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S2 Episode 2 – #FIMIS and awakening to privilege

document.createElement('audio'); https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/SwedeLifeEp2_ParisaWalklett-05092018-20.23.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MorePhotographer, Parisa Walklett, whose latest photography project, Female Immigrant Makers in Sweden, #FIMIS, is smashing the stereotypes found in the media of female immigrants (lazy, stupid, only able to cook or clean) in an intimate photography series of artists, jewellery designers, toy-makers, bakers, and stationery designers, from all over the world who call Sweden home.

S2 Episode 1 – Migration and the male normative

https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/NATASHA_WEBSTER-29082018-23.00.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreIn our first episode of the podcast Jill interviews Natasha Webster. Originally from Canada, Natasha is an academic, feminist and migration researcher at Stockholm University.

The Swede Life – intro

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Episode 20: Sleep is not for the weak

https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Sleep-isnt-for-the-weak-19032018-21.47.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreIn today’s episode we welcome back Courtney Landin from Happy Sleeping Baby to talk about all things sleep related. Last week was International Sleep Awareness week so it seemed appropriate. We talk about sleep in adults and how lack of it impacts our lives short term and long term. Some tips on how to get out of bad habbits. Also, how she would recommend getting a 3 year old to stay in bed. HALLELUHJAH! You can find Courtney on Instagram @happysleepingbaby and on Facebook at Happy Sleeping Baby.

#4 Ask the Doctor – Mar 2018

https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4-Barnakuten-Parasites-06032018-20.30.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | More***TRIGGER WARNING*** ANYONE PHOBIC TO PARASITES OR BAD SOUND… we recorded this episode in the home of Dr James, had a great in depth chat about parasites in Sweden and at Förskola… and then realised that the mic had been on the wrong setting. So, loath to record again and miss all the good stuff. We hope you really forgive us! We’re on a steep learning curve with this new piece of equipment. Enjoy and listen to the end to find out what the format of future episodes are going to be like!

Episode 19: 1 is the loneliest number

https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1-is-the-loneliest-number...-13022018-17.12.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreOne really is the loneliest number as Jill goes solo on today’s podcast. In this week’s episode, Jill shares her personal experience of loneliness and isolation and how it brought about Littlebearabroad.com. What’s your experience of those first couple of months as an immigrant abroad?

Episode 18: Stuck Parents

https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/GlobalArrk-final-05022018-15.42.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreIn this weeks episode of the podcast we’re talking about something that I feel really strongly about, for various reasons. It dove-tails into a number of areas that I could talk about for hours and hours. Stuck parents, the Hague Convention, child abduction and how immigration and integration is an issue that predominantly impacts women. We’re joined by Founder and Chair of Global Action on Relocation & Return with Kids (GlobalArrk.org), Roz Osborne. We talked candidly about how being a stuck parent herself brought about the creation of GlobalArrk.org and how she’s now assisting hundreds of people all over the world.

#3 Ask the Doctor – Jan 2018

https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Barnakuten3230118-22012018-09.29.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreOur 17th episode and our third Barnakuten with Dr James. The Swedish vaccine schedule and questions about vaccinations in Sweden are one of the most searched for topics on the Littlebearabroad website. In today’s episode we talk about the Swedish vaccine schedule, the recent outbreak of Measles in the south of Sweden, the increasing number of people choosing not vaccinating their children in Sweden and what that means for the rest of us. Of course, we talked about much more, as we do, but we had plenty to say on this topic.

Episode 16: How to make friends and not alienate people

https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Friends-Abroad-15012018-17.04.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreIn our latest episode of the podcast, Jill is joined by Elly and Cam to talk about making friends abroad. Something that is easier said than done, but why? We also discuss how kids cope making friends abroad and signs to look out for when things aren’t going so well. Plus, tips on how to create a community when you move abroad. Check out the links on the podcast page for The Swedish Theory of Love and some of the communities that we mention.

Episode 15: HAPPY NEW YEAR

https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/HAPPYNEWYEAR2018-09012018-15.36.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreHappy New Year – the first podcast of 2018 and we went full on Audio Visual! Live streamed our first podcast for 2018 via Instagram. Here’s the behind the scenes audio.

Episode 14: BEE SWEDISH

https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/BeeSwedish-04122017-21.29.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreI have always felt mega pressure when it comes to learning languages and get super stressed out by it all. I don’t understand these people that learn a language for fun…what!? Who are you? So, I thought it would be interesting to speak to someone who knows a bit more about it. Cue! Sofi Tegsveden Deveux from Bee Swedish, the amazing language and cultural training company based in Stockholm. The tag line on the front of their website is, “Honeymoon is over”…and they are that serious. They are the team you want in your corner when the fun has worn off, the cultural honeymoon has become a ball and chain and you need all the inspiration you can get to stick it out living in Sweden.

Episode 13: Bumps, birth pools and babies

https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Bumpsbirthpoolsbabies-27112017-22.35.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreOur “Pregnancy in Sweden” series continues off the website and on the podcast. Jill is joined by Lisa and Sarah to discuss their “alternative” births in Sweden. Big Congrats goes to Elly Waller who gave birth to Rumi Waller just after this podcast was recorded YAY!!!