Lucky to Be Here | Building Lives & Careers Across Countries
Get inspired by the stories of those building lives and careers across different countries. Receive career reflections and resources to start imagining your own next move, wherever you are.
The Power Dynamics that We Do Not (Always) See
The Power Dynamics that We Do Not (Always) See Click here to watch this episode of Lucky to Be Here with Dr. Sebastian Vallejo Vera on YouTube Join Lucky to Be Here on Patreon This week’s bonus episode of Lucky to Be Here is part one of an extended discussion that my dear friend, colleague, and collaborator Dr. Sebastian Vallejo Vera and I had in his original episode. In that episode, we discussed his experience developing his academic career across North America, starting in the United...
Finding Your Ground and Voice While Adapting to the AI World
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A summer/winter of catching up and diving into deeper explorations
A summer/winter of catching up and diving into deeper explorations We have now wrapped up Season 1 of Lucky to Be Here, and this summer (or winter, depending on where you are located), we are taking the time to catch up and dive into deeper explorations with our Season 1 guests. In the coming weeks, we will be sharing in-between episodes that I have been recording with some of our guests to expand on their updates after we first recorded and released their episodes. We also dive into...
Underneath it all: Self-Trust
Underneath It All: Self-Trust Behind-the-scenes photo with guest Veronica Sepehr. Click on the photo to start watching our latest episode with her. Many of us here are planners, and even when it comes to big life changes like career moves or international moves, we like to take the steps, be thorough and methodical and move intentionally. Ideally. The funny thing about life is that it is rarely possible. I know this deeply. I had a very different idea of how I would land on becoming an...
The desires that open our curiosity to the world
The Desires that Open Our Curiosity to the World Behind the scenes recording with Erick Gonzales Rocha. Watch our latest episode by clicking here! If you have been here for a while, it is not news how much curiosity matters to me. Both personally as a key driver of everything I do, and as a way of operating in the world, especially when things feel hard. My go-to: let’s get curious. A second pillar for me, and many of us, is service. There is a desire to serve, to ensure that we do something...
Plans Change. We Do, Too.
Plans Change. We Do, Too. There is a famous quote that has been attributed to many sources, including the Bible, and here is my own spin on it: Tell your plans to the universe and it will have fun with them. Mostly because while you might get what you want, getting there will include all sorts of twists you could not have predicted. In some cases, all plans go out the window. That was what happened to our guest this week, Florencia Colella. Florencia is a financial facilitator in agri-food...
The Process That Leads to the Path
The Process That Leads to the Path Whether you have been reading my newsletters, listening to our episodes, or both, you are no stranger to pivots, and the unfolding of career paths in unexpected ways. But sometimes it is hard for us to articulate what drives us, especially when everyone has an opinion even if they do not know what it is like to be in our shoes. In this episode, we talk about a few topics that spark particularly strong opinions. In today’s episode, I have the pleasure of...