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		<title>Cross-Cultural Kids &#8211; Part 1 &#8211; Introduction</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A Cross-Cultural Kid (CCK) is someone who has been significantly influenced by two or more cultural environments during their developmental years.</p>
The post <a href="https://chameleon-coaching.com/cross-cultural-kids-part-1-introduction/">Cross-Cultural Kids – Part 1 – Introduction</a> first appeared on <a href="https://chameleon-coaching.com">Chameleon Intercultural Training & Coaching</a>.]]></description>
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									<h2><span style="color: #ffffff;">What is a Cross-Cultural Kid?</span></h2><p><strong>A Cross-Cultural Kid (CCK) is someone who has been significantly influenced by two or more cultural environments during their developmental years. The CCK Model is the work and <span style="color: #333333;"><a style="color: #333333;" href="http://www.crossculturalkid.org/who-are-cross-cultural-kids/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #993300;"><span style="color: #cc99ff;"><span style="color: #333399;"><span style="color: #ff6600;">research of Ruth van Reken</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></strong></p>								</div>
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									<p><strong>Unique experiences, benefits and challenges</strong></p><p>There are so many ways someone can exist across different cultures.</p><p>In our Cultural Mosaics series, we outlined 12 CCK types. One of the reasons it can be so hard to navigate different contexts as a cross-cultural kid, is because often times we don’t even realize we’re doing it, we don’t always have the language for it, and we have very little resources to help us understand our complex and evolving identities.</p><p>It’s fair to say most, if not all, CCKs have struggle with questions of belonging, finding home, understanding their roots and where you come from. Certain life experiences tend to catapult us into identity crisis: losing a loved one, becoming a parent, ceremonies around marriage or divorce. Just so many big life moments.</p><p>Being a CCK is beautifully complex, you’re building cultural bridges, understanding how nuanced things can be, but also being more comfortable with ambiguousness, and dealing with hidden losses, often times on your own.</p><p>We leave you with this message, talk about your experience. With others who may relate, with family, with friends, with a coach. Talking it out helps us makes sense of the unique cultural mosaics that we embody.</p>								</div>
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									<h3>It all started on Instagram</h3><p>This CULTURAL MOSAICS series on Cross-Cultural Kids (CCKs) was originally posted on Instagram in September 2023 as a collaborative project by <a href="https://www.inbetweenish.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beatriz Nour</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/inbetweenish.pod/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@inbetweenish.pod</a> and myself, Wiebke Homborg <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chameleon_coaching/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@chameleon_coaching</a>. If you have Instagram, we encourage you to check out the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxDnDPSor6I/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank" rel="noopener">original posts</a> for its great visuals, audios, reels and storytelling.</p><p>Through our work, we want to raise more awareness about the different kinds of Cross-Cultural Kids, as they do not all receive as much attention as the Third Culture Kids where the Cross-Cultural Kids Model by Ruth Van Reken originated. We hope that CCKs and adult CCKs, parents, caretakers, educators, coaches and therapists all over the world will benefit from this series.</p><p>Cross-Cultural Kids are becoming more and more common and who knows if not some time in the future all children will be CCKs?</p><p>Let’s dive in!</p>								</div>
