Tips For Your First Job
It’s your first week at work. You moved to Seattle for a new job. New country, new culture, new language. Exciting and scary, right? Completely natural. To help ease you into …
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Study Skills That Help International Students Succeed
You have just left home for the first time to study abroad. Here you are, in a new culture, using a foreign language everyday. Perhaps even eating food you are not …
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Where To Go For Mother’s Day Weekend In Seattle
Mother’s Day is this coming weekend. What are your plans to celebrate this special day? Would you like to do something in the city? Or drive a little further and explore …
How To Build Professional Connections In A New Country
You just left a successful career behind and moved to a new country. Perhaps your spouse got a job here, and the whole family is moving, starting a new life. You …
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How To Learn English Prepositions
When it comes to English grammar, one of the areas that is most challenging to English learners is prepositions. Clients explain to me that in their native language, prepositions are simpler. …
How To Help Children Adjust To A New Culture
Changing culture can be an exciting experience. For both adults and children. At times, it can also feel a bit uncomfortable. Adults can reach out to resources in the community. But …
Use Your Five Senses To Help With Cultural Adjustment
How easy is cultural adjustment for you? Is it an adventure? Relatively easy? Exciting? Challenging? The experience is different for each person. If the adjustment is easy for you, wonderful! If …
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Seattle Hikes For Families
Spring is here! The Pacific Northwest is blessed with natural beauty wherever we turn. It’s time to enjoy the outdoors that the Seattle area offers. In addition to parks and beaches, …
Fostering Cultural Understanding at Work
When you hear the phrase Fostering cultural understanding at work, what do you think of? Do you automatically think of Human Resources organizing a cultural sensitivity workshop? Or that HR is making …
Learning New Sounds In A Foreign Language
Have you ever tried learning new sounds in a foreign language? However many times you repeat, it just does not sound quite right. Maybe you blame yourself for not having good …