Talking to Andrea about how life doesn’t always turn out the way we expected it. After studying psychology in the UK and coming back to Cyprus, she realised that things were complicated. For fun she joins an open recruiting day for flight attendants at Emirates Airlines and gets accepted. Even though her father wasn’t thrilled with the idea, she moves to Dubai and spends five years working for one of the world’s top airlines, allowing her to travel and explore cultures in over 70 countries.

On top of it all, she gets to have Brad Pitt as a passenger in first class…

Today she works as a Marketing Manager at Harneys Fiduciary, a company she had joined in Dubai after she decided to end her flying career. She also organizes women’s retreats and the best way to find out more is by following Andrea on Instagram @‌being.andreachara

Talking about growing up in Lahore and Guyana, what it means to be a third culture kid. Her childhood was informed by the Islamic call to prayer and her education at the American School had her playing with kids from all over the world of every color, creed and religion.

When one grows up like this, is it any wonder that the world becomes enchanted? That other humans become enchanted? She is endlessly thrilled with meeting other people and getting to know who they are and what makes them tick. She finds that developing relationships and building respectful community, as well as joy-filled community is essential to her being happy. She is a podcaster, screenwriter, author and so much more.

Also talking about walking the Camino and her adventures in France, much growth and experience await.

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Nitsa Anastasiades was raised in UK, London. She holds an MSc in Creative Writing Fiction from Edinburgh. Her work has been commended by the Bridport Prize and Fish Publishing respectively. With her husband who is a school principal and her family she has worked and lived all over the world.

She is the author of several books and a great storyteller.

Hamster Rats & Other Stuff Going On … is her debut work, based on her experiences in 1980’s – 2000’s Britain.

OUR FOREIGN BORDERS, a collection of stories set in cities around the world, concerning themes of loneliness, alienation, the sexes, landscape, culture, prejudice and displacement, influenced by her travels and working in 11 different countries teaching English, is her second book.

She is now working on a novel - Sea With Salty Water - based on the Cypriot diaspora; her Greek Cypriot upbringing in 70’s Britain, juxtaposed with the 1974 coup in Cyprus.