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									<h3>The Introduction Post &amp; Reel</h3><p>We proudly present our new series CULTURAL MOSAICS!</p><p>Over the past few months we’ve been working together to bring to life this beautiful collaboration where we will dive into the complexity of multicultural experiences. In this series we will closely look at the Cross-Cultural Kids Model by Ruth van Reken, analyzing each category one by one, and go well beyond the realm of Third Culture Kids, where it originated.</p><p>All CCK types can benefit from this and we&#8217;re excited to serve it up in bite-sized portions, complete with straightforward graphics and relatable examples just for you.</p><p>The ‘we’ that make up this team are Beatriz from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/inbetweenish.pod/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@inbewetweenish.pod</a> and Wiebke from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chameleon_coaching/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@chameleon_coaching</a> and we’re so excited to share this with you!</p><p>Enjoy the ride and discover which CCK types you belong to! Hint: it may be more than one!</p>								</div>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jetzt mal „Butter bei die Fische“ &#8211; Wie waren denn eigentlich meine eigenen Rückkehr-Erfahrungen? Lange habe ich mich um das Schreiben dieses Artikels gedrückt. Denn rückblickend hätte ich es mir eigentlich nicht so schwer machen... </p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><span style="color: #33cccc;">Jetzt mal „Butter bei die Fische“ &#8211; Wie waren denn eigentlich meine eigenen Rückkehr-Erfahrungen?</span></h3>
<p>Lange habe ich mich um das Schreiben dieses Artikels gedrückt. Denn rückblickend hätte ich es mir eigentlich nicht so schwer machen müssen. Wenn ich das gewusst hätte, was ich im Laufe der letzten Jahre über Veränderungsprozesse, Kulturschock, Rückkehrschock und Third Culture Kids gelernt habe, und wenn ich spezialisierte Unterstützung erhalten hätte, ja dann…! Dann wären mir so einige Umwege und Mühen erspart geblieben. Und dennoch bin ich dankbar für jede einzelne Erfahrung. Ich bin an ihnen enorm gewachsen und ohne sie wäre ich heute nicht die, die ich bin.</p>
<p>In der Hoffnung, dass ihr etwas für euch mitnehmen könnt, versuche ich nun, meine drei Rückkehr-Erfahrungen aus damaliger Sicht zu beschreiben und dann mit dem Abstand, den ich heute habe, zu kommentieren. Es folgt der erste Teil.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #33cccc;">Die erste Rückkehrerfahrung</span></h3>
<p>Als Kind deutscher Eltern bin ich im Ausland geboren und aufgewachsen. Zu Hause haben wir immer Deutsch gesprochen, ich habe zum größten Teil deutsche Schulen besucht und wir haben die Sommer- oder Weihnachtsferien in Deutschland bei den Großeltern verbracht. Ich identifizierte mich als Weltbürger, aber dennoch stark der deutschen Kultur zugehörig, sprach fließend Deutsch und stach auch optisch nicht aus dem Masse heraus.</p>
<p>Erst als ich mit 18 Jahren nach Deutschland kam, um meine Ausbildung anzufangen, wurde es mir schlagartig klar: Innen drin war ich anders. Dieses Phänomen beschreiben Pollock/van Reken/Pflüger in ihrem Buch „Third Culture Kids – Aufwachsen in mehreren Kulturen“ als das des „Heimlichen Einwanderers“. Ich hatte noch nie zu Neue Deutsche Welle Musik getanzt, ich kannte die Verkehrsregeln für Radfahrer nicht und habe viele Witze einfach nicht verstanden, weil ich mit einer anderen Art Humor aufgewachsen war. In Gesprächen mit anderen wurde deutlich, dass ich zu vielen aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Themen gar nichts wusste (es war das Jahr 1991 und es gab damals noch kein Internet!) und ich kam mir dumm vor. Vieles von dem, was ich in meinem Auslandsleben gelernt hatte und worauf ich stolz war, schien überhaupt nicht mehr relevant. Bei mir setzte sofort der Fluchtinstinkt ein: „Ich muss hier wieder weg!“ und ich wollte gleich nach Beendigung der Ausbildung wieder ins Ausland.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #33cccc;">Rückblickend war die erste Rückkehr eigentlich keine</span></h3>
<p>Auch wenn es für mich de facto keine Rückkehr war, so hatte ich dennoch unbewusst die Erwartungshaltung entwickelt, dass es sich wie Heimat anfühlen musste. Aber das konnte es natürlich nicht. Das einzige ortsbezogene Heimatgefühl, das ich kannte, war das „im Ausland sein“, da fühlte ich mich am wohlsten. Auf der Beziehungsebene waren meine engste Familie meine Heimat und ganz wichtig, meine Freunde, die Ähnliches erlebt hatten. Wir hielten ganz stark zusammen, reisten kreuz und quer durch’s Land und auch ins Ausland, um uns gegenseitig zu besuchen. Das machen wir übrigens bis heute!</p>
<p>So richtig eingelebt habe ich mich damals in Deutschland nicht. Insgesamt waren es sieben Jahre, in denen ich nicht immer im Hier und Jetzt lebte, sondern stets mit großer Sehnsucht auf das nächste Auslandsabenteuer hin fieberte.</p>
<blockquote><p>Auch wenn ich mich in der weltoffenen Stadt Hamburg sehr wohl fühlte, eine international ausgerichtete Ausbildung machte, wunderbare weltoffene neue Freunde fand, mich in die Liebe meines Lebens verliebte, einen spannenden ersten Job landete und mich mit der lokalen Kultur auseinandersetzte, so hatte alles irgendwie einen faden Beigeschmack.</p></blockquote>
