A to Z of Successful Expatriation™: R is for RELATIONSHIPS
When you move from place to place as an expat, everything is different. Your work is different, your relationship with your colleagues is different, your colleagues are different, the way of life is...
View ArticleA to Z of Successful Expatriation™: S is for SUPPORT
The importance of having a support network in place during a major change in life cannot be overstated. Whether you are changing jobs, going through transition in your relationships, creating a new...
View ArticleA to Z of Successful Expatriation™: T is for TRAVEL
One of the things I usually remember about our various posts is the travel in the region. There was the time when we drove with several friends into a part of Russia where we only ate blini — Russian...
View ArticleA to Z of Successful Expatriation™: U is for UNDERSTANDING
Understanding and being understood is the base for creating connections. It applies both in situations within your own culture and when you find yourself living and working in a different culture(s)....
View ArticleA to Z of Successful Expatriation™: V is for VISITORS
Most of us can agree that getting people to visit us is a great experience … in healthy doses of course. Visitors give us an opportunity to share our lives with them (remember sharing is one of the 7...
View ArticleA to Z of Successful Expatriation™: W is for WILLINGNESS and WISDOM
If I were to come up with a cooking metaphor for an expat life, then I’d say that willingness qualifies as one of the major ingredients – a base ingredient, in fact. Just like you cannot make a great...
View ArticleA to Z of Successful Expatriation™: X is for X-Cultural Training
Let’s start by playing a game. Choose an answer for the question below – an answer either in Column A or Column B – that most accurately describes you. For each line you can only select an answer in...
View ArticleA to Z of Successful Expatriation™: Y is for YOU and what YOU make of it
Often times my clients have trouble focusing on their own needs. They are so concerned about the necessities of people around them – spouses who have started working in a new culture and are stressed...
View ArticleA to Z of Successful Expatriation™: Z is for … you decide!
The English alphabet doesn’t offer too many words that start with Z and that can convey a characteristic of the expatriate experience so I decided to tap into a fantasic resource of people on our...
View ArticleWhat’s good about a disappointment?
Les Miserables came out recently and Anne Hathaway’s rendition of the famous “I dreamed a dream” has been playing in my head ever since I saw the movie a couple of weeks ago. Of course I’ve been...
View ArticleExpatriate alphabet — the D, E, Fs that can make your expat experience better
by Margarita Expatriate Alphabet: D is for Discovery Traveling always brings about discovery and for many of us one of the goals of becoming an expat is to discover something new. We discover new...
View ArticleExpatriate alphabet — the G, H, I that can make your expat experience better
by Margarita Expatriate Alphabet: G is for GRATITUDE Put simply gratitude is just another perspective on life. Just like different color lenses allow us to see the world in different ways, the...
View ArticleExpatriate alphabet — the K, L, M that can make your expat experience better
by Margarita Expatriate Alphabet: K is for KINDNESS Acts of kindness are something that we probably engage in on a daily basis. We are used to being kind to our family members, our friends, strangers...
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