SLPs Overseas

In March 2026, I had a chat with Voon, an Australian SLP living and working in Auckland, New Zealand. 

You may know that New Zealand, with its breathtaking landscapes, was the filming location for The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies. But did you also know that New Zealand was the first country in the world where women could vote? And, given its positioning and time zone, it’s one of the earliest locations to kick off new year celebrations each year. 

Grab your passport, pack your bags and get ready to come on an audio adventure to learn what life is like as an Aussie SLP in New Zealand 🇳🇿.

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SLPs Overseas is an independently produced podcast. I record, edit and publish episodes while working full-time as an SLP (and travelling, of course!) If you enjoy listening to my podcast and want to buy me a coffee to show your support, I would greatly appreciate it.

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Back at the start of 2025 I had a chat with Abby, an American SLP living and working on Bribie Island in Queensland, Australia. In early December, Abby and I caught up again, and I also met her partner Monique. They’ve had a big year in their business, and we wanted to give you all an update. Not only have they officially hired their first employee (also an American SLP) but they have released a resource to help other SLPs Overseas who are thinking of making the move abroad, specifically to Australia. In this episode you’ll hear about how undertaking the process of hiring an international SLP inspired the creation of this resource.

Grab your passport, pack your bags and get ready to come on an audio adventure as we get an update on what life is like as an American SLP who has hired another American SLP in Australia 🇦🇺.

👍 Make sure you like, subscribe and follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ so you can hear episodes as soon as they land (yes, that's an airplane pun).

SLPs Overseas is an independently produced podcast. I record, edit and publish episodes while working full-time as an SLP (and travelling, of course!) If you enjoy listening to my podcast and want to buy me a coffee to show your support, I would greatly appreciate it.

☕️⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/slpsoverseas⁠⁠

🔗 Speech Supply Co Website

🔗 Speech Supply Co Instagram

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In December 2025 I had a chat with Daphne, an American SLP working remotely via tele-therapy with clients in Alaska while living in Esterillos Oeste, Costa Rica.

You may know that Costa Rica is located in Central America, with the Pacific Ocean on one side, the Caribbean Sea on the other and Nicaragua and Panama as its neighbours. But did you also know that Costa Rica has some of the most amazing nature and wildlife anywhere in the world? There are volcanoes, rainforests, beaches, birds, monkeys, turtles, sloths, and so much more. 

Grab your passport, pack your bags and get ready to come on an audio adventure to discover what life is like as an American SLP working remotely for an American employer while living in Costa Rica 🇨🇷.

👍 Make sure you like, subscribe and follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ so you can hear episodes as soon as they land (yes, that's an airplane pun).

SLPs Overseas is an independently produced podcast. I record, edit and publish episodes while working full-time as an SLP (and travelling, of course!) If you enjoy listening to my podcast and want to buy me a coffee to show your support, I would greatly appreciate it.

☕️⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/slpsoverseas⁠⁠

🔗 ⁠SLP Nomad website⁠

🔗 ⁠SLP Nomad Instagram⁠

Enjoy the episode!

After a bit of a hiatus, the SLPs Overseas podcast is coming back! Look out for new episodes dropping in your podcast feeds before the end of this year.

Also, if YOU are an SLP overseas and want to share your story, let's chat! Contact Erin via email ([email protected]) or Instagram DM (@slpsoverseas)

In January 2025 I had a chat with Abby, an American SLP living and working on Bribie Island in Queensland, Australia.

You may know that Queensland is home to Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo. But did you also know that Queensland’s capital city, Brisbane, will host the Olympics in 2032?

Grab your passport, pack your bags and get ready to come on an audio adventure to discover what life is like as an American SLP in Australia 🇦🇺.

For listeners outside of Australia, there are some local terminologies in the episode that you might not be familiar with. NDIS is the National Disability Insurance Scheme; a type of government funding for speech pathology services. 

👍 Make sure you like, subscribe and follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and⁠Instagram⁠ so you can hear episodes as soon as they land (yes, that's an airplane pun).

SLPs Overseas is an independently produced podcast. I record, edit and publish episodes while working full-time as an SLP (and travelling, of course!) If you enjoy listening to my podcast and want to buy me a coffee to show your support, I would greatly appreciate it.

☕️⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/slpsoverseas⁠

🔗 Sound Abilities website

🔗 Sound Abilities Instagram

🔗 Sound Abilities Facebook  

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In January 2025 I had a chat with David, an American SLP living and working in Jakarta, Indonesia.