<p>Im Nachhinein denke ich mir, hätte ich diese Zeit doch eigentlich voll genießen können. Aber ich hatte eines überhaupt nicht getan: Meine Abschiede, meine inneren und äußeren Veränderungen und meine Trauer darüber bewusst zu verarbeiten. Ich tat alles, um mich mit Spaß und neuen Erlebnissen bei Laune zu halten, bis ich wieder ins Ausland gehen konnte. Der fade Beigeschmack war einerseits das Vermissen des aufregenden Auslandslebens, aber auch das Verdrängen tieferer Gefühle. Denn sonst hätte ich mich ja der schmerzhaften Trauer stellen müssen. An dieser Stelle sei nur gesagt, die Trauer kam dann viele Jahre später aus heiterem Himmel und mit doppelter Wucht. Und das gehört zu den Dingen, die ich mit heutigem Wissen anders und viel früher angegangen wäre.</p>
<p>Bis hierhin heute meine Reflexionen zu meiner ersten Rückkehr, die nächsten folgen bald. Ich hoffe, ich konnte euch auf meiner Reise ein Stück weit mitnehmen. Auch wenn ich die Rückkehr als Third Culture Kid erlebt habe, lassen sich dennoch einige Tipps für Rückkehrer im Allgemeinen ableiten, die ich euch ans Herz legen möchte.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #33cccc;">6 Tipps für die Rückkehr:</span></h3>
<ul>
<li>Halte dich während des Auslandsaufenthalts über die gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen in der Heimat auf dem Laufenden</li>
<li>Pflege den Kontakt zu Freunden und Familie in der Heimat, daran kannst du nach der Rückkehr einfacher anknüpfen</li>
<li>Prüfe, mit welcher Erwartungshaltung du zurückkehrst und mach einen Realitätscheck</li>
<li>Verarbeite deine Erfahrungen und Gefühle bewusst und suche dir ggf. Unterstützung</li>
<li>Wie kann ich die Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse aus dem Auslandsleben in das Leben in der Heimat so integrieren, dass es sich für mich gut anfühlt?</li>
<li>Pflege Kontakte zu anderen, die Ähnliches erlebt haben</li>
</ul>
<p>Wenn du dir bei deiner eigenen Rückkehr Unterstützung wünschst, biete ich hierzu <a href="https://chameleon-coaching.com/einzelpersonen/">Einzelcoaching</a> und ganz neu auch ein <a href="https://chameleon-coaching.com/arriving/">Gruppencoaching</a> an. Nimm gerne <a href="https://chameleon-coaching.com/kontakt/">Kontakt</a> mit mir für ein kostenloses Kennenlerngespräch auf oder suche dir direkt einen <a href="https://calendly.com/chameleon_coaching/30min">Termin in meinem Kalender</a> aus.</p>
<p>Für diejenigen von euch, die Eltern von Third Culture Kids sind und sich über eine gute Begleitung bei der Rückkehr Gedanken machen, biete ich eine <a href="https://chameleon-coaching.com/einzelpersonen/">Erstberatung</a> an und empfehle gerne spezialisierte Kolleginnen aus meinem Netzwerk.</p>The post <a href="https://chameleon-coaching.com/rueckkehr-war-jedes-mal-anders-teil-1/">Rückkehr war jedes Mal anders – Teil 1</a> first appeared on <a href="https://chameleon-coaching.com">Chameleon Intercultural Training & Coaching</a>.]]></content:encoded>
					
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nancy from Mexico shares 3 secrets that made her bicultural marriage a big love story Sharing our personal stories and learning from each other is the most powerful way to find inspiration, community and growth.... </p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Nancy from Mexico shares 3 secrets that made her bicultural marriage a big love story</h2>
<h3><em>Sharing our personal stories and learning from each other is the most powerful way to find inspiration, community and growth. Gain a fresh perspective and expand your horizon!</em></h3>
<p><em>(versión original en español más abajo)</em></p>
<h4><strong>Nancy, tell us where you are from and what motivated you to emigrate to Germany.</strong></h4>
<p>I am Mexican, born in Mexico City. Although my husband is German, I must confess that emigrating to Germany was not in my plans at first. My husband worked in Mexico for three years, three wonderful years we spent together in Mexico. He loved the country, he adapted very much to the Mexican culture, he speaks Spanish fluently, he loved the weather, the food and, for those and other reasons, I thought that the possibility of staying forever in Mexico was quite large. But at the time when my husband wanted to grow professionally, he did not find opportunities in my country and that was when the idea of ​​trying our luck in Germany began to take shape.</p>
<p>So I can say that there are two things that motivated me to emigrate to Germany: the first is love, and the other is what normally motivates me in all the decisions that are important in my life:</p>
