Between Iraq and a Hard Place
Life as an American Teacher in Iraq
Episode Archive
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What's Age Got to Do With It?
Hannah and Colleen bemoan their grey hairs but also wish they'd had some more of them while living in Iraq. They discuss the pros and cons of being younger or older while living abroad, and how ...
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How to Tell Your Parents You are Moving Overseas
In this episode of our podcast, Between Iraq and a Hard Place, Hannah and Colleen tell the stories of how they told their parents that they were applying to go with Servant Group International t...
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It's a Wedding!
Hannah and Colleen just got back from a wedding, and it's June! So they chat about their various wedding experiences in Northern Iraq, complete with fireworks, cars, photographs, and loud music...
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What is it Like Parenting Internationally?
Hannah interviews our director, John, and his wife, Mary, about how they became parents while living in Iraq and what it was like raising their family there. Living in Iraq has unique challenges...
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Six Things You Can Do to Prepare for Life Overseas
Hannah and Colleen share all about the six things you can start doing NOW to get prepared for living overseas. Some of these may seem a bit obvious, others may seem like too much work, but each ...
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An American Girl Visits Iraq - An Interview with Hannah
Hannah and our Director, John, recently took a trip to Iraq to visit our teams there and to meet up with old friends. So we asked Hannah about the food, the weather, how things are on the ground...
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And Around and Around...
Part two on re-entry! Did you know it supposedly takes as long as you lived in the foreign culture to readjust back to your home culture? And even then, you are permanently changed. There is no ...
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What Goes Around Comes Around
Re-entry is the evil cousin of culture shock and because it isn't talked about as much, often catches people by surprise. In this episode, Hannah and Colleen share about their own experiences in...
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Culture Shock Part 2
So now that you know all about what culture shock is (see part 1!) now it's time to learn how we responded to it and what are ways to cope and come through.
If you have questions or com...
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Culture Shock, Part 1
Culture shock is a bit of misnomer, but we're jumping in and using it to help everyone understand what they or their friends go through when living in a foreign culture for an extended period of...