You may know that Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia, with a population of over 11 million people. But did you also know that Indonesia is a country made up of many islands? Jakarta is located on the island of Java. There are, in fact, over 17,000 Indonesian islands in total!

Grab your passport, pack your bags and get ready to come on an audio adventure to discover what life is like as an American SLP in Indonesia 🇮🇩.

👍 Make sure you like, subscribe and follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and ⁠Instagram⁠ so you can hear episodes as soon as they land (yes, that's an airplane pun).

SLPs Overseas is an independently produced podcast. I record, edit and publish episodes while working full-time as an SLP (and travelling, of course!) If you enjoy listening to my podcast and want to buy me a coffee to show your support, I would greatly appreciate it.

☕️ ⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/slpsoverseas⁠

In January 2025 I had a chat with Caryn, a South African SLP living and working in Adelaide, South Australia.

You may know that Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia, the state that is home to some of the best wine in the world. But did you also know that, according to the 2021 census, over a quarter of the population living in Adelaide was born overseas?

Grab your passport, pack your bags and get ready to come on an audio adventure to discover what life is like as a South African SLP in Australia 🇦🇺.

For listeners outside of Australia, there are some local terminologies in the episode that you might not be familiar with. NDIS is the National Disability Insurance Scheme; a type of government funding for speech pathology services. And COMPASS is the Competency Assessment in Speech Pathology; a tool used to assess the clinical competency of speech pathology students in Australia to ensure they have gained experience across clinical populations prior to graduation.

👍 Make sure you like, subscribe and follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Instagram so you can hear episodes as soon as they land (yes, that's an airplane pun).

SLPs Overseas is an independently produced podcast. I record, edit and publish episodes while working full-time as an SLP (and travelling, of course!) If you enjoy listening to my podcast and want to buy me a coffee to show your support, I would greatly appreciate it.

☕️ https://buymeacoffee.com/slpsoverseas

In June 2024 I had a chat with Kate, an Australian SLP who owns a private practice in Mexico City, Mexico. 

You may know that Mexico City is the capital of Mexico and it's the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world. But did you also know that, after independence from Spain, Mexico City became known as the Federal District (Distrito Federal or DF) from 1824 to 2016? Since 2016 the city has been officially known as Ciudad de México (CDMX). 

Kate is an amazing guest for this podcast because she has worked as a speech-language pathologist in Mexico and the UK, and she is now running her Mexico City private practice remotely while living in Australia.

It’s time to grab your passport, pack your bags and get ready to come on an audio adventure to discover what life is like as an Australian SLP in Mexico 🇲🇽.

🔗 Here are the links to some of the websites and Instagram accounts mentioned in this episode: @communicate_with_kate https://www.speechtherapymexico.com/ @⁠⁠⁠speech_train⁠⁠ https://www.speechtrain.org/⁠⁠  @⁠⁠⁠cultural_collaborations⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.cultural-collaborations.com/⁠⁠ .

👍 Make sure you like, subscribe and follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Instagram so you can hear episodes as soon as they land (yes, that's an airplane pun).

SLPs Overseas is an independently produced podcast. I record, edit and publish episodes while working full-time as an SLP (and travelling, of course!) If you enjoy listening to my podcast and want to buy me a coffee to show your support, I would greatly appreciate it:

☕️ buymeacoffee.com/slpsoverseas

Enjoy the episode!

En abril del 2024 hice una entrevista a Virginia, una terapista del habla quien es americana y vive en la ciudad de México.

Quizás tú conoces a CDMX como una de las ciudades más grandes en las américas, con más de nueve millones de habitantes en la propia ciudad y casi 20 millones viviendo en las afueras del centro. También, sabes que CDMX es el hogar del parque urbano más grande en latinoamérica? El Parque Chapultepec es el doble del tamaño del parque central en Nueva York. Contiene museos, cafés, espacios verdes y un castillo. 

Agarra tu pasaporte, empaca tus maletas y prepárate para una aventura de audio en el cual descubriremos como es la vida mexicana para una terapista americana 🇲🇽.

Una nota sobre la calidad del audio en este episodio. Grabamos esta entrevista en vivo en un café en CDMX, entonces puede que escuches sonidos de la ciudad en el fondo. 

🔗 Speech Train y Cultural Collaborations tienen sitios de web y páginas de instagram. Se puede encontrarlos aquí: ⁠https://www.speechtrain.org/⁠⁠  @⁠⁠speech_train⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.cultural-collaborations.com/⁠⁠ @⁠⁠cultural_collaborations⁠

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La versión inglés de esta entrevista está disponible en nuestro podcast feed.

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