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Trailing and not Failing: How our relationships can sustain us in expatriation?
As many expatriate spouses do, I gave up my job when we decided to start traveling the world with Foreign Service. I had a great job — the one that paid well and the one that was interesting — but...
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Success: what does culture have to do with it?
When I went to the Miami Bal Harbour Mall for a business lunch-meeting a week ago, I knew I entered another world. And not because of the high couture brands that I saw there — but because of the...
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The culture of “fees”: only in the US?
A great debate raged in the US after the Haitian earthquake. The credit card fees and the millions upon millions of dollars that credit card companies were making from the generosity of the people...
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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...
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A 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...
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Accompanying spouse and career – what’s the motivation?
Why do we work? What makes us want to work? And what makes us feel sad when we don’t work? In today’s economic reality, some of us may answer above questions with a simple “I have to put food on the...
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Cultural Misunderstandings… can you relate?
Guest post by Stephen Milner Some time ago I found myself working in Bucharest, Romania. It wasn’t that long after the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu and the culture in which I found myself living was...
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Individualistic-oriented cultures and greed – any relationship?
This morning listening to the NPR (National Public Radio) I caught an interview that the Morning Edition host did with an American venture capitalist Bill Frezza. The conversation centered around job...
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Watch what you say! How your language drives your experiences
“Thoughts become words. Words become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become character. Character becomes destiny.” (Source Unknown) If you have any doubts about the statement above, think back...
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Grateful or in debt – what does it feel like to you? An accompanying expat...
by Margarita Much has been said about the role of financial dependence in expat marriages. One spouse gets the transfer to work abroad, the other decides to follow thereby giving up his/her job and...
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