Moving to Portugal with teens: The Ultimate Relocation Guide

You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? World Peace World PEACE WORLD PEACE!!!

Describe a family member. It’s not funny when you are dealing with a sassier, more badassier smaller n younger version of yourself. They outsmart you effortlessly and make you look for the meaning of Gen Z lingo secretly. The best thing I adore about this human is how comfortable they…

What is your favorite form of physical exercise? I spent a good amount of years trying too hard staying ‘thin’ if not skinny. Obsessed with the weighing scale and losing my shit when it fluctuated or got stuck despite all my desperate efforts. But as soon as I turned 40…

How much would you pay to go to the moon? Even if I had that kinda crazy money..I’d spend it for some better purpose. Not the type of a person with a show-off list for me to cross. I don’t have to go to the moon to appreciate its calming…

What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? With my background in Early Childhood Education, I’d like to work with students and families on helping them find possible trajectories for their future based on EQ and personality profiles. This would be an extension of my body of…

What food would you say is your specialty? I don’t particularly enjoy cooking but I take a lot of pride in keeping my humans alive and happy with whatever I put on the table.  Food for me is more like a love language expressed through pots n pans rather than…

What major historical events do you remember? Not that long ago, my leader Imran Khan opened a visa-free passage with his Indian counterparts for our Sikh pilgrims to be able to visit their sacred Gurdwara of Nankana Sahib. It stands as a moment of my pride in both countries who…

What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to? Have tried at two passion projects and both did well on their own but couldn’t extend more than 6 months in collaboration. I think I should harness my inner recluse and focus on a small business…

What are you most proud of in your life? Change is always hard and takes time. But I’m so glad it is one thing I have internalised. Do I always like it? Hell NO! but grateful to have priorities in place to make better decisions. For example I questioned a…

What have you been working on? At 50, I uprooted myself to relocate in Portugal with my two teens. It was a big move not just a physical change of scene but literally have thrown myself into everything different. It’s both fun and a challenge to revisit my story, writing…