrived in the UK from Hong Kong without her parents. She started her career with the conventional path of securing a stable job in technology consulting. Amidst turbulence at her last workplace, she read the book "Third Culture Kids," which illuminated the impact of cultural identity on career choices. This realization, coupled with...
info_outline Ep. 158: Overcoming the Challenges of H4 Spousal Visa - Varuni Sinha (Part 3)The Immigrant Experience in America
Varuni Sinha is a New York City-based writer and multimedia producer. She has written for The Post and Courier, Time Out New York, and created 360-degree campaigns for global brands such as Yamaha and Panasonic. A former guest lecturer at the University of Delhi, where she taught “Race and Politics Through Literature” and wrote a dissertation on the history of Indian comic superheroes, tracing their origin story to Hindu gods and their American cousins. Her paintings have been displayed in solo and group exhibitions in galleries across India. Support Varuni's Book:...
info_outline Ep. 157: Overcoming the Challenges of H4 Spousal Visa: Varuni Sinha (Part 2)The Immigrant Experience in America
Varuni Sinha is a New York City-based writer and multimedia producer. She has written for The Post and Courier, Time Out New York, and created 360-degree campaigns for global brands such as Yamaha and Panasonic. A former guest lecturer at the University of Delhi, she taught “Race and Politics Through Literature” and wrote a dissertation on the history of Indian comic superheroes, tracing their origin story to Hindu gods and their American cousins. Her paintings have been displayed in solo and group exhibitions in galleries across India. Support Varuni's Book: "Golden Handcuffs: An...
info_outline Ep. 156: Overcoming the Challenges of H4 Spousal Visa: Varuni Sinha (Part 1)The Immigrant Experience in America
Varuni Sinha is a New York City-based writer and multimedia producer. She has written for The Post and Courier, Time Out New York, and created 360-degree campaigns for global brands such as Yamaha and Panasonic. A former guest lecturer at the University of Delhi, she taught “Race and Politics Through Literature” and wrote a dissertation on the history of Indian comic superheroes, tracing their origin story to Hindu gods and their American cousins. Her paintings have been displayed in solo and group exhibitions in galleries across India. ...
info_outlineThey are always late! They are slaves to the clock! Joseph Shaules and Yvonne van der Pol explore cultural stereotypes about time. They discuss Edward Hall’s monochronic time and polychronic time, the embodied and embedded nature of time, and Ishita Ray shares her experiences with time logics in India. And you can take a quiz to test your own time logic!
This was a feed drop from the Japan Intercultural Institute podcast:
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