<blockquote><p>The fear of &#8222;what if&#8220;. I don&#8217;t like the idea of ​​asking myself one day what would have happened if I had done this or that.</p></blockquote>
<p>I don&#8217;t like the idea of ​​asking myself one day what would have happened if I had done this or that.</p>
<p>In addition to that, I thought it was important and above all fair, to get to know what life is like in my partner&#8217;s country, to give his culture a chance, to understand it and to learn from it as he did with mine. After all, he had also left everything and everyone behind to be with me. And I believe that sharing that experience &#8211; with everything that is enjoyed and suffered &#8211; has brought us together more, has made us understand each other better.</p>
<h4><strong>What do you value most about your bicultural marriage?</strong></h4>
<p>Respect.</p>
<blockquote><p>I greatly appreciate the way in which we have been able to maintain respect for our cultures and reach agreements without making the other renounce their beliefs and customs.</p></blockquote>
<h4><strong>What were the biggest challenges?</strong></h4>
<p>I think we have had two major challenges.</p>
<p>People who leave their country of origin &#8211; for whatever reason &#8211; go through <strong>migratory grief</strong> and that is very difficult to understand if you have not lived it. That was one of the biggest challenges.</p>
<blockquote><p>Nostalgia appears, the feeling of loneliness and an exaggerated idealization of our country of origin.</p></blockquote>
<p>I remember that at first it seemed to me that everything, absolutely everything, was better in my country, comparisons were the order of the day and that, for our partner, can be something very difficult to understand and can even become very exhausting . The person who did not leave his country can start taking everything personally, ends up isolating himself and the first big problems appear.</p>
<p>Also, a<strong> lack of identity</strong> appears in the migrant. In time I realized that not only did I miss my country and everything I knew, I also missed myself, the one I was. I was again like a little girl who needed to be taught from the language, how to move around the city, to translate the labels of the products in the super market, a girl who depended on others, and especially her partner, to do many things. Let’s not even begin talking about undergoing the paperwork and revalidation of studies or career. Suddenly I was not the same, suddenly I was nothing. This is somewhat heavy. That&#8217;s why I say that I believe that the fact that we both went through the same experience made us understand each other much better, we were more patient and knew that it is a process.</p>
<p>The second big challenge came<strong> when we became parents</strong>. The arrival of our daughters was another shake. There is an unconscious (and sometimes conscious) tendency to impose one&#8217;s own point of view, customs and beliefs when it comes to the education of children.</p>
<blockquote><p>A bicultural couple needs to agree on the beliefs and way of life that they want to convey to their children and for this it is necessary to have a broad, respectful and sincere communication channel.</p></blockquote>
<p>And it is not simple. And if we start to think that ours (Mexican woman and German man living in Germany) is one of many constellations that exist, we don&#8217;t finish. We can also have a French woman with a Spanish man living in England, or a Mexican woman with a Greek man living in Greece etc., and when there are children involved, the matter gets even more interesting.</p>
<h4><strong>How did you overcome them?</strong></h4>
<p>The first challenge, the one of the migratory grief, was with time and with support, understanding and empathy of my husband. It was a very long process. Another thing that really helped me to “get there”, to really feel that I was already where I had to be, was the arrival of my first daughter. When this whole matter stopped being about me, my nostalgia, my identity, my grief, when there was now a daughter involved, I could see that not everything was as I thought. Not everything was better in Mexico, especially in the aspect of motherhood and social security, unfortunately, which makes me very sad.</p>
<blockquote><p>But I could see things differently and by changing my perspective, it changed my life.</p></blockquote>
