A French Australian living the Expat Life by Lilieth Betancourt
Startup in Balance
Today’s episode is an interview of one of Lilieth’s close friends about their different perspectives on living the expat life in the South of France. Kylie comes from a background of various travels and she also has a French dad who introduced her to the French culture. They discuss the differences between the Montreal French and France French. Also, Kylie gives some tips on what to look for so you can find your new life in a foreign country.
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Managing Home, Kids, Work and Covid
Startup in Balance
Today’s episode is a solo round of Lilieth talking about how she used to teach Robotics classes at schools and then with COVID she had the opportunity of her life to offer Robotics classes online. She felt this was a great opportunity, but she didn’t expect the complications that would present with having kids doing school virtually and sharing working space with her husband at home. Lilieth shares with you 3 main tips on how she is keeping her sanity and trying to control stress and anxiety in this new ever-changing Covid world.
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The Reality of Stay at Home Parents
Startup in Balance
Today’s episode is a solo round of Lilieth talking about her journey as a stay-at-home parent. Triggered by a conversation with a neighbor asking her if she worked, Lilieth found it necessary to clarify what life as a stay-at-home parent is for her and how she copes with the ever-changing days where priorities and self-care are unstable. Listen to the tips she gives to making the journey of becoming a stay-at-home parent more manageable.
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Exploring Minimalism for Life Balance
Startup in Balance
Today’s episode is a solo round of Lilieth talking about minimalism. Interested in exploring minimalism and seeing how to implement it, she came across the Minimalist guys - Joshua and Ryan in 2016 when they released their first documentary. She discovered that there are three main things to find happiness in life - Community, Purpose, and Identity. Watching the documentary in NETFLIX called Minimalism: A Documentary about the important things, which was released in 2016, Lilieth was introduced to the concept of finding more balance and happiness by owning less. You can...
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US President Inauguration from a Latina Perspective
Startup in Balance
In this episode, Lilieth takes you through her journey as an immigrant moving to the United States at the age of 12 being already an American citizen. Then she compares the different views of the inauguration of the US President from Latinos that have lived in the USA all their lives versus those that migrated as a teen or older. She also makes a comparison between being an immigrant by consequences of life looking for better opportunities, versus immigration by choice for adventure purposes. She explains how her immigrating to France as an adult was different from her immigrating as a...
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Factors Affecting Balance
Startup in Balance
In this episode, Lilieth gives you a summary of her journey from an office job to working as a Robotics teacher at a Montessori school. She mentions moments in her life when she felt focused and determined and how she trained herself to become a Robotics teacher. (Robotics Certification options - ). Now as she juggles more things in her life, she finds it difficult to find focus at times and she started researching ways to accomplish focus and came across a personal growth program called the Growth Day (). As part of the Growth Day community, Lilieth had the opportunity to learn from Dr....
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Believing in Yourself
Startup in Balance
In this episode, Lilieth discusses some changes she went through as a child where she had no control over but prepared her to face challenges on changes she chose. She talks about her experience in college when she traveled to Spain for summer as a result of pushing herself through fear. She explains that it is normal to not trust our first gut feeling and having the need to get our opinions validated by others. But as life shows believing in yourself is the key to finding the path that works best for you. Balance is unique to each of us and it is possible if you are willing to take the...
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Introduction to StartUp in Balance Podcast by the Host Lilieth Betancourt
Startup in Balance
In this episode, Lili discusses where she comes from and what publishing this podcast means to her on her journey to finding a more balanced life. She mentions the type of topics she wants to touch on and how she plans to share her journey to a life with balance by going into details of the challenges and tools used along the way. She explains the format of this podcast and explains who you can expect to hear from as she interviews the ex-pat community in the South of France. She wants to inspire the audience to go after their dreams and show how it is possible even when things sound...
info_outlineIn this episode, Lilieth gives you a summary of her journey from an office job to working as a Robotics teacher at a Montessori school. She mentions moments in her life when she felt focused and determined and how she trained herself to become a Robotics teacher. (Robotics Certification options - https://playfulcircuits.com/programs/certification/).
Now as she juggles more things in her life, she finds it difficult to find focus at times and she started researching ways to accomplish focus and came across a personal growth program called the Growth Day (https://www.growthday.com?via=startupinheels). As part of the Growth Day community, Lilieth had the opportunity to learn from Dr. Daniel Amen (https://danielamenmd.com/) and his discoveries of how the brain works and how knowing your brain helps you on creating more focus.
You can take the brain health assessment test from Dr. Amen at https://brainhealthassessment.com/assement).