The Nomadic Diaries Podcast

Nomadic Diaries goes behind the passport stamp, into the identity shifts, the grief, the belonging questions, and the unexpected joy of a life lived across cultures. If you're an expat, repat, or global nomad trying to make sense of the move you've made (or the one you're about to), this show was made for you!

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Debriefing Your Expat Life: Intercultural Transitions and Going Deeper
May 19, 2026

Debriefing Your Expat Life: Intercultural Transitions and Going Deeper

Daniel Yalowitz Daniel Yalowitz psychologist, professor and intercultural mentor came to talk to Nomadic Diaries about his story as a cornerstone of the intercultural field for nearly four decades. Daniel brought to this epis...
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You Can't Go Home - You Can Only Go Forward
May 12, 2026

You Can't Go Home - You Can Only Go Forward

Nina Aziz Justine has lived in five countries, worked across forty-seven of them, and spent the better part of five decades asking the question that so many of us quietly carry: where on earth do I actually belong? She is a s...
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We Call It Capacity: International Women's Nonlinear Careers Confuse the Systems That Require Them Most
May 7, 2026

We Call It Capacity: International Women's Nonlinear Careers Confuse the Systems That Require Them Most

Flor Bretón García was born in Venezuela and left her homeland at 22 — which means she's now lived outside her home country longer than she lived in it. Lawyer. Educator. Cross-cultural consultant. Mother of three adult TCKs. President of FIGT. And a woman who, after receiving her 598th job rejecti…
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A TCK Raising Thriving World-Wise TCKs!
May 2, 2026

A TCK Raising Thriving World-Wise TCKs!

Send us Fan Mail Adrienne Belaire grew up on Aramco compounds in Saudi Arabia from first grade through high school, a world full of sunshine, small communities, and the particular freedom of a life lived between cultures. She is a wife, mother, potter, and artist who, after navigating her own somet…
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Dig Here: Story Archaeology and the Expat Life Well Lived
March 31, 2026

Dig Here: Story Archaeology and the Expat Life Well Lived

Send us Fan Mail About Lisa Liang Lisa Liang, known formally as Elizabeth, with a Z - is an intercultural storytelling coach, solo performer, and TCK who grew up across Central America, Southeast Asia, and the United States. She has spent decades helping globally mobile people do one of the hardest…
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What If You Learned How to Stay?
March 17, 2026

What If You Learned How to Stay?

About Pia Pia Mailhot-Leichter is a self-described "recovering nomad" who has lived in more places than most people visit, from Manhattan to Sri Lanka, London to France, and eventually dropping anchor in Copenhagen after decades of following the nomadic pull. Born to a French-Canadian mother and a …
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Belonging Everywhere and Nowhere
March 12, 2026

Belonging Everywhere and Nowhere

About Daniela Daniela Draugelis didn't just study cultural intelligence, she lived it before she even had a name for it. Born in Argentina to a Lithuanian immigrant family (her father fled Europe as a war refugee), she grew up speaking Lithuanian at home, celebrating cultural traditions on weekends…
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One Next Best Step: Dr. Joy Wiggins on Moving Abroad Solo, Raising a Teen in Lisbon, and Building a Global Career
March 8, 2026

One Next Best Step: Dr. Joy Wiggins on Moving Abroad Solo, Raising a Teen in Lisbon, and Building a Global Career

Dr. Joy Wiggins Meet Dr. Joy Wiggins, we chatted about Raising Kids to Boardrooms she is a cultural agility expert, former professor, and single mum who packed up her life in Texas and moved to Lisbon, Portugal with her teena...
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Packed Your Bags But Forgot Your Mind? The Emotional Side of Expat Life
Feb. 17, 2026

Packed Your Bags But Forgot Your Mind? The Emotional Side of Expat Life

What if the hardest part of moving abroad isn't finding a house, but finding yourself? In this episode, Doreen Cumberford sits down with Vivian Chiona, founder of Expat Nest, an online counselling platform offering psychological support in nine languages to expats, repats, and global nomads worldwi…
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Recent Blog Posts

March 13, 2026
Insurance - A Pain or A Life-Saving Power?

Insurance for International Citizens AbroadA digital nomad in Thailand goes to the doctor for a headache. Hours later, she's facing emergency brain surgery. Her story, and others like it reveal why traditional travel insurance is dangerously outda…

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March 11, 2026
International Women: From Raising Kids to Boardroom Culture

International Women: From Raising Kids to Crossing Cultures in the BoardroomA Nomadic Diaries conversation with Dr. Joy Wiggins | International Women’s Day 2026What does it really take to reinvent your career, raise a teenager abroad, and …

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About the Host

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Doreen Cumberford

Host/Author/Coach/CrossCulturalTrainer

Doreen Cumberford helps globally mobile expats, digital nomads and returnees to create happier, easier and more successful transitions while relocating overseas.

A Certified Coach, 30-year licensed Practitioner, Doreen speaks, writes, and teaches about the principles and practices necessary to navigate mobility from cradle to grave, or from launch to landing with a more ease and grace.

The author of Life in the Camel Lane, Embrace Your Adventure and Arriving Well, she is currently writing Sequel: How To Move Home After Living Overseas.

A native of Scotland, having lived in a wide variety of communities in 8 countries, over four decades and on 4 continents has enabled her to support people who live and travel overseas in creating more satisfying lives and build their dreams no matter where they land.