<p>The second challenge, the education of our daughters, I consider as overcome and here are three aspects that have contributed to this:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>The principles and values ​​of my husband and mine are the same</strong>, and I believe that when that is the case, you are already on the other side. The other &#8222;details&#8220;, we have arranged with a lot of communication and openness. My husband has always been very respectful of my beliefs, of the Mexican culture, I respect and admire the German culture too and that helps a lot to reach agreements.</li>
<li><strong>My husband and I speak the same language</strong>, that is, I speak German and he speaks Spanish and, amazingly enough, this is something that can make a big difference when it comes to reaching agreements, expressing and understanding feelings, ideas, wishes and also when it comes to educating children. I have heard cases of people who feel isolated from the education of their children when the spouse speaks to the children in a language he or she does not understand.</li>
<li><strong>The support of our families</strong>. We have the great fortune of having families that respect our decisions regarding the bicultural education of our daughters, and not only respect them, but also admire the other culture. I am lucky to have in-laws and other family members that are proud to have granddaughters, nieces, great-grandchildren whith a different cultural education, who are growing up with two languages, who live within two worlds. My in-laws and my sister-in-law say that it is the greatest treasure I can pass on to them. And my family completely agrees. When the two families get together, there is a very nice atmosphere of affection, openness, respect and interest in each other, of ways of thinking, of living, and this facilitates and enriches my daughters&#8216; bicultural education. Now they even translate the conversations between the Mexican and German families!</li>
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<h4><strong>What advice would you give to a compatriot (or &#8222;your younger self&#8220;?) who just arrived in Germany?</strong></h4>
<blockquote><p>I would tell them that what they are living is a process, that they should allow their feelings to flow, that the do not fight against it, that they should not be reluctant, that they should not pay attention to what people will say, that they listen to their heart, that they get informed, and above all, that it is ok to ask for help, also professional help.</p></blockquote>
<p>Something I would have liked at that time was to be able to find a psychologist or therapist who spoke Spanish. When I arrived in Germany, I did not speak German well so you can imagine how difficult it was for me to encourage myself to go to therapy in a language I did not master. Now there are more resources, for example, there are even therapists in Mexico giving remote consultation via Skype. I feel that now there is much more information and the work that you carry out with Chameleon, Wiebke, is a great help for expat in their adaptation process and for their emotional health.</p>
<p><strong>Thank you so much, Nancy, for sharing your valuable experience with us.</strong></p>
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<h2>Nancy comparte 3 secretos del matrimonio bicultural y una gran historia de amor</h2>
<h3><em>Compartir nuestras historias personales y aprender unos de otros es la forma más poderosa de encontrar inspiración, comunidad y crecimiento. ¡Adquiere una nueva perspectiva y expande tu horizonte!</em></h3>
<h4><strong>Nancy, cuéntanos de dónde eres y qué te motivó a emigrar a Alemania.</strong></h4>
<p>Soy Mexicana, nacida en la Ciudad de México. Aunque mi esposo es Alemán, debo confesar que el emigrar a Alemania no estaba en mis planes en un principio. Mi esposo trabajó en México durante tres años, tres maravillosos años que pasamos juntos en México. A él le encantaba el país, se adaptó mucho a la cultura Mexicana, habla fluidamente el Español, le encantaba el clima, la comida y, por ésas y otras razones, yo pensaba que la posibilidad de quedarnos para siempre en México era bastante grande. Pero en el momento en que mi esposo quiso crecer profesionalmente, no encontró las oportunidades en mi país y fue entonces cuando la idea de probar suerte en Alemania comenzó a tomar forma. Así que puedo decir que son dos cosas las que me motivaron a emigrar a Alemania: la primera es el amor, y la otra es lo que normalmente me motiva en todas las decisiones que son importantes en mi vida:</p>
<blockquote><p>El miedo al “hubiera”. No me agrada la idea de preguntarme un día qué hubiera pasado si hubiera hecho tal o cual cosa.</p></blockquote>
<p>Además de éso, creí importante y sobre todo justo, el conocer la vida en el país de mi pareja, darle una oportunidad a su cultura, conocerla y aprender de ella como él lo hizo con la mía. Después de todo, él también había dejado a todo y a todos para estar conmigo. Y creo que el compartir esa experiencia -con todo lo que se disfruta y se sufre- nos ha unido más, nos ha hecho entendernos mejor.</p>
