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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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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I’m excited to tell you about a new project on which I’ve been collaborating with expat career coach, Jennifer Bradley. Starting on July 15th, she and I will be hosting a series of four teleseminars for expats and accompnaying spouses. Each seminar will cover an aspect of the experience of adjusting to a new life [...]
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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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