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  • Food,  How to

    How to: Balance Healthy Eating while Living Alone

    April 13, 2021 /

    Healthy eating isn’t necessarily easy for anyone, but we’ve found that it is really hard to maintain good practices when you live alone. That is why we are sharing our top five tips to balance healthy eating while living alone.

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    Choosing Your Spanish Wine and Wine-based Drinks

    July 11, 2019

    How to Make: Spanish-Style Coffee at Home

    June 2, 2021

    How to: order beer in Spain

    July 9, 2019
  • Thriving

    Top 5 Books that Changed my Perspective in 2020

    March 4, 2021 /

    We love to read and every year we read tens of books. However, in 2020 Claudia had the opportunity to branch out from her normal fiction genre and explore other types of books. These are her top 5 most impactful books of last year.

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    Making Mistakes, but Just Wanting to Move on

    April 4, 2019

    Studying a Degree in Spain (Part II)

    March 1, 2018

    Confessions: I’m Still Learning How to Accept Who I am

    May 4, 2021
  • Balance,  Confessions,  Thriving

    Confessions: Sometimes I Live in My Own Bubble

    March 2, 2021 /

    For those of you who know me personally, it shouldn’t surprise you that I am a self-proclaiming bubble liver. But what does that really mean? Check out this post to see how I feel about living in a bubble.

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    Taking All Your Classes in Spanish

    January 19, 2018

    Maintaining the Mediterranean Diet

    May 5, 2020

    The Artist’s Way Reflections

    December 7, 2021
  • Confessions,  Living Abroad,  Thriving

    Confessions: My Life is in English

    February 16, 2021 /

    Even though I’ve lived abroad in Spain for years, I find my life is still primarily lived in English. At first, I felt disappointed with myself but thanks to some reflection, I’ve got a different view now.

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    7 things I like about living in Finland

    November 23, 2023

    Confessions: Sometimes I Live in My Own Bubble

    March 2, 2021

    Letters to a New Year (Dani 2020)

    January 12, 2020
  • Balance,  Confessions,  Living Abroad,  Thriving

    Confessions: We Still Get Sad Living Abroad

    February 9, 2021 /

    Living abroad isn't always sunshine and roses. Just like at home, you'll have your good days and bad days, but it's important to recognize this so that you're capable of getting yourself through it when this happens.

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    Letters to a New Year (Claudia 2020)

    January 5, 2020

    Living in Spanish is Tiring

    September 1, 2020

    How to: Balance Two Worlds

    November 3, 2020
  • Thriving

    The Sanctuary Challenge: The Logistics

    February 4, 2021 /

    We have already discussed the mental and emotional things we have been going through with the Sanctuary Challenge but this post focuses on how we’ve done it. Check it out for our logistics to making this work!

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    Six Strategies for Managing Unstructured Time

    February 8, 2018

    Time Spent Eating is Important!

    November 29, 2018

    Understanding the Weather in Spain

    July 25, 2019
  • Thriving

    The Sanctuary Challenge: A Mental/Emotional Journey

    February 2, 2021 /

    Dani and Claudia have been experimenting with the Sanctuary Challenge—a 60 day challenge where we try to make ourselves and our homes a place of sanctuary. We are about halfway through and this is what we are thinking.

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    Making Mistakes, but Just Wanting to Move on

    April 4, 2019

    Choosing Your Spanish Wine and Wine-based Drinks

    July 11, 2019

    Studying a Degree in Spain (Part II)

    March 1, 2018
  • Confessions,  Living Abroad

    How Dani Ended Up Living Abroad

    January 26, 2021 /

    Those of us who end up abroad do so at different times of our lives and for different reasons. If you are wondering how Dani ended up abroad, check out this post!

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    Confessions: My Life is in English

    February 16, 2021

    At Home Anywhere: Journaling and Reflections

    April 30, 2020

    Confessions: I am a Different Person in Different Languages

    January 18, 2018
  • Living Abroad

    How Claudia Ended Up Living Abroad

    January 7, 2021 /

    Those of us who end up abroad do so at different times of our lives and for different reasons. If you are wondering how Claudia ended up abroad, check out this post!

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    Holiday Experience 2020 (Dani)

    December 22, 2020

    Moving Abroad to Spain as a Family: An Interview

    August 17, 2021

    The Four Most Important Things to Know About Spanish Culture Before You Move Abroad

    January 7, 2020
  • Confessions,  Thriving

    Letters to a New Year (Dani 2021)

    December 31, 2020 /

    Every year we write a letter to the future year with some thoughts about the previous one and some things we want to keep in mind moving forward. This article focuses on Dani’s letter to 2021.

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    Confessions: I don’t always have all the right words

    March 18, 2021

    Confessions: I’m not Spending the Holidays with my Family

    December 6, 2018

    Accepting My Own Journey (Claudia)

    June 21, 2018
  • Balance,  Living Abroad

    Letters to a New Year (Claudia 2021)

    December 29, 2020 /

    Every year we write a letter to the future year with some thoughts about the previous year and some things we want to think about for the following one. This article focuses on Claudia’s letter to 2021.

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    Neither 100% Spanish, nor 100% American

    November 24, 2019

    Confessions: We Still Get Sad Living Abroad

    February 9, 2021

    Taking All Your Classes in Spanish

    January 19, 2018
  • Confessions,  Living Abroad

    Holiday Experience 2020 (Claudia)

    December 24, 2020 /

    This year hasn’t been easy for any of us and holiday times can highlight the ups and downs. In this post Claudia dives into her 2020 holiday experience and what she is doing to keep it bright.

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    October 17, 2024

    Confessions: I’m Nervous About Going Home

    June 13, 2019

    Confessions: I’m a Workaholic

    April 21, 2020
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