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Nomadic Diaries tells the stories, shares the secrets and offers strategies for the challenges that happen when we choose a life lived overseas. Our guests are authors and experts who distill everything from launching to landing back home. Drop in for a listen

Recent Episodes

Nov. 6, 2024

Re-Entry Series 6: Reading From Arriving Well

In this episode of Nomadic Diaries, the Re-Entry Series, Linda Mueller reads from Arriving Well: Stories About Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering Home After Living Abroad. Arriving Well is a compilation of five raw, comp…
Nov. 5, 2024

Re-Entry Series 6: The Emotional Toll of Repatriation

Have you ever grappled with the upheaval of moving countries and then moving back? In this episode of Nomadic Diaries, the Re-Entry Series, hosts Doreen Cumberford and Linda Mueller engage with cross-cultural coach Jerry Jon…
Nov. 4, 2024

Re-Entry Series 4: The Power of Vision Building Your Repatriation

Today’s episode of the Re Entry Series, focuses on the Vision Building for your repatriation journey. We discuss the importance of creating a vivid, emotional, and sensory-rich vision of your desired future state to navigate…
Nov. 3, 2024

Re-Entry Series 3: Finding Inspiration During Repatriation

Do you ever feel like the invisible side of you gets lost in the chaos of repatriating back home? In this episode of Nomadic Diaries, host Doreen Cumberford and co-host Linda Mueller dive into the spiritual or invisible aspe…
Nov. 2, 2024

RE Series 2: A Suitcase Story with Renata Urban

Welcome to a short but pithy episode of the Re-Entry Series of Nomadic Diaries. Here, we dive into the complexities of repatriation with Renata Urban, an expert in language training and intercultural communications. Renata s…
Nov. 1, 2024

Re-Entry Series 1: Launch Conversation with Doreen Cumberford & Linda Mueller

Welcome to the introductory episode of the Nomadic Diaries Reentry Series! Hosts Doreen Cumberford and Linda Mueller set the stage for this 30-day podcast journey focused on repatriation and reentry. Discover the structure o…

Recent Blog Posts

A Mother's Journey: The Road to Motherhood in a Foreign Land

Hold onto your passports, folks! We're about to dive into the wild world of expat motherhood through the eyes of Sarah Deschamps, a supermom who's taken on Japan with a diaper bag in one hand and adventure in the other. Buckle up for a journey fill…

The Power of Supportive Relationships for Expats

  Buckle up, global adventurers! We're diving deep into the thrilling world of expat life, inspired by our recent podcast episode, "Global Minds, Local Hearts: A Roadmap for Expat Thriving." Our guest, the incredible Vashti Kanahele, shared h…

The Expat Mindset Discovered

  Finding Home Within While Abroad requires a bit of a mindset shift. For those of us who call different parts of the world home throughout our lives, we have a unique narrative woven throughout our lives. In a recent captivating episode tit…

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.