Elyse Y. Robinson - Black Woman In Mexico

November is a VERY hard month for me. Mexico City...And my fight in the airport.

I was accepted to Manos Accelerator's Virtual Program and I was promised so much, but never received anything promised. I was promised a refund many times but never received it.

For two weeks I've been having ear pain. I finally figured out the cause after visiting an Otolaryngologist in Mexico.

Moving overseas is NEVER easy...countries want you to have skills.

You only have one life to live so why are you scared? Are you unhappy? Feeling stuck? Don't feel alive? Make a change TODAY!

I got a piercing and microblading in Mexico.

This has been a trying past few days. I almost died...

It's been awhile...let's again talk about healthcare here. Let's also talk about my old ass neighbor and boundaries.

Men are sick. What the future holds for me.

Serious life changes for me when it comes to my health and diet. I've been putting off a wellness check because I was terrified of finding something wrong with my blood. STD check, blood check, urine check, and off to the dentist.

What a terrible few days I've had and a Black Expat discussion on conspiracy theories, brain drain, and are there definite things you can do in life to be "successful"? Link to roundtable discussion: https://youtu.be/exrr2pvACA8 The Transcript 0:09 This is the Keen Ready, com Black woman in Mexico podcast with me, Elyse Robinson, coming to you from Mexico City, Mexico, one of the largest cities in the world. I'm here to dispel the myths and rumors about Mexico and also to tell you how to live a great life abroad, I have been living in Mexico City since November 2016. And I truly do love it here. And just to add a disclaimer, these experiences are mine and mine alone, and I can't speak for anyone else. 0:39 Hey, 0:40 this is episode number 57. And I'm going to start doing YouTube videos 0:45 along with 0:47 the podcast because I can extract 0:48 the audio easily. 0:51 And it will help my youtube 0:53 channel too. 0:55 So you can look at me 0:57 and you can listen to me if you r

When you can't figure out life in your home country, don't think moving to another is going to solve your problems.

Life is funny. I never followed "the plan" and look at me now.

Reverse culture shock, health shock, and PTSD...this happens when you return to your home country.

Culture shock is real. There are 4 stages that you must deal with before being completely comfortable in your new country.

Moving abroad to a new place SHOULD NOT be with problems day after day after DAY. That's how I know Guatemala was not for me.

I'm not fooling with my Daddy anymore and start up life. Mexico has been a dream come true for me.

He really tried it!

Me quitting my job was one of the catalysts to me living abroad.

I received confirmation I'm at the right place at the right time. The Transcript 0:09 This is the Keen Ready, com Black woman in Mexico podcast with me, Elyse Robinson, coming to you from Mexico City, Mexico, one of the largest cities in the world. I'm here to dispel the myths and rumors about Mexico and also to tell you how to live a great life abroad, I have been living in Mexico City since November 2016. And I truly do love it here. And just to add a disclaimer, these experiences are mine and mine alone, and I can't speak for anyone else. 0:39 This is episode number 48. And I'm so excited, so grateful, so blessed. So, 0:47 as you know, I run via foreigner calm. And so the reason why I started is because people kept asking me over and over again, like, why did you move abroad? How do you you move abroad, I don't know, the first thing about moving abroad and so be afforded calm was born. And so 1:09 I provide opportunities to move abroad. And if you want to, you know, pursue a little bit further in dep