Welcome to GLOBALLY GROUNDED, a company and website dedicated to equipping students crossing cultures, their families and those who educate them as they navigate the triumphs and trials associated with cross-cultural domestic and/or international transitions. These transitions may be from one country to another, one state to another, one city to another or from one … More Welcome
It’s been too long! How many times have you heard this phrase as you collect a loved one from the airport or arrive on a doorstep during ‘home’ leave? This time, however, it’s because it has been too long since we’ve connected via the Globally Grounded Blog. So let’s catch up. Now. Whilst we haven’t … More Globally Grounded Update
Calling all International School Educators, Counsellors and Leadership Does your school resemble a revolving door – students, families and staff constantly leaving and arriving? Do you have: students from culturally diverse backgrounds struggling to integrate into your school community or engage effectively in learning? teachers searching for strategies to equip and support their Cross Cultural … More Announcing: Transitions 101 Webinar Series
This week I am honoured to be writing over at I Am A Triangle’s (IAAT) brand new website. What began almost four years ago as a Facebook group of 30 ‘Triangles’ has now grown into a community of over 15,000 people who have lived in various cultures and countries, whether as children, teens or adults. Launched … More Top 10 Questions Asked By Students Starting at a New School
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! That means the holiday season is just around the corner. Traditionally it’s a time when we get together with those we love…or those we have to love. Many will take time off work. Some will holiday at home. Others will holiday far…
How do you feel about words? Do you prefer the written word or the spoken word? Or both? Do you gravitate towards words of one language or multiple languages? I find words to be very powerful. They can build up or they can tear down. My brain prefers the written word, in English, yet I … More Quotable Quotes for a Fulfilled Global Life
Have you ever dreamed of visiting a distant land after seeing it captured in a documentary, cheering on your favourite sporting team in real life or seeing a certain acclaimed artwork or salient sculpture in person? Recently I fulfilled one of those long-held dreams. Viewing Auguste Rodin’s ‘The Thinker’ (Le Penseur) sculpture in Paris has … More What Rodin Revealed about Reflection and Revelation: #FIGT17NL Ruminations
The train departed Dordrecht Station promptly at 8:37am. Taking her seat beside the rain-spattered window, a silent yawn escaped. She had barely slept a wink the night before, in anticipation of the week ahead. By the time the sun set on today, they would be reunited, in Paris. How did it come to this? The … More Inside the Mind of a Girl on a Train