<h4><strong>Qué es lo que más valoras de tu matrimonio bicultural?</strong></h4>
<p>El respeto.</p>
<blockquote><p>Valoro mucho la forma en la que hemos podido mantener el respeto a nuestras culturas y llegar a acuerdos sin hacer que el otro renuncie a sus creencias y costumbres.</p></blockquote>
<h4><strong>Cuales fueron los mayores retos?</strong></h4>
<p>Me parece que hemos tenido dos grandes retos.</p>
<p>Las personas que abandonan su país de origen -por la razón que sea &#8211; pasan por un <strong>duelo migratorio</strong> y eso es algo muy difícil de entender si no lo has vivido. Ése fue uno de los más grandes retos.</p>
<blockquote><p>Aparece la nostalgia, la sensación de soledad y una idealización exagerada de nuestro país de origen.</p></blockquote>
<p>Yo recuerdo que al principio a mí me parecía que todo, absolutamente todo, era mejor en mi país, las comparaciones estaban al orden del día y éso, para nuestra pareja, puede ser algo muy difícil de comprender e incluso puede llegar a ser muy desgastante. La persona que no dejó su país puede tomarse todo personal, termina aislándose y aparecen los primeros grandes problemas.</p>
<p>Aparece también una <strong>falta de identidad</strong> en el migrante. Con el tiempo me di cuenta que no sólo extrañaba a mi país y todo lo que conocía, también me extrañaba a mí, la que yo era. Volví a ser como una niña pequeña que necesitaba que le enseñaran desde el idioma, hasta cómo moverse por la ciudad, que le tradujeran las etiquetas de los productos en el super mercado, una niña que dependía de los demás , y sobre todo de su pareja, para hacer muchas cosas. De hacer trámites y revalidación de estudios o de carrera, mejor ni hablamos. De repente no era la misma, de repente no era nada. Éso es algo fuerte. Por éso digo que yo creo que el hecho de que los dos pasamos por esa experiencia, nos hizo comprendernos mucho mejor, tenernos paciencia y saber que se trata de un proceso.</p>
<p>El segundo gran reto vino <strong>cuando nos convertimos en padres</strong>. La llegada de nuestras hijas fue otra sacudida. Hay una tendencia inconsciente (y a veces consciente) a imponer el propio punto de vista, las propias costumbres y creencias cuando se trata de la educación de los hijos.</p>
<blockquote><p>Una pareja bicultural necesita ponerse de acuerdo en las creencias y forma de vida que le quiere transmitir a sus hijos y para ello es necesario tener un canal de comunicación amplio, respetuoso y sincero.</p></blockquote>
<p>Y no es nada sencillo. Y si nos ponemos a pensar que la nuestra (mujer mexicana y hombre alemán viviendo en Alemania) es una de muchas constelaciones que existen, pues no acabamos. También podemos tener a una mujer francesa con un hombre español que viven en Inglaterra, o una mujer mexicana con un hombre griego viviendo en Grecia, etc, etc.  y cuando hay hijos de por medio, ahí se pone interesante el asunto.</p>
<h4><strong>Cómo los superaste?</strong></h4>
<p>El primer reto, el del duelo migratorio, fue con el tiempo y con el apoyo, la comprensión y la empatía de mi esposo. Fue un proceso muy largo. Otra cosa que me ayudó a realmente “llegar”, a realmente sentir que ya estaba en donde tenía que estar, fue la llegada de mi primera hija. Cuando todo este asunto dejó de tratarse de mí, de mi nostalgia, de mi identidad, de mi duelo, cuando ya había una hija de por medio, pude ver que no todo era como yo creía. No todo era mejor en México, sobre todo en el aspecto de la maternidad y seguridad social, desgraciadamente, cosa que me pone muy triste.</p>
<blockquote><p>Pero pude ver las cosas de diferente manera y al cambiar mi perspectiva, cambió mi vida.</p></blockquote>
<p>El segundo reto, el de la educación de nuestras hijas, lo considero también superado y aquí hay tres aspectos que han contribuido a que así sea:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Los principios y valores de mi esposo y los míos son los mismo</strong>s, y creo que cuando éso es así, ya estás del otro lado. Los otros “detalles”, los hemos arreglado con mucha comunicación y apertura. Mi esposo siempre ha sido muy respetuoso de mis creencias, de la cultura Mexicana, yo respeto y admiro mucho a la cultura Alemana también y éso ayuda muchísimo a llegar a acuerdos.</li>
<li><strong>Mi esposo y yo hablamos el mismo idioma</strong>, es decir, yo hablo Alemán y él habla Español y, parece mentira, pero es algo que puede marcar una gran diferencia a la hora de llegar acuerdos, de expresar y entender sentimientos, ideas, deseos y también a la hora de educar a los hijos. He escuchado casos de personas que se llegan a sentir aisladas de la educación de sus hijos cuando el cónyugue les habla a los niños en un idioma que él o ella no entiende.</li>
