S1 Ep138: Living the Ex-Pat Life with Brooke Rasmussen, Pt. 2

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MacKenzie Koppa

Books, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Arts

4.6 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode of Cultivating the Lovely, we get to hear the rest of MacKenzie's conversation with Brooke Rasmussen. Last time we left off on the cusp of Brooke's family moving to Israel, so we pick up at that point in their story. If you didn't listen to the first half of MacKenzie and Brooke's chat, go back and listen to Episode 137 here.

What it was like moving to Jerusalem and being in the place that Biblical history took place
How Brooke used journalling to find herself in the midst of overwhelm
The cultural differences between Israel, Poland and the U. S. and learning to change expectations for social interactions
Why it is often harder for the stay-at-home mom to forge community in a new country and culture than for the rest of the family
How Brooke felt when she found other people who understood her experience
Learning to let relationships last for certain seasons
The Rasmussens' decision to resign from diplomatic service and move to Brooke's hometown
Enjoying living close to grandparents and having a family different dynamic
Settling in and learning to live where you are, instead of always looking ahead to the next thing
A typical day in Brooke's family

Current Lovelies-

Brooke: enjoying running for fun for the first time

MacKenzie: reading fun fiction, listening to entertaining podcasts and trying to distract herself

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Jordan B. Peterson

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Lars and the Real Girl

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Transcript

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0:00.0	It's like the shared history just becomes a fabric that connects people and in a way that,
0:05.9	yeah, I'd never experienced living on the western side of the United States.
0:19.6	Welcome to cultivating the Lovely.
0:21.7	I'm your host, Mackenzie Kappa.
0:23.5	And around here, we know that life is hard and we have to do everything we can to just make it a little bit more lovely.
0:29.9	So it's my mission to bring you great conversations, practical tools and information, and a healthy dose of community to help make those things happen.
0:38.3	If you want to find out more, you can go to our website at cultivating the lovely.com, visit our amazing membership community
0:43.2	at patreon.com slash cultivating the lovely, or by connecting with me on Instagram, which is one of my
0:48.5	favorite places to interact with all of you. You can find me at McKenzie Kappa. Thanks so much for
0:53.5	joining me today.
1:02.3	Ladies, we are back again this week, finishing out my episode with my friend from high school,
1:06.7	Brooke Rasmussen. If you didn't catch the beginning of this episode, then you're probably going to want to head back to last week's episode and get caught up. But basically, Brooke and I
1:11.7	were friends in high school. And then she spent 10 years traveling around the world with her
1:17.3	husband as he was a diplomat for the government. So they spent two years in a little city in
1:23.1	Africa. They were in Warsaw, Poland for two years. they were stationed in Washington, D.C. for two
1:28.5	years. And then they finished out two years in Jerusalem. Holy moly, right? And to top it all off,
1:35.0	you guys, they have seven kids. So they have definitely had a lot of amazing experiences,
1:40.4	and I had so much fun talking with Brooke and really getting caught up myself on everything
1:45.4	that she has gone through in the past decade. I do want to take a little moment to mention
1:50.4	some other things that we have going on, especially this week. As many of you are aware from
1:55.4	following last week's episode and following online, I am actually in court this week. It has been two years since I fled
2:02.9	my abusive marriage from a narcissistic abuser and we are finally actually going to trial. So by the
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