culture

What is culture? What does it mean to be multicultural? As an expat, how can you accelerate your integration in a new workplace, in a new town, in a new neighborhood?   In my work as an executive coach with […]

You may think of biking as nothing more than a way to get from Point A to Point B, but for many, the act of riding a bike stands for much more. In reality, very few pastimes are as accessible […]

Blonde hair, blue eyes, white skin. That’s what people see when they look at me. Little do they know, I have left my footprint all over this earth and I’ve experienced cultures far different than my own. There is more […]

Everyone knows the classic instruments used in every song: the drums that provide the back-beat, the bass, anchoring the harmonic framework and the guitar that provides the melody. Lately, artists have been stepping out of this mold and incorporating the […]

I grew up in a small beach town outside Barcelona, Spain (or Barcelona, Catalonia, now that Catalonia is demanding their right to vote and secede from Spain, becoming their own country). My childhood memories include a lot of hot summer […]

The Amazing Race is known for pushing contestants out of their comfort zone and exposing them to different cultures and traditions around the globe. But in addition to the traveling and running from one clue to the next, there are […]

Ordinary Missionaries  The stories of George And Vonda Sisneros as they work in the village of El Rosario, Guatemala “You can’t save them. You can’t save Venancia.” I got a call from my friend Mara on Friday afternoon. Mara is […]

Ordinary Missionaries  The stories of George And Vonda Sisneros as they work in the village of El Rosario, Guatemala “In essence, that’s the size of their entire world” Venancia is not doing well.  She seemed to be getting better and […]