The Global Chatter with Amanda Bates

Kentia McLemore knows careers. She is a Career Strategy Coach & HR expert, who uses her experience to provide career advice for female professionals at all levels with her brand, Targeted Fit. In this episode, Kentia discusses how the American Dream isn’t always what it seems and the changes that she and her husband made when they decided it wasn't enough. She also chats about her identity as a biracial woman and the occasionally humorous cultural assumptions that she has faced. To learn more, visit theblackexpat.com.

Global migration scholar, Dr. Nafeesah Allen has over 15 years of experience working in government communications and team-building roles on four continents. In this episode, Nafeesah shares her story of growing up in New Jersey and how her natural curiosity has defined both her professional training and choices. You’ll hear why she created the Black History Bookshelf, which focuses on Black global history. She also unpacks how she and her husband navigate cross-cultural dynamics within their own family structure. To learn more, visit theblackexpat.com.

Rebroadcast from 2021: International higher educational professional, Nunana Nyomi discusses the need to confront the lack of diversity that often shows up in what should be assumed across cultural spaces. He also shares his childhood upbringing on three continents and how it has impacted how engages his work. To learn more, visit theblackexpat.com.

Detroit native Adrienne Waller is an educational administrator whose career has taken her around the world including Qatar, China, Kuwait and Cayman Islands. She also is the owner of Worldwide Educator, LLC, an education consulting company focused on empowering educators to own their instructional genius while activating students.  

In this episode, Adrienne shares the moment she knew she had to make some changes in her own life, that included moving abroad. She discusses her experiences of managing a layoff from her international job, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic and how she chose to pivot when her dream job disappeared. She also demonstrates how the challenges have made her a better coach for her education clients. 

Anjelica Malone is a Certified Professional Midwife, Clinical Herbalist, and Certified Lactation Educator Counselor. This former third culture kid (TCK), is currently raising two bilingual TCKs with her husband Brett. Her global upbringing has deeply influenced her philosophy on family, work, and parenting. Her passion for birthwork began in 2010 while serving as a mentor in New York to pregnant refugee women. 

In this episode, you will certainly how her mobile childhood prepared for a mobile adult life. Anjelica shares the differences she’s noticed living in Europe, the U.S. and U.S. territories. You’ll hear why she and her family now call Puerto Rico home and the work that she’s doing with her business, Sol Midwifery and Wellness , a homebirth, lactation, and botanical medicine practice.

For the past few years, Flourish in the Foreign host Christine Job has been building a life and her business from Spain, and she’s got quite the story to tell. In this episode, you will hear how this lawyer-trained entrepreneur had a few life changing events that sent on a course to Europe. She also discusses why wellness is the hallmark of the work she does. She also drops some gems on why it's more important to listen to your purpose and not the haters.

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In this episode, Nigerian native Tamkara Adun talks about her professional and personal reinvention. She explains why she built Odunife and its foundational focus to affirm African history, culture and languages. She discusses the key role Nigerian expat communities have played in helping her family adjust, especially, early in their expat journey. And she and Amanda Bates channel their inner foodies talking about West African cuisines and the similarities across the region. To stay connected, visit theglobalchatter.com.

In this episode, Chicago native and university professor Vernon Lindsay shares how a trip to Africa planted the early seeds of a future overseas life. He recounts how an unexpected family tragedy hastened the decision to follow that dream. And he describes the challenges as well as the benefits to leaving your home for the unknown. 

In this episode, Karla Fraser will share how her early cross-cultural years set her up for the incredibly vibrant international experiences she’s had as an adult. With moves that include the UAE, Singapore, Niger and Afghanistan, she describes her career journey and highlights the steps she took to go international. Karla also addresses some of the challenges with this career and why she built her brand, RoseApple Global.  

It's not everyday someone goes from a career in a banking to pursuing to a Ph.D in archaeology, but that's exactly what finance blogger Crista W. has done. The former third culture kid describes how her childhood in the Bahamas shaped both her career and life choices. Currently based in Sweden, she discusses her Latina identity, money and how being hearing impaired hasn't stopped any of her goals.

To stay connected, visit theglobalchatter.com.