Navigate Across Borders
Navigate Across Borders
Podcast Description
We explore the real stories and strategies of ambitious professionals and expats from different countries. They have figured out how to decode cultures and succeed worldwide.We will also give locals who work and interact with international teams or friends the opportunity to share their perspectives on how they successfully communicate and work across cultures.
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The podcast delves into cultural challenges, life lessons, and cross-cultural communication, featuring episodes such as culture shocks experienced by expats and practical strategies for navigating different international environments, with a focus on personal growth and cultural empathy.
We explore the real stories and strategies of ambitious professionals and expats from different countries. They have figured out how to decode cultures and succeed worldwide.
We will also give locals who work and interact with international teams or friends the opportunity to share their perspectives on how they successfully communicate and work across cultures.
After spending decades living in India, the United States, and the United Kingdom, Kusum Mongia has learned that the question ”Where are you from?” is not always easy to answer.
In this episode of Navigate Across Borders, Kusum shares her journey across three cultures, reflecting on identity, belonging, work culture, and the realities of building a life across borders.
We discuss the differences between American, British, and Indian ways of living and working, the challenges of returning to a country after years abroad, and the hidden emotional cost of expatriation.
Kusum also shares a beautiful poem about transition and what it means to move from one chapter of life to another.
Whether you're an expat, an international professional, or simply curious about life between cultures, this conversation offers thoughtful insights into finding home in more than one place.
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Who am I?
I'm a French expat and international educator. I've lived and worked in Asia since 2004, and I'm based in Bangalore.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction & Kusum's Global Journey
02:57 Cultural Habits, Time, and Life Across Three Continents
08:48 Work Culture: USA vs UK, Competition & Work-Life Balance
18:18 Where Is Home? Identity, Expat Life & Belonging
26:34 The Expat Experience, Transitions & Returning to India
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