On the Journey of Retrieving Your Identity When You are Culturally Uprooted
Date and Time: May 22, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:00pm MT
Location: Virtual Program (Webinar)
Presenter: Betty Stempfer, Ph.D
Worldwide Fact: 1 person out of 8 is a migrant; either internal migrant (8%) or international migrant (4%). (https://www.who.int/migrants/en/) USA Fact: in 2019, 14% of the US population were immigrants. Have you been gone for so long that you feel like you no longer belong to your place of origin, and neither do you feel like you totally fit in your receiving place? What is this huge disconnect you are experiencing with your family, your friends? Do you feel lost, and you don’t know what to do??? You are not alone… At least 1 person out of 8 will face such identity crises due to cultural uprooting.
In this webinar we will explore how coaching and positive psychology can help culturally uprooted people reconnect with what is essential to them, their core values and how coaching can assist them through the change process of redefining themselves and creating space and new foundations for growing new roots and connecting authentically with other. In this webinar we will explore how coaching and positive psychology can help culturally uprooted people reconnect with what is essential to them, their core values and how coaching can assist them through the change process of redefining themselves and creating space and new foundations for growing new roots and connecting authentically with other. Keywords: Identity – Authenticity – Cultural uprooting – Coaching – Positive Psychology Approach – Theory of changes.
BIO
Berthe (Betty) Stempfer, Ph.D., is the Founder of Nuancer Coaching. She is a cultural coach who partners with clients who want to increase their cultural intelligence for better communication and performances, or who are culturally uprooted and want to reconnect with their identity.
Betty brings to the table 5 decades of living experience across Africa, Europe, and North America, including 20 years of a leadership role in the pharmaceutical industry and more recently in a multinational engineering company. She has first-hand experience with the challenges of being culturally different (mixed heritage; culture shock; female in a male dominant work environment; part of a minority).
Betty wants to raise more awareness on the "side effects" of cultural uprooting, and how coaching can help with such identity crisis and positively impact people’s well-being and life. She believes that a successful life is living by your values. Hence, her coaching approach is strength-based and founded on the values of authenticity and diversity.
Betty lives in Littleton, Colorado, with her husband, their teenage son, and their dog Scooby. She holds a MS in Material Science, a PhD in Process Engineering, and is a member of ICF Colorado.