<li><strong>El apoyo de nuestras familias.</strong> Tenemos la inmensa fortuna de tener familias que respetan nuestras decisiones en cuanto a la educación bicultural de nuestras hijas y no sólo las respetan sino que también admiran a la otra cultura. Tengo la dicha de tener una familia política que siente orgullo de tener a nietas, sobrinas, bisnietas que tienen una educación cultural diferente, que están creciendo con dos idiomas, que conviven con dos mundos. Mis suegros y mi cuñada dicen que es el mayor tesoro que les puedo heredar. Y mi familia es exactamente de la misma opinión. Cuando las dos familias se reúnen, hay un ambiente muy bonito de cariño, apertura, respeto e interés del uno por el otro, de las formas de pensar, de vivir y ésto facilita y enriquece la educación bicultural de mis hijas. ¡Ahora hasta ellas traducen las conversaciones entre la familia Mexicana y la Alemana!</li>
</ol>
<h4><strong>Qué consejo le darías a una compatriota (o “your younger self”?) que recién llegó a Alemania?</strong></h4>
<blockquote><p>Le diría que lo que vive es un proceso, que deje fluir lo que siente, que no luche contra ello, que no se resista, que no ponga atención al qué dirá la gente, que escuche a su corazón, que se informe y, sobre todo, que se vale pedir ayuda, también ayuda profesional.</p></blockquote>
<p>Fíjate que algo que me hizo falta en aquél tiempo fue el poder encontrar a un psicólogo(a) o terapeuta que hablara Español.  Cuando llegué a Alemania, yo no hablaba bien Alemán entonces te imaginarás lo difícil que era para mí animarme a ir a terapia en un idioma que no dominaba. Ahora ya hay más medios, por ejemplo, hay incluso terapeutas en México dando consulta a distancia por Skype. Siento que ahora hay mucha más información y la labor que tú llevas a cabo con Chameleon, Wiebke, es una gran ayuda para la adaptación de un expat y para su salud emocional.</p>
<p><strong>Muchas gracias, Nancy, por haber compartido tus valiosas experiencias con nosotros.<br />
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Did you know that chameleons shed their skin frequently? Chameleons renew their skin every three to four weeks when they are young and growing quickly. As adults, they shed around every two months to accommodate... </p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you know that chameleons shed their skin frequently? Chameleons renew their skin every three to four weeks when they are young and growing quickly. As adults, they shed around every two months to accommodate changes in weight and renew old scales.</p>
<p>I consider myself a cultural chameleon because I grew up in several different countries until the age of 18, all of which are not my passport country Germany. Each culture, each move and the people I met have considerably shaped my personality, my world view and the way I navigate life. As for many with this type of international upbringing – a tribe also known as “Third Culture Kids“ &#8211; it has been one of my survival strategies to flexibly cope with change and quickly adapt to the new surroundings.</p>
<p>As a consequence, transition is the state in which I feel most comfortable. I consider standstill and routines as dreadful. Just like the chameleon, I feel that I am constantly growing out of my old skin. The need to keep evolving manifests itself in many different ways: a move to a new country, a new job, a new travel adventure, a new sport or basically re-inventing myself all over again. I am extremely fortunate to have a wonderful family that provides and demands consistency as well as amazing friends who support me. Together, they keep me grounded and rooted.</p>
<p>The pace at which I ‘shed my skin’ has slowed down as I get older, but it still irritates some people around me and I get it. Just when they thought they had figured me out and can finally put me in a mental box, the next change is around the corner. But that is what makes a chameleon a chameleon: its ability to transform. Feeling comfortable with change, transition and growth are actually my superpowers and I find it very fulfilling to encourage others on their journey across cultures.</p>The post <a href="https://chameleon-coaching.com/how-a-cultural-chameleon-sheds-its-skin/">How a cultural chameleon sheds its skin</a> first appeared on <a href="https://chameleon-coaching.com">Chameleon Intercultural Training & Coaching</a>.]]></content:encoded>
					
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