Photo: istockphoto.com My own career took me from London to New York on my first expat assignment in 1989. Fast forward nine years and my soon-to-be husband and I managed (after a 15 month separation and a with the help of a sympathetic boss) to move to Hong Kong and keep both of our careers [...]
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In March, I wrote about moving overseas and what makes those of us who do so step so far out of our comfort zones. As many of you who have moved overseas this summer have probably discovered, the decision to move to a new country is just the first of many times in your expat life [...]
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Mea Culpa!! I have committed the cardinal sin of blogging and have not posted content in quite some time. So I have to thank Tara Sophia Mohr whose Girl Effect Blogging Campaign has blown away my summer inertia and inspired me to start writing again. Having started, I am committing to a more regular schedule (once [...]
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Its a new year and I haven’t written for a while so what better way to start the year than to get back on my soapbox! I sparked some discussion way back in March with my article about the (in my opinion) heinous term “trailing spouse” and the fire has been smouldering a away on [...]
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On her Facebook page, my friend Madeleine refers to herself as “Living in Shanghai, China, as trailer trash for my beloved [husband]“. In doing so she is not-so-gently mocking the outdated term ”trailing spouse”. Though the term is slowly being abandoned, it remains in common use in HR departments and among relocation service providers [...]
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Browsing the discussion boards at the ExpatWeb group on LinkedIn, I came across a thread started by cross cultural coach, Margarita Gokun Silver which posed the question “Your identity in expatriation: will it stay or will it go?” My answer? A resounding “Neither!” I’ve been an expat for a long time and have a very [...]
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