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Photo by Rudy Herman on flickr As I write this, the movie Eat, Pray, Love is hitting the cinemas in the United States. I am sure most people are already familiar with the story. The book’s author, Elizabeth Gilbert, is frustrated with her life in the United States and decides Continue reading Living in the Land of Love 
Photo by Catherine Perkins I was intrigued today to see a long list of responses to a question that International Living asked on their Facebook page. “What’s the first thing you would like to do when you arrive in the new country you plan to live in?” they asked. Some responses were totally practical. Continue reading What Will You Do First?  In a few days, my youngest child is going off to college in another state.
photo by Robert S. Donovan on flickr While I am sad to see her go, I’m (mostly) viewing her transition as a springboard for our new overseas adventure. Once she’s settled into her dorm, all of our kids will Continue reading My Nest is Empty — Can I Spread My Wings Now? The following was written by Kathleen Peddicord in her Overseas Opportunity newsletter. I’m a big fan of Kathleen’s, and am happy to share with you her Top 10 lists, as well as the reasoning behind them. And, in certain cases, why you might be better off doing something completely different. Kathleen writes:
I’ve been Continue reading Plant Your Own Flags A review of the book by Paul Allen
Paul Allen is a British expat journalist living in Spain. I was fascinated by his book, The Truth About Moving Abroad and Whether It’s Right for You: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Continue reading Should I Stay or Should I Go? 
Photo by Sergey Vladimirov on flickr When making big, life-changing moves, we all need people supporting our decisions, cheering us on, telling us we’re okay. Big, life-changing moves are scary, after all, even when based on logic. As children, most of us had people encourage us to take another step even after we fell Continue reading Who’s Your Cheerleader Now? 
photo by vincepal on flickr Recently it seems as though I’ve been stumbling across all sorts of reasons to expatriate — or not — from all sorts of different sources. All the reasons, though, fall into one of two categories: running away from something running toward something In general, the coaches I’ve been in touch with agree Continue reading Are You Running Toward. . . or Running Away? For a change of pace today, I thought I’d share with you some YouTube videos about expats and their new homes. A quick YouTube search of “expat” turns up over 4,000 videos. As you’d expect, some are good, some are terrible and most are in between. Some are slick, commercially produced efforts, most
Continue reading A Video Look at Some Expat Destinations 
photo by unoguy on Flickr This is the third part of a series on life coaching for expats. If you missed the first, you can read it here. In Part I I introduced the six coaches who contributed to this discussion, and reviewed what life coaching is and how expat coaching differs from Continue reading Another Portable Career: Expat Coaching Recently I asked the question:
Health Care Abroad: are we writing Just the right amount Too much The results are in — and I wish more of you had responded. A whopping eighty-three percent of respondents clicked “just the right amount.” Thanks, guys! Seventeen percent said there’s not enough health care coverage. And nobody indicated there was too much. So Continue reading Results of Health Care Coverage Poll |
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