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The Secret to Expat Success… And Why.
I knew it. Finally, the insanity that is my expat life – and most of the website – has been vindicated, and it’s all thanks to Ellen Mahoney over at Sea Change Mentoring. She introduced me to the...
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Open Letter to A Teenage Boy.
In a rare moment of family harmony last month, the Wiggy One and I went to our local hardware store. We made it round without becoming irritated with the other, managing to laugh and talk. As we walked...
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Expat Family Essentials: The Estate Planning Checklist
When my mother came to visit us in Los Angeles, she neglected to bring her swimsuit, and was faced with the challenge of what to wear in our pool. My generous offer of a string bikini was rudely...
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Feeling Overwhelmed? Expat EveryDay Support Center Offer
I had big plans for this post. Firstly, it was going to happen about two weeks earlier, and it was going to be an insightful, witty and carefully crafted overview of how complicated life can be, and...
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Happy Tails, Happy Trails. The Canine Expat.
We’ve all heard the adage “Happy Wife, Happy Life” and the more progressive “Happy Spouse, Happy House”. (Sadly, ‘partner ‘has too many syllables to make a catchy soundbite, which sums up the...
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Expat Life Made Better.. A Little Help?
Long time readers will know how passionate I am about Families In Global Transition, an organization that provides a forum for the diverse range of people involved in international mobility – everyone...
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Heartbleed: the expat edition
Contrary to the mythical serenity of expat life, 2014 has been the year of security breaches in the Defining Moves household. And we don’t seem to be rising to the challenge. In February, our cars were...
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Finding Home Abroad Launch!
Cue drumroll…It’s almost here! After 6 months of cross continent, late night Google hangouts, feverish scribbling and lots of red ink, Finding Home Abroad – A Guided Journal For Adapting to Life...
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Expat Disasters #274. Grandma vs. the Pool Drain
It’s the summer, bringing along sunshine (sometimes), barbecues(weather permitting) bored children (by day 3) packing boxes (for serial expats) and/or visitors. Happily for us, there is no impending...
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Birthday Approaching? Change your Facebook Privacy Settings…
Facebook have replaced Apple as the leaders in constantly changing terms and conditions, but with far greater consequences. Where their privacy settings previously allowed you to limit who saw what,...
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Finding Balance: Building Spontaneity in Expat Life
If you’re the type of person who likes to put every piece of your jigsaw puzzle together before you relocate abroad or launch a new business idea, I can totally relate. A perfectionist by nature, my...
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