Introducing Living Abroad

In Lesson 4: Love, we talk to a person who was part of a generation that didn't want to live abroad. Just like her friends, Teena wanted to stay and work in India, to help her country prosper. But as we all know too well, life often has other plans. She gets a job post a world aw ...  Show more

This week our third guest, Patricia from Slovakia, gives us her best piece of advice on how to succeed abroad, and shares why, for her, to travel is to grow and improve. Leaving home for studies at the young age of 16, at 32 she’s now a successful professional in Brussels, Belgiu ...  Show more

For centuries, the United States has been a prime destination for migrants hoping for better economic opportunities, fleeing danger in their home countries or just seeking a new life. But has there ever been a moment when Americans were the ones who felt compelled to flee elsewhe ...  Show more

What do we gain—and leave behind—when we move abroad? Lale chats with Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck, whose third poetry collection, 'O,' was released this summer, about moving away from her beloved Beirut and hopping between countries until arriving in her current home of Calif ...  Show more

Mothers from all over the world leave their families in search of economic opportunities elsewhere – and they often end up working as nannies, which means they spend their days with children while their own are far away.How does it feel to nurture other people’s children while so ...  Show more

There are certain nations which always top the rankings in the World Happiness Report. What are they doing right, that other countries are getting wrong? And what can you do to make your home country happier? John Helliwell of the World Happiness Report explains how things like w ...  Show more