Parenting Unpacked Is Going to Valencia.

May 8

The book launches June 24th. The next day I am talking about it at an international congress. The universe did not ask if I was ready.

It is official. Parenting Unpacked: Parenting Through the Loss of Selfis going to be part of the conversation at the SIETAR Valencia España Congress 2026. I will be presenting there on June 25th — one day after the book launches on Amazon.

One day. The book comes out June 24th. I present June 25th. I did not plan it that way. That is just how it landed.

THE DETAILS

CONGRESS SIETAR Valencia España Congress 2026
VENUE Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
DATES 25 to 27 June 2026
MY PAPER After the Boxes Are Unpacked: Identity, Belonging, and the Parent Nobody Asks About
TRACK Migration, Belonging & Shared Futures
FORMAT Online presentation

The paper draws directly from the book. It is about the parent who moved abroad, handled everything, kept the household running, and somewhere in the middle of all of that stopped recognising herself. The parent nobody asks about. The one this book is for.

Presenting it at an international congress on interculturality the day after it launches is — I am going to say it — a lot. In the best way. A year ago this was a book I was writing at a desk. Now it is going to Valencia.

Parenting Unpacked: Parenting Through the Loss of Self is available on Amazon from June 24th, 2026.

One day before Valencia. Still not over it.

Going to Valencia. From my desk. Still counts.

Jessica Gabrielzyk