The hosts

Meet Janice and Trice.

Two American women abroad, talking about what actually happens when culture, identity, and reinvention collide.

Janice Diaz

Host

Janice Diaz

New York → Italy

New Yorker living in Italy. Writer, strategist, storyteller, and builder of platforms around identity, reinvention, and belonging.

Trice Turner

Host

Trice Turner

Chicago → United Kingdom

Chicagoan living in the UK. Storyteller, cultural observer, and sharp voice on the layered reality of building a life abroad.

Origin story

Why we started Expat-ish.

Because expat conversations often split into two boring extremes: either the glossy fantasy or the logistical checklist.

But there is a third space.

The emotional one. The cultural one.

The one where you are laughing at dinner and quietly wondering who you are becoming.

That is where Expat-ish lives.

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A letter from the in-between.

Get essays, Expat-ish episode notes, cultural reflections, guest stories, and honest commentary on identity, belonging, reinvention, and life between worlds.

This is for the women who have outgrown simple labels, tidy stories, and the fantasy that moving somewhere new means becoming magically uncomplicated.

No spam. No glossy expat nonsense. Just thoughtful notes from The Otherhood.