The Foreign Mum Podcast

In episode 40 you are going to learn about Jazmin, a mother of two, married to a fellow Mexican with whom she has lived in London for the past 10 years. You are going to learn everything about The day of the Dead, Pinatas, The Three Kings day and much more about Mexican culture. Jazmin also explains how she created her business The Mothership London which brings together services to help new mums. 

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In this episode, you are going to meet Minna, a Swedish yoga teacher based in London. Her story started when she decided to move here for love. The relationship didn’t last but the love for the city stayed. She built a career in finance but thankfully decided to quit and open a yoga business. She is now fulfilled with her professional choices, found her real love and became a mother to two boys. Press play to listen to Minna’s story and also to learn more about Swedish culture.  

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In this week’s episode I speak to Joo, a Korean entrepreneur who developed the perfect recipe for kimchi, one of the most traditional Korean dishes. She started off selling it in her café but now deliveries it all over the UK. We speak about her coming to the UK to do an English course, getting married, becoming a mum but getting divorced nine years ago. Joo also explains which values and traditions she passes on to her daughter and how she keeps the Korean language alive in her life. 

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For more info on Joo's business go to https://www.jykkimchiuk.com/ 

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In this episode you are going to fall in love with Dr Kiran Rahim, a British-Pakistani paediatrician based in London. She told me that having to do a few cleft lip procedures meant she learnt to love both the doctors who took care of her as well as the profession. Dr Kiran also explained about her background and how proud she is to wearing her hijab and to empower other women through her Instagram account. 

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https://www.instagram.com/themunchingmedic/?hl=en 

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In episode 36 you are going to meet my second American and fellow podcaster Jill Wrenn. Jill is a former CNN journalist and a freelancer for the BBC and many other outlets. She is also the host of the podcast How to Build a Village so she knows exactly what goes on behind the scenes of podcasting (and the amount of work too). 

We spoke about her career journey which is the reason why she ended up in London. Jill also spoke being happy to raise her four children with her English husband and get British citizenship whilst he got American citizenship.  Jill also gives some useful tips to anyone interested in becoming a freelancer and pitching stories to editors. 

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https://jillmartinwrenn.com/

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In this episode you are going to learn why Catherine moved from France to London. We spoke about her birth experience in England compared to France and how her motherhood journey encouraged her to switch her career from IT to becoming a bespoke designer of fine ethical jewelry. 

You are going to discover where she studied, where she started to sell, which fairs she prefers to take part in and what other people think about her designs. Catherine also explains what happens with jewellery when people bring her old pieces from family members. This is a very interesting episode to everyone interested in France, jewellery and career changes.

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https://www.catherinemarche-designs.com/

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On episode 34, you are going to meet Emmy, a sweet Hungarian who decided to make Brazilian sweets for a living! Emmy first fell in love with a Brazilian to who she got married to then she fell in love with brigadeiros, a Brazilian sweet made out of chocolate. She loved them so much that she even decided to make a business out of it. She produces gourmet brigadeiro and sells it all over the UK by post.

You are also going to learn how she moved to the UK and her background which includes being born in Romania but her family still speaking and treating her as a Hungarian. Emmy also explains what the fusion of a marriage between a Brazilian with a Hungarian is really like.

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https://www.emmysbrigadeiro.com/ 

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In today's episode you are going to love this beautiful, inspiring, entertaining and victorious story that a Vietnamese daughter told us. Sheila’s parents moved to the UK after fleeing the Vietnam War in a boat! Thankfully they were rescued by the English Navy and managed to secure asylum here. Sheila explains what was life like growing up in London but still feeling like an outsider for looking, eating and having a family behaving differently to the others. She used to hide and snub her background until she went backpacking there. She then fell in love with her roots. After Sheila became a mother, she started respecting all the things her parents went through for her. She told me some hilarious moments about her early days as a mum and some Vietnamese traditions that she first fought against but then decided to embrace.

Her parent’s goal in life was for her to become a doctor, but after their divorce, Sheila decided to go on a different course instead. She graduated in Dentistry but ended up getting into facial aesthetics and is now even doing a masters in aesthetic medicine. This impressive lady tells us all about her career choices and how her hard work and determination got her where she is today.

Towards the end of our conversation, Sheila told me the hilarious facts that convinced her to ended up marrying a man from Hong Kong over an English guy. At the end of our conversation, Sheila also reveals the funny story about her parents choice over her name. This episode is totally unmissable, you will be entertained from start to finish.

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https://www.instagram.com/dr.sheila/

Olivia is a lovely Australian who had already previously lived in the UK before settling for good with her English husband and their baby George. She tell us what she has brought from Australia to decorate the house, such as an Aboriginal artwork, and also explains some differences between the two cultures. Olivia also tells us about the work she does with women in leadership through her business Women’s Vault. Another interesting conversation was when Olivia told u s how she got into coaching and managed to grow her business in only 10 months! She gives precious nuggets of wisdom for anyone interested in the step by step process of how to become a coach. I hope you enjoy this short and sweet conversation as much as I did and learn a thing or two.

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https://www.thewomensvault.com/

In this episode, you are going to learn about Aly, a mum from Romania, who moved to the UK to study but eventually turned herself into a blogger/Instagrammer. She starts the episode by telling us about her life back in Romania and how much that influenced her in her own motherhood.

She then explains how her Instagram works around her children and what she needs to do when she needs their cooperation. She told me how she started her blog. Initially she was working at the famous Langham Hotel in London, then when on maternity leave she considered opening a coffee shop. Naturally proactive, she instead used the skills she already had launch her blog “All Mums Talk” and to put on events for new mums, She also managed to increase a bridal shop’s Instagram from 600 to 30,000 followers!

Aly is going to explain what it takes to get where she is today, making money from social media, having an engaging audience, making interesting content, the photo and video editing apps that she use to make her images stand out. If you think it is easy, let me tell you, this girl works really hard for everything she has. She almost doesn’t switch off because she understands that her work depends on her content. So this is a great episode for anyone interested in becoming an influencer (although Aly doesn’t like the word) but also a great eye opener to respect all the work that goes behind the scenes.

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https://allmumstalk.com/ 

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