Jen Knight says that she "won the in-laws lottery" when it comes to her Chinese husband's parents. But luck wasn't on her side this past January, when a day after she arrived in her husband's hometown just outside of Wuhan for a Spring Festival celebration, the Chinese government started shutting down all transit links into and out of the area, effectively trapping her at Ground Zero of what would soon come to be known as the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. She was, as she easily admits, "terrified" and felt isolated, but what helped her feel less alone was participating in a study that asked China-based expats how they were feeling during the crisis. And through 2 months of lockdown in Hubei + 2 weeks of self isolation in her apartment in Shenzhen, her notions of "home" have shifted- or maybe she was just being made aware of a shift that had already taken place.
If you missed it, be sure to go back one episode and listen to part 1 of this series where I speak with Chris Barnhart, who designed the survey that Jen assisted on. You can also read a summary of their findings on our blog here. And scroll back one more episode, to #057, to hear my impromptu conversation with a group of China-based expats who found them themselves trapped in Bali just as the outbreak began spreading across China. To learn more about Jen and her work as a life coach for women living abroad, check out her website, https://www.jenknight.com, or follow her updates on Facebook and Instagram. Get in touch with comments, suggestions or interview recommendations:#042: The Sudan-America Two-step | Ethar Baba
#041: Pop Abroad | Michelle Ibarra
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BONUS 01: Podcast Brunch Club Beijing - June 2019
#040: Leaving Beijing Behind - Season 2 Finale | Alisa Rutherford-Fortunati III
#039: Feeling Out Of Place At Home? Try Stardom Abroad! | Brian O'shea
#038: From Tourist to Line Cook to Restaurateur to TV Star: A Migrant's Journey | Jun Trinh
#037: Always Moving Forward... Because There's Nowhere To 'Go Back' To | Alex Sherr
#036: Privilege In the Face Of Challenge | Gabriel Clermont, Part 2
#035: Challenges In the Face Of Privilege | Gabriel Clermont, Part 1
#034: Migrating Before they Migrate: Serving Cross-Culture Students Overseas | Barbara Chen
#033: Coming of Age As A TCK... And Then What? | Mio Rudnicki
#032: What Migration Hath Wrought: Moroccan-Rum-Sports Bars In Hutongs | Badr Benjelloun
#031: When Does Migration Trump National Identity? | Margarita Lukavenko
#030: A Grown-up TCK Raising TCKs & Searching for Community | Dr. Kate Bailey Gardner
#029: Building Community with Moishe House and Global Shapers & Becoming Yourself | Abe Sorock
#028: When Being Your Best Self Requires Being On the Road | Adriana T.
#027: "Trailblazers Die." | PT Black
#026: An A.B.C.'s Sixteen Candles On Uncle Buck's Day Off | Daphne Cheng
#025: From Raising A TCK to Empty-Nesting Overseas | Amelie Mongrain
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