My English For Expats Story

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In the eyes of others, I was "living the expat dream". Who was I to say that each day felt like a battle I wasn’t winning? After all, I chose to live this life. 

 

On the outside, Melbourne, Sydney, London, Paris, Geneva… Pictures with the Mont Blanc in one hand, and a wide smile with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

 

On the inside, much less pretty picture.

 

In 2019, I moved to Paris. I didn’t speak French well and couldn’t integrate into the local community. I spent days either at home or at offices fighting bureaucracy.

 

I’m in the City of Light, yet growing darker by the day.

 

The more I got comments such as “How could you be so ungrateful?”,  the more the walls started closing in on me.

 

How do you even start explaining the feeling of powerlessness to others when you hesitate to shop for food fearing that you won’t understand a word?

 

Or the humiliation when people sneer at you at the post office and say it's "crazy" that I've been in France for a while, yet still speaking English…

 

How it feels to notice people gossiping about you a few feet away in a language you don’t understand…

 

Leaving you feeling like an outsider in a place that should be home.

 

But I chose to live this life, didn’t I?

 

I try my best to adapt to each new system.
I try my best to make a home out of every place I land.
Just to find myself drifting away from my system of values. 

 

I witnessed it shatter several times. 

 

But with every step I take to keep on going, I’ve been learning how to make the system work again and again.

 

I found support among fellow expats on platforms like Meetup and InterNations. My strong English skills finally paid off.

 

But I kept thinking about women who didn’t partake in these meetups.
Women who stayed home feeling isolated and unable to express themselves.

 

Today, after 4 countries and 7 years of living the expat life, as a certified English teacher, I want to help as many non-native women who are fairly new to expat life learn English so well that they never feel small and insignificant in the country they call home.

 

I want you to meet your English language goals, personal or professional, and be there for you and with you all along the way.

 

At the end of the day, we did choose this life.

We deserve to make it ‘’our dream’’.

 

Until I see you on our 1:1 Clarity Call, do your best to stay grounded.