In this episode, Monica Hanksel Chang opens up about moving from Korea to Canada to the U.S., navigating bias, reinvention, and the quiet work of belonging.From building a restaurant to rebuilding her life in California, her story speaks to expat and immigrant women searching for community, confidence, and a sense of home in a new country.

In this episode, Monica Hanksel Chang opens up about moving from Korea to Canada to the U.S., navigating bias, reinvention, and the quiet work of belonging. From building a restaurant to rebuilding her life in California, her story speaks to expat and immigrant women searching for community, confidence, and a sense of home in a new country.

#63. Feeling Like the Only One After Moving Abroad - USA? Hear What's Possible?

The Places We Call Home is a podcast for expat and immigrant women navigating homesickness, loneliness, culture shock, identity shifts, and the challenge of making friends after moving abroad. If you've relocated to the United States -- or anywhere far from home -- this is your space to feel understood. After moving to the U.S. for the first time, I had no idea how much it would stretch me, soften me, undo me, and rebuild me. This is my sixth move since age 10. I've learned what it really takes to start over in a new country: courage, belonging, reinvention, and the quiet work of creating a life from scratch. Each episode explores the emotional, the psychological side of living abroad as a woman -- the ache of homesickness, the isolation of feeling invisible, the friendships that don't work out, the identity you're rebuilding, and the surprising hoy that shows up in small, ordinary moments. You'll hear honest conversations and real stories from global women who have rebuilt their lives across borders, along with my own reflections on belonging, resilience, and becoming someone new in a new place.If you're trying to make friends in the U.S., navigating loneliness, rebuilding your confidence, or figuring out who you are in this new chapter, this podcast will sit with you in that journey. You're becoming. You're creating because you have to build the dream you moved abroad for. You're an entrepreneur. Subscribe and take The Places We Call Home with you on your walks, commutes, and quiet evenings -- especially on the days when the ache of "elsewhere" feels too loud.

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The Places We Call Home is a podcast for expat and immigrant women navigating homesickness, loneliness, culture shock, identity shifts, and the challenge of making friends after moving abroad. If you've relocated to the United States -- or anywhere far from home -- this is your space to feel understood. After moving to the U.S. for the first time, I had no idea how much it would stretch me, soften me, undo me, and rebuild me. This is my sixth move since age 10. I've learned what it really takes to start over in a new country: courage, belonging, reinvention, and the quiet work of creating a life from scratch. Each episode explores the emotional, the psychological side of living abroad as a woman -- the ache of homesickness, the isolation of feeling invisible, the friendships that don't work out, the identity you're rebuilding, and the surprising hoy that shows up in small, ordinary moments. You'll hear honest conversations and real stories from global women who have rebuilt their lives across borders, along with my own reflections on belonging, resilience, and becoming someone new in a new place. If you're trying to make friends in the U.S., navigating loneliness, rebuilding your confidence, or figuring out who you are in this new chapter, this podcast will sit with you in that journey. You're becoming. You're creating because you have to build the dream you moved abroad for. You're an entrepreneur. Subscribe and take The Places We Call Home with you on your walks, commutes, and quiet evenings -- especially on the days when the ache of "elsewhere" feels too loud.

The Places We Call Home is a podcast for expat and immigrant women navigating homesickness, loneliness, culture shock, identity shifts, and the challenge of making friends after moving abroad. If you've relocated to the United States -- or anywhere far from home -- this is your space to feel understood. After moving to the U.S. for the first time, I had no idea how much it would stretch me, soften me, undo me, and rebuild me. This is my sixth move since age 10. I've learned what it really takes to start over in a new country: courage, belonging, reinvention, and the quiet work of creating a life from scratch. Each episode explores the emotional, the psychological side of living abroad as a woman -- the ache of homesickness, the isolation of feeling invisible, the friendships that don't work out, the identity you're rebuilding, and the surprising hoy that shows up in small, ordinary moments. You'll hear honest conversations and real stories from global women who have rebuilt their lives across borders, along with my own reflections on belonging, resilience, and becoming someone new in a new place.If you're trying to make friends in the U.S., navigating loneliness, rebuilding your confidence, or figuring out who you are in this new chapter, this podcast will sit with you in that journey. You're becoming. You're creating because you have to build the dream you moved abroad for. You're an entrepreneur. Subscribe and take The Places We Call Home with you on your walks, commutes, and quiet evenings -- especially on the days when the ache of "elsewhere" feels too loud.

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