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Citizen of the World – Chapter 10: Full Circle For a long time, I believed my life was defined by movement.Countries changed. Languages shifted. Roles evolved. I learned how to adapt, how to rebuild, how to keep going. I thought the journey was always forward always toward something new. What I didn’t realize was that every step was quietly leading me back to myself. Through creativity, I found expression.Through motherhood, I found stillness.Through healing work, I found pur

Citizen of the World – Chapter 8: Belonging to Everyone, and No One For most of my life, I searched for belonging in places.Countries, cities, communities always hoping that one of them would finally feel like home . But living between cultures teaches you something quietly powerful: when you belong everywhere, you also belong nowhere entirely. For a long time, that felt lonely.I didn’t fully fit into one culture, one language, or one way of being. My identity was layered sha