2012 – A Year In Expat Books
2012 was a bumper year of new books for expats, thanks in no small part to Jo Parfitt’s Summertime Publishing which continues…
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Feel Like You’re On A Hamster Wheel? 7 Tips to Empower You To Step Off
Do you feel like you are on a hamster wheel? Running faster and faster but going nowhere. Most people experience this at…
Read more →International Assignment – A Great Time To Start A Family…Or Not?
Prevailing wisdom says that an international assignment is a great time to start a family, particularly when the accompanying partner is not…
Read more →Career Choice And The Accompanying Partner
My decision to stop working shortly before I relocated from Hong Kong to Zurich to accompany my husband on a new international…
Read more →The Fine Art Of Moving – Top Tips For Organising Your New Home
Like many expats at this time of year, I’m in the middle of moving house. This time though, I’m not moving country…
Read more →5 Challenges Of Bringing Up Children Overseas
Last month I wrote about the 5 things my children have gained from living peripatetic lives in multiple countries and cultures. I…
Read more →Five Things My Children Have Gained From Living Overseas
I’ve met people who, on hearing about all the countries my family have lived in, suggest that I should be worried that…
Read more →7 Ways To Get The Support You Need
We all need support sometimes and I’m not talking about the type of support offered by Spanx that makes you look super-svelte…
Read more →Making The Decision Right
Last month, I wrote about acceptance of your life as it is today as the starting point for creating a fulfilling life…
Read more →The Space Between
The initial flurry of unpacking and getting settled has passed, the excitement of the holidays is over and a more normal routine…
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