expats - The Elephant Mum

I write this post as we complete our first year homeschooling R on Italian language. I am proud of her and us for sticking to it, and proud of ...

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expats, finland, life, multicultural families, parenting, self-care

Support for Families in Finland – Resources and Services

May 20, 2020

Sometime families need a little help coping with the challenges of life. There is no shame in that, in fact I am open to admit we used help in ...

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expats, finland, life, multicultural families

Need a Hand with Childcare? Nordic Nannies is Here to Help

February 9, 2020

Today I want to share about Mareena, an entrepreneur in Finland, and her business Nordic Nannies. I think her services will speak to many of my ...

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expats, finland, Lifestyle, multicultural families, self-care, working mom

Expat Families: How To Build A Support Network

December 5, 2019

Today a fellow expat mom in Finland published a question on a closed Facebook group: how to build a support network to make an expat family ...

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expats, finland

Having A Car In Finland: Everything You Need to Know

August 24, 2019

Hello proud car owner or wanna be one. If you are scratching your head about what it means to have a car in Finland, should you have one, or can ...

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expats, finland, health, life, Lifestyle, mindfulness, multicultural families

10 Reasons Why I Am Grateful I Live In Finland

August 4, 2019

Since I moved to Finland nine years ago, the question I definitely heard the most was: “Why did you move to Finland from Italy?!”. ...

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expats, finland, multicultural families, multilingualism, parenting

Anxieties Of An Immigrant Parent

July 31, 2019

Is my daughter ashamed I cannot speak the local language fluently? Will she be when she’s older?Will my children stop speaking my native ...

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expats, interviews, multicultural families, podcast

Raising A Family In Finland – Guest On The Expat Focus Podcast

July 19, 2019

I am so excited to share this podcast episode with you all. Here’s a peek into my own story as an immigrant in Finland. What led me and my ...

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events, finland, life, reviews

Proud of My Fast Runners: the Helsinki Minimarathon 2019

May 25, 2019

May has become synonym with one of our family’s favourite events, the Helsinki Minimarathon. In 2018 we were invited to take part in the ...

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Paola

I was born and raised in Italy, now I live in the winter wonderland that is Finland. I worked as a mathematics researcher, an IT project manager and consultant, and now I work as product owner. I love nature, reading books, playing boardgames, cooking and eating good food. I enjoy learning languages: I speak Italian, English, Finnish, Hindi, and I understand some Spanish. I am grateful to have three wonderful kids who call me "mamma". One came from my belly, the other two from fateful encounters.