Its been a busy month and I’m afraid my already erratic blogging schedule has suffered. I’ll be writing about some of the things that I’ve been working on over the coming weeks but today I’m going to talk about identity which is the topic for Friday’s Expat Partner Online Coffee. When the psychologist Erik Erikson [...]
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When you become an expat and particularly an accompanying partner, the rug is pulled out from under your feet in terms of all of your familiar forms of support. It happens at a time when you are dealing with multiple new challenges and could probably use a bit of EXTRA support. This month at Expat [...]
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You’ll remember that back in January, Louise Wiles and I had the opportunity to participate in a conversation among accompanying partners hosted by the Global Niche. A common theme that we took away from the very open, honest and sometimes raw dialogue between women from diverse cultures and backgrounds was the value of a forum [...]
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One of the unequivocal benefits of being an expat is having had the opportunity to cross paths with a multitude of women whom I would never otherwise have met. Each has touched my life in her own way and all of them have enriched my life in different ways. I am still in touch with [...]
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Thanks for your response to the Career Choice and the Accompanying Partner survey. So far a phenomenal 300+ people have shared their experiences overseas but Louise and I want to be sure that everyone who has an experience to share has the opportunity to complete the survey. If you haven’t already done so, please [...]
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What a phenomenal response we’ve had to our Career Choice and the Accompanying Partner survey! So far, almost 200 accompanying partners have responded to the survey – an amazing start and almost half way to our goal of 400 responses. Of course Louise and I have had amazing support from some influential people which has [...]
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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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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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