#62. Imposter Syndrome Abroad — Rebuilding Identity After Moving Abroad
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Zainab Ugokwe shares her journey of identity and belonging after moving from Palestine to the USA.
When you move abroad, especially to the USA, imposter syndrome can show up in ways you never expected. In this episode, I sit down with Zainab Ugokwe — scientist, mom, wife — a woman whose story will feel familiar if you’ve ever tried to rebuild your identity in a new country. Zainab talks about returning to the U.S. after spending her childhood in Palestine, navigating homesickness, cultural differences, and the quiet grief of absent relatives in Palestine, and in the USA. She shares what it was like to grow up as the only Black girl in a town that had never seen people who looked like her, and how those early experiences shaped her confidence as an adult. We explore: what imposter syndrome looks like for expat and immigrant women the identity shifts that happen when you move abroad the loneliness of feeling “in‑between” cultures how to rebuild confidence when you don’t feel like yourself anymore the emotional work of belonging in a place that wasn’t part of your original story If you’re an expat or immigrant woman living in the USA or anywhere abroad — navigating loneliness, cultural differences, or that unsettling feeling of not belonging here or back home — this conversation…
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