8 episodes
Feel at Home in France Anna Gully
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- Society & Culture
Welcome to the „Feel at home in France“ Podcast!
This podcast is about and for expat women from a variety of backgrounds who share their experiences and insights on navigating French culture, customs, and lifestyle.
Every week, I share a new episode on the podcast with the ambition to evoke the most authentic conversations about life in France. We will hear — solo or with a guest — thoughts about life in France and how to create your own awesome journey. How did my guests overcome struggles, which drawbacks did they have to face and what do they enjoy most in their life in France today?
Overall, the podcast aims to provide a sense of community and connection for those who have made the move to France.
Hi! My name is Anna, and I came to France in 2010 from Germany. I was a young mom and just beginning to settle into my role as a mother and suddenly I was confronted with this new foreign culture that overwhelmed me more than once. There were my own cultural patterns and the new social demands from outside - and I was in the middle of it. It took me a long time to feel "having arrived." And today I know that it’s in me to create this feeling of home, but it also means being connected with myself.
How about you? You know that France is the place to be for you? But there are some moments, when it doesn’t feel alright, yet? Feeling home is directly connected to the fulfillment of your needs. If you want to take a first step towards YOUR WAY of French life, check my workbook „Embracing your French life.“ I guide you with 3 questions to get more clarity on your daily life and the next actions to take.
Download your free copy: subscribepage.io/feelathomeworkbook
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music by Joseph McDade (https://josephmcdade.com/)
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Replacing the Irreplaceable #7
When we decide to move to another country, we choose the unknown. It’s kind of the deal.
And still, when living in the new country, we may search for buying poducts from our home country which we are used to.
Let’s talk about:
✨ Why habits and the search for „the known“ is normal and important for us.
✨ What’s the alternative?
✨ What you can win when setting new standards for yourself.
✨ I share a personal story of integrating change and all the good stuff that came with it.
Links mentioned in the episode:
- https://hennéindis.fr
You know that you are in the right spot, living in France and now it’s time to feel that every single day!
If you like to get started right now to take a step closer towards YOUR WAY of French life, check out my workbook „Embracing your French life.“ I guide you with 3 questions to get more clarity on your daily life and the next actions to take.
Download your free copy: subscribepage.io/feelathomeworkbook
Follow me and connect with me on social media:
Podcast Newsletter: subscribepage.io/annagullypodcast
Facebook: @annagully.fr
Instagram: @_anna.gully
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4 actions to go from dreaming to doing #6
You have this dream of change and new horizons? Living in France comes with challenges and dreams and now is the best moment to go from dreaming to doing. Get started with 4 actions toward your goal. Do you want to set up a business, take environmental actions, create a space to reunite people, move to another part of France, or start a charity for animals?
What do you need to „complete“ your life right now?
Let’s talk about:
✨ how to define your goal
✨ taking on responsibility for your decisions
✨ 4 actions to start toward your goals
You know that you are in the right spot, living in France and now it’s time to feel that every single day!
If you like to get started right now to take a step closer towards YOUR WAY of French life, check out my workbook „Embracing your French life.“ I guide you with 3 questions to get more clarity on your daily life and the next actions to take.
Download your free copy: subscribepage.io/feelathomeworkbook
Follow me and connect with me on social media:
Podcast Newsletter: subscribepage.io/annagullypodcast
Facebook: @annagully.fr
Instagram: @_anna.gully
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How to regain focus? or Where is your energy going? #5
Are you focusing on what’s important to you and where you want your journey to take you?
Sometimes we get stuck in our daily to-dos to the point we aren’t able to take a step aside and give focus to the one thing that’s on our mind to be achieved.
I share my own experience of this moment and I talk about:
✨How to prevent pressure and guilt
✨How to free your energy for movement in your life
You know that you are in the right spot, living in France and now it’s time to feel that every single day!
If you like to get started right now to take a step closer towards YOUR WAY of French life, check out my workbook „Embracing your French life.“ I guide you with 3 questions to get more clarity on your daily life and the next actions to take.
Download your free copy: subscribepage.io/feelathomeworkbook
Follow me and connect with me on social media:
Podcast Newsletter: subscribepage.io/annagullypodcast
Facebook: @annagully.fr
Instagram: @_anna.gully
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Discovering the French language with empathy and through activities – Patricia Pedditzi #4
In today's episode, we meet Patricia Pedditzi, who is a French language teacher located in Nice. She shares with us her own experience of being an expat and how her empathy for international women living in France was the starting point of creating her business. Besides online classes, Patricia offers language learning activities to connect people, culture, and the joy of learning.
We talk about:
✨ why combining activities and language learning is so successful
✨ what holds women back from speaking when learning
✨ best practices to learn
In the episode, I mention the TED talk by Chris Lonsdale, which explains the importance of combining experience and learning:
How to learn any language in six months | Chris Lonsdale | TEDxLingnanUniversity
👉You know that you are in the right spot, living in France and now it’s time to feel that every single day!
If you like to get started right now to take a step closer towards YOUR WAY of French life, check out my workbook „Embracing your French life.“ I guide you with 3 questions to get more clarity on your daily life and the next actions to take.
Download your free copy: subscribepage.io/feelathomeworkbook
Follow me and connect with me on social media:
Podcast Newsletter: subscribepage.io/annagullypodcast
Facebook: @annagully.fr
Instagram: @_anna.gully
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Redefining self-confidence #3
#3 Redefining self-confidence
After having settled in the new country and trying to fit in, our self-confidence might go through some ups and downs. In this episode, it’s about the gaps between how we perceive ourselves and how we might be perceived by others and how this influences our self-confidence.
In this episode I speak about:
✨ my own idea of us trying to fit in and the gaps that go along with it
✨ some examples
✨ what we can do to grow our self-confidence
If you like to get started right now to take a step closer towards YOUR WAY of French life, check out my workbook „Embracing your French life.“ I guide you with 3 questions to get more clarity on your daily life and the next actions to take.
Download your free copy: subscribepage.io/feelathomeworkbook
Follow me and connect with me on social media:
Podcast Newsletter: subscribepage.io/annagullypodcast
Facebook: @annagully.fr
Instagram: @_anna.gully
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Creating a life at your own rhythm – Emma Aldridge #2
In todays episode we meet Emma Aldridge, who came to France in 1996. She relocated with her family for a work opportunity in Burgundy. Since, she’s been living in the country side and after the split with her husband, she created her business, which she is still running today.
We will talk about:
✨ re-starting school for her children
✨ buying a house in the 90s
✨ creating and the freedom of running her business
✨ self-care and self-motivation
Links from my guest:
hotelsafloat.com (English)
vacancesfluviales.fr (French)
Instagram @hotelsafloat
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063592989350
Enjoy and leave me a comment with your thoughts and questions!
If you like to get started right now to take a step closer towards YOUR WAY of French life, check out my workbook „Embracing your French life.“ I guide you with 3 questions to get more clarity on your daily life and the next actions to take.
Download your free copy: subscribepage.io/feelathomeworkbook
Follow me and connect with me on social media:
Podcast Newsletter: subscribepage.io/annagullypodcast
Facebook: @annagully.fr
Instagram: @_anna.gully
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.