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Don't wait for the New Year! July and August Are a Great Time to Start Therapy in Mexico
Come and see us at Hola Therapy If you’ve been thinking about starting therapy, there’s an unusual window in Mexico when finding the right therapist at Hola Therapy can be significantly easier: July and August. For most of the year, Hola Therapy is busy. Our therapists’ schedules are often full, and at particularly high-demand times we can be waitlisting up to 30 people in a month. Even December, which you might expect to be quiet, can remain surprisingly busy. Mid-year, ho
jennamayhew
Jul 222 min read


Autism Disclosure in the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know
Autism disclosure at work infographic
jennamayhew
Jun 154 min read


Cross-Cultural Communication Mistakes Global Teams Make
By Jenna Mayhew Hola Therapy Team in 2024. We've now grown to have someone from all six continents - no one from Antarctica I'm afraid! Research consistently shows that culturally diverse teams can outperform homogeneous teams in creativity and problem-solving but only when communication barriers are managed effectively, (Günter & Maznevski, 2022). As workplaces become increasingly international, cross-cultural communication has shifted from a “soft skill” to a critical bus
jennamayhew
May 163 min read


Celebrating the Holidays When You’re Away From Family
Celebrating holidays in a cross-cultural, multicultural context. The holidays are often imagined as a time of warmth, closeness, and togetherness. Family meals, familiar traditions, shared memories. But when you’re living abroad, the holidays can feel very different, quieter, heavier, or emotionally confusing in ways you didn’t expect. If you’re celebrating the holidays away from your family, you’re not doing it “wrong.” You’re navigating a very real psychological experience
jennamayhew
Dec 29, 20252 min read
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