Do you like it here?

Welcome to Season 2!

What does it mean to make a home in a new place? How do we find our people, adapt to unfamiliar surroundings, and help our children navigate a world that may look very different from the one we grew up in?

In Season 2 of Do You Like It Here?, Morgan Bresko explores these questions from Italy, where she and their family are spending three months with Boundless Life, a global worldschooling and community program that brings families together to experience life in different countries.

Through conversations with people whose lives have taken them across borders in different ways, Morgan explores what home means, the challenges of cultural adjustment, and the complexities of raising children across cultures. Some guests have settled permanently in a new country, while others move between destinations every few months.

Together, these conversations explore identity, parenting, connection, and belonging, revealing how our circumstances shape our experiences and what we can learn from lives that look different from our own.

Because every move carries a story, and sometimes, understanding that story means looking a little deeper.

In this 20-minute season recap, Morgan reflects on the first six episodes of Do You Like It Here?—what she has learned from her guests, what she has discovered about herself, and even a small stutter she had never noticed before. Get ready for some passionate thought processing. :)

She explores what these conversations have taught us about culture: how we interpret spoken and unspoken rules, translate experiences across cultural perspectives and learn to find our place within Icelandic society. Although immigrants may face similar situations, each person experiences and navigates Icelandic culture differently because of who they are and where they come from. Morgan also reflects on holding on to love and respect, and making space for people whose experiences, beliefs or opinions differ from our own.

Season 2 is planned for 2027—or perhaps sooner. There may also be interviews with immigrants living in Italy, exploring how their experiences compare with Morgan’s own. Thank you for listening, and we hope you’ll stay with us.

In this episode of Do You Like It Here?, Morgan speaks with her friend Greta Clough, an award-winning performer, director and playwright, and the artistic director of Handbendi in Hvammstangi.

Originally from Vermont, Greta has travelled extensively and spent many years living and working in the United Kingdom before moving with her husband and daughter to rural Iceland 11 years ago. With more than 20 years of experience creating and touring original theatre productions, Greta has built an international artistic career while also establishing a creative home in a small Icelandic community.

Their conversation begins with Greta’s work in theatre and puppetry, including Rót, a production about a boy and his immigrant family. They discuss how creative work can portray the immigrant experience, explore questions of identity and belonging, and give a voice to the complicated emotions that come with leaving one place and beginning again somewhere new. Greta also talks about Handbendi and HIP Fest, the international puppetry festival that brings artists from around the world to Hvammstangi.

This is an honest and wide-ranging conversation about creativity, courage, integration and the deeply personal experience of building a life in another country.

What helps us put down roots in a new place—and can we truly feel at home in more than one culture? Enjoy!

In this episode, Morgan speaks with her sister-in-law, Olga Jóhannesson, about building a life across countries, cultures and languages.

Originally from Russia, Olga first experienced life abroad as an exchange student in the United States before moving to Iceland, where she raised a family and built a career. She later returned to Denmark and now works at the University of Copenhagen. Drawing on her experiences as a linguist, interpreter, project manager and mother of three multilingual children, Olga reflects on adapting to new cultures, preserving connections to the places we leave behind and redefining what it means to belong.

Can more than one country feel like home? And how does each move reshape who we are?

In this episode of Do You Like It Here?, Morgan speaks with Natalia Schmidt, an amateur photographer, qualified physiotherapist, and all-around amazing lady, whose journey has taken her from Poland to Norway and Iceland.

Natalia reflects on working outside her original profession, adapting to unexpected opportunities and learning to see progress differently. They discuss photography, identity, the immigrant experience and why Iceland continues to draw her back.

For Natalia, Iceland has become a gateway to new friendships, experiences and a deeper understanding of herself. It is a thoughtful conversation about taking a different path and redefining what “home” means along the way.

Follow Do You Like It Here? for more honest conversations about immigration, belonging and life in Iceland.

In this episode, Morgan talks with Cécile Chauvat, who moved from Normandy, France, to northern Iceland and has now been here for close to a decade. Their conversation explores what it means to arrive in a new country, stay longer than expected, and slowly build a life in a place that can feel both beautiful and isolating.

Cécile shares her journey from studying Coastal and Marine Management in Ísafjörður to settling in Hvammstangi, where her work, creativity, and connection to the sea have shaped her experience of Iceland. Together, Morgan and Cécile talk about language, cultural differences, friendship, art, rural life, and the small routines that help create a sense of grounding far from home.

The episode moves between thoughtful reflections and funny, unexpected moments, touching on everything from French identity and Icelandic nature to seals, local landscapes, and the quiet observations that come with living in the north.

Content note: This episode includes some graphic discussion involving taking samples from a dead whale.

From the sun-drenched landscapes of Arizona and Costa Rica to the dramatic, windswept shores of Northern Iceland—how do you truly weave your own heritage into the fabric of a tight-knit Nordic village?

In this premier conversation, Morgan sits down with Jessica Aquino (Jessica Faustini de Aquino), an Associate Professor at Hólar University who has become a vibrant, active pillar of her rural Icelandic community. Jessica’s life is a beautiful tapestry of global roots: born in the US with heritage in Costa Rica, she later lived in Brazil to connect deeply with her father’s culture, and now balances a rich, multilingual household speaking Portuguese in the heart of the North.

Whether you are navigating a new culture yourself, balancing a multilingual life, or simply fascinated by the sudden shifts that reshape our personal roadmaps, this episode offers an intimate look at what it means to build community, connection, and home in the far North.

For our very first episode, host Morgan Bresko steps up to the microphone with a guest she knows intimately: her Icelandic husband, Elvar. Together, they pull back the curtain on their own cross-cultural marriage and what happens when the roles of "outsider" and "local" completely flip.

They dive into the protective, sometimes helpless feeling of watching the person you love try to find their footing in your homeland, and the unique beauty of raising their kids outside the capital area.

Join us as we move past the postcards to explore family, rural life, and what it truly takes for two people from different worlds to redefine the meaning of "home."

Welcome! This is Do you like it here?", a podcast focusing on the immigration experience in Iceland. Why a podcast? Well, I am a mental health provider from the USA living and working in Northern Iceland. Through my own isolation, I wanted to create something to help me connect with others and also share other stories to help others not feel alone in their immigration experience. Thanks for joining this journey with me! Welcome!