Kevin and I met in 2009 while I was visiting Sydney. Over the next year and a half, our unexpected love for one another grew across oceans during free phone calls (and eventually video calls) over Skype and a handful of in-person visits during our season of dating and engagement. It all seemed so, well, easy. But as any married person knows, it's an entirely different ballgame after the honeymoon when day-to-day life settles in – especially when opposing cultural values and beliefs begin to test the very foundation of everything you thought you knew.
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My own relational journey has developed within me a commitment to see, know and love deeply cross-cultural families.
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I have taken this commitment to the next level by launching Upside Down Under to champion cross-cultural marriage everywhere through online classes, intercultural marriage coaching and other resources. I am currently in the process of obtaining my Inter-Cultural Intelligence certification with Marco Blankenburgh, Founder of KnowledgeWorkx and Host of the Unlocking Cultural Agility podcast. I'm tremendously thankful to have found Marco and the KnowledgeWorkx team as I take steps to grow in intercultural intelligence and cultural agility, on top of my own personal experience of 15+ years in a cross-cultural relationship and marriage.
If you are in a cross-cultural relationship (dating, engaged or married), I would love to connect and hear your story. You can book a call with me here.
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Photo Credit: [1] Two Pair Photography (Me & my husband Kevin); [2 & 3] Upside Down Under