Immigrant Conversations

Are you overwhelmed and burnt out during the pandemic. Your health is at risk due to the level of pressure?

In this special episode Mehran gives insights on how to manage burnout and provides may solutions to manage emotional, financial, and professional challenges that her audience is facing. This is to create a more peaceful environment for themselves and their loved ones while navigating one of the toughest periods in their lives. Financial wellbeing being the main concern of her audience, she shares Money man’s insights. In this episode he talks about the common mistakes people make during this time. Living through one of the most competitive job markets, she talks about attitudes that can reduce one’s layoff chances and provides insights on growth despite the outcome. Listen to this episode packed with information and insights from various individuals including a CEO who recently laid off some of her employees.

Article on playpen vs. playground:https://now.tufts.edu/articles/why-parents-shouldn-t-worry-about-how-much-screen-time-kids-have-right-now

Money Flow worksheet: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/ab060082-c800-43bd-9f6c-9a5b1e24e9b8/downloads/1B.%20MONEY%20FLOW.pdf?ver=1587859563400

Dimitris book: https://moneymanhelps.com/buy-book

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Shabnam Lotfi is an immigration lawyer who offers her clients something more than many other lawyers do, her big open heart.

In this episode, she shares her journey as a young immigrant and why she chose law as well as her view on our immigration system through her personal and professional lens. Given the present delays on immigration cases, Shabnam continues to support her community around the globe through a large Facebook group where she answers questions in English and Farsi, offers free advice, and addresses immigrants' immediate concerns. Because of her passion and thorough understanding of the travel ban on people's lives, in 2018 she filed a law suit against it making it one of her longest cases to day.

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This week’s guest Dr. Kleanthis Xanthopoulos was a serial entrepreneur whose passion is building healthcare companies focused on innovation. He has over two decades of experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical research industries as an executive, company founder, chief executive officer, investor, and board member. Dr. Xanthopoulos has founded four companies, introduced three life science companies to NASDAQ, and financed and brokered numerous creative strategic alliances and partnership deals with large pharmaceutical partners.

In this episode, he talked about his immigration journey and offered many suggestions for those with a passion for business and entrepreneurial path.

As promised below are some of the Value assessment tools:

–Value assessment by D. Martini (http://fillyourcup.global/values-determination-test-dr-john-demartinti/)

– Values Assessment List (VAL) by Golden LLC (https://www.psionline.com/assessments/values-arrangement-list-val/)

–Read the book: Actions speak louder than words by Celia Oyler

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How does running a chicken business and a tiger mom who can’t speak any English make a forensic psychiatrist with a degree from Harvard?

My guest this week is Dr. Michael Takamura who migrated with his mom at 5 from South Korea. Not only he played the role of a translator at a young age but also he managed their chicken restaurant. In this episode, Michael talks about his migration journey, financial difficulties, regrets, and how adversities built his unique character.

I especially recommend this episode to immigrants struggling to make ends meet, those questioning their decision to migrate, and those who want to develop a positive mindset.

Dr.Michael Takamura is currently practicing at

Psychiatric Behavioral Hlth Grp15525 Pomerado Rd Ste E3 Poway, CA 92064

(858)592-6644

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Certain cultures are more predisposed to perfectionism and the complications that come with it.

In this episode, Mehran shares her research on different types of perfectionism, the impact of culture on raising a perfectionist child, and ways we can mitigate its impact on our personal and professional lives.

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/personality/perfectionism-test

Dr. Mohamad Oskoorouchi migrated from Iran at the age of 25 despite his visa application being rejected over 10times. Once out of Iran, he found his way to the states and is currently the associate dean at the College of Business at California State University-San Marcos.

In this episode not only he shares his life story and struggles but also educates our audience on the importance of mindset and ways to be confident as an immigrant.

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Born and raised in Afghanistan, Homa Taghizadeh fled her country and through UNHCR found her way to Canada and ultimately to the States. Despite being born in a culture that limited women’s value, she dreamed of becoming an independent, capable woman. That dream became the reality in various stages throughout her life.

-When she migrated by herself to Europe

-When she fled her country alone and found her way to the states

-And ultimately when she rose to rescue her mother and two sisters during a difficult time in Afghanistan, leaving behind her dream career.

Now, she owns her business interpreting, supporting and educating immigrants in their very early stages.

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Dr. Doris Maria Luft Santos Baker was born in Brazil and migrated twice before coming to the States,

learning 4 languages and experiencing many cultures. Currently, she is the director of Master in

Bilingual education at Southern Methodist University or SMU looking into developing tools and

assessments in English and Spanish to improve and monitor the academic performance of English

learners with or without disability. As a researcher and a published author with many publications and

books, she shared many insights during our interview. Whether you are an immigrant trying to learn

English or you are raising/teaching kids in multilingual environment, you will benefit tremendously

from this episode.

The highlights are:

-Integrating into the new culture and finding a sense of belonging

-Learning English during adulthood

-Supporting multilingual kids in learning English while developing cognitive skills that enhances their

academic performance

Below you can find the book we referred during our conversation which is geared toward teachers

and educators.

https://www.amazon.com/Second-Language-Acquisition-Perspectives-Challenges/dp/1536143057

In this episode of Empowering conversationZ podcast, Mehran shares the difficulties her community is facing during COVID-19 pandemic. Providing valuable resources and techniques, she inspires them to think back to their immigration journey and utilize the muscles they have developed to overcome the challenges they are facing today. Topics she covers are:

Ways to entertain and home school kids peacefully

Working efficiently from home

Managing stress

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Dr. Nelson Chau is a successful immigrant with contributions in discovering and developing multiple pre-clinical RNA based therapeutics. He is currently serving as Vice President of Discovery Biology and Translational research at Logic Bio Therapeutics. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he shares his challenges during early immigration and beyond. As a minority with English as his second language, Nelson gives many insights on growing in a competitive environment such as the biotech industry.