Mastering Finland Mastering Finland

Discover the fascinating journey of Carmen Lorenzana, a Mexican expat who found herself captivated by Finland's charm. From her personal experiences to empowering women through menstrual education, fertility awareness, and embracing Finland's breathtaking national parks, this episode offers insights into life in Finland and the unique perspectives of women.



For more information about this episode go to Mastering Finland website.

Join us for an episode with Josh Hurst, aka JoshOfWestern, as he shares his journey of coming to Finland as an au-pair and becoming a successful freelance writer, blogger, and social media influencer. Discover his tips for mastering Finnish culture and adapting to life in Finland.

The founders of ‘Pawfect Grooming’ business meet with our podcast host Eva to discuss their discovery of puppy power in Finland! The episode also features some pet peeves they met during their journey to mastering Finland.

Husband and wife team, Asha and Mikael Singadia-Kuronen, moved to Finland in 2018.  Mikael was returning to his home country, bringing Asha with him from the UK.  Asha is a British Indian who had a career in banking and finance and is now focused on developing Finland’s first ever mobile dog grooming business.

Join us and listen to their pawfect business story!

In this episode Eva meets Kalim Ul Masih — a certified coach, humanitarian worker, and travel enthusiast who’ll open up his insider secrets to Mastering Finland.

Kalim is Finnish, but as he was working and traveling abroad in Africa, Middle East, Central Asia for quite a while before returning to Finland with the onset of COVID-19, he had to polish the art of Mastering Finland himself.

Also, from his coaching background he brings up a few more tips, like asking open questions and asking purposefully for some small, doable favours.

What’s in this episode?

🫶 Kalim’s work in humanitarian missions abroad

🫶 All about coaching — what it is and what it’s not

🫶 Reverse culture shock

🫶 Tips about traveling in Finland

Many of us here have an on-and-off relationship with Finland. But for our new guest, it was love at first sight! Gemma Cros-Baden came to Kuopio for her Erasmus exchange and simply didn’t want to go back to her home country Spain. But she had to.

Fast-forward to when our podcast is recorded, Gemma lives happily in Finland, has a job, and is learning Finnish.

Listen in to discover her inspiring story and see what worked for Gemma on her way to mastering Finland!

It has finally happened — the whole Mastering Finland team is on the same episode! A Christmas miracle, nothing else.

So who’s on the line? Petra, Eva, and Iliana from the best library in the world (Oodi, of course), Matt from Pori, and Matty all the way from the UK.

In this episode, we do a lot of Christmas talk: from favorite Christmas songs to the most bizarre Christmas traditions from our home countries. Want to share your stories? Drop a comment, we’re super curious!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season to our listeners! Let it be peace, and we hope to continue supporting you on your journey to Mastering Finland.

 Join us for this cozy chit-chat about Christmas on your favorite podcast platform.



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