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Expat Interview: China Scratched

Today we meet Christine Surlien an expat from Norway who has had some truly unique experiences living in China and the USA. In this fascinating interview she shares details of how she transformed her life as a trailing spouse from a downward spir...

The Pros and Cons of Raising a Third Culture Kid

The term Third Culture Kid is often applied to children who have spent their formative years living in among foreign cultures away from their home country. In short, it is the name psychologists give to the children of expats. Living abroad ca...

7 Top Tips for Overcoming Culture Shock

Culture shock is much more than a fleeting feeling of homesickness. A prolonged bout of culture shock can have serious implications for your mental health and can seriously jeopardize the success of your expatriate assignment. Here are seven tops...

Expat Book Review: The Expat Arc

The Expat Arc: An Expat's Journey Over Culture Shock tells the personal story of Danielle Barkhouse, a Canadian-born citizen who experiences life as a trailing spouse in many different countries throughout the world. The Expat Arc focuses spec...

9 Top Tips for Making a Success of Your Move Abroad

Moving abroad for the first time is far from easy. Here are ten top tips for making sure your relocation is a roaring success. 1) Open communication Make sure that you take every opportunity available to discuss the move openly with your ...

Expat Interview: Paris for Parents

Today we meet Pamela Balagué, an American expatriate who found love in Paris and never looked back. Here she shares details of how life as an expat can encourage you to view yourself through new eyes, tells us why dogs are not a Parisian’s best fr...

Expat Book Review: Many Ships, One Boat

Many Ships, One Boat – Singapore Expat Tales and Tips, edited by Madanmohan Rao is a compilation of stories written by expatriates who live in Singapore. Each chapter of the book presents a different story by a different person and the compilati...

Are You a Female Expat with a Story to Tell

An America expatriate is searching for contributions to her new novel from interesting expat women in East Asia. Shannon Young, who lives in Hong Kong, is currently compiling an anthology of writings from women who are currently living, or have li...

Expat Interview: Shedding the Pounds in the USA

This week's expat interviewee Yvonne Sanders shares her inspiring story about how she transformed herself from an overweight pub manager in the UK to running a Slimming World franchise in the United States. Here she tells us what she misses the most ...

5 Questions You Should Ask When Contemplating Retiring Overseas

In today’s global climate, where technology makes living overseas much more straightforward than it once was and country borders are no longer so difficult to cross, more and more people are contemplating packing their bags and retiring overseas. I...