Parenting across borders reshapes us—identity, pace, expectations, all of it. In this conversation, Mickelle welcomes parenting educator and Aware Parenting coach Maria Bordallo (Mama Maria), founder of Amsterdam’s Baby Fair. After a high-impact career with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Maria turned toward the most intimate arena

Anthropologist and lifelong traveler Dr. Kaisu Koskela joins the Peregrine Podcast to unpack the real mechanics of being a digital nomad.  Raised near the Arctic Circle and seasoned by work across 80+ countries, Kaisu marries lived experience with rigorous research on digital nomadism, remote work visas, and how policy shapes

Garrett Vanderwielen—better known as @tallredbeard—joins Mickelle to share his story of building a life abroad: the humor, the heartbreak, and the identity you rewrite along the way. Raised in California by proud Dutch grandparents, Garrett calls himself “Dutch by blood, culturally American,” and it shows—in the stories