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May 19, 2013 by admin 17 Comments

Expatriate Employee: How To Screw Up Your Marriage

As an expat employee, there are many ways to mess up your marriage. For your convenience, I’ve gathered the best ones here. Keep doing these and it’s guaranteed: your relationship will be on the rocks in no time. 1. Promise your wife* that the assignment is only for 2 years. Keep in mind that […]

Filed Under: Relationships Tagged With: accompanying partner, Expat marriage, expatriate, Expatriate Family, Expats, relationships, trailing spouse

April 30, 2013 by admin 1 Comment

How To Prepare Young Children For Dramatic Change Without Stressing Them Out

There are moments in the expat life where you’d like to talk to your children but you can’t. Maybe the move still needs to remain confidential. And your children are too young to keep a secret. Maybe the move is not confirmed yet and you don’t want to confuse your little kids. Or maybe you’re […]

Filed Under: Parenting abroad Tagged With: expatriate, Expatriate Family, Expats, Parenting, Parenting abroad, relationships, Third Culture Kids

April 19, 2013 by admin 17 Comments

Why New Expatriates Are Always So Tired (and Other People Are Not)

“I’m tired and overwhelmed. My energy is totally drained out. I even feel dizzy, completely worn out. You must think that I’m out of my mind: feeling exhausted because I struggled for 3 hours to make a dentist appointment, because my doctor reacts differently than in my home country, because my son’s friend is not […]

Filed Under: Personal development Tagged With: accompanying partner, expatriate, Expatriate Family, Expats, Third Culture Kids, trailing spouse

April 9, 2013 by admin 57 Comments

Why Trailing Spouses Can’t Be Happy (and What Can Be Done)

Companies recognize that accompanying spouses are playing an essential role in the success of international assignments. Research shows that they’re key to absorb the stress of both the expatriate employee and the children. Organizations acknowledge that they increase their partner’s work performance when they adapt successfully.* Indeed, it’s hard work to: manage the practicalities of […]

Filed Under: Relationships Tagged With: accompanying partner, expatriate, Expatriate Family, Expats, Psychological trauma, relationships, Spouse stipend, trailing spouse

March 29, 2013 by admin 13 Comments

‘Toxic’ Expats: How to Spot and Avoid Them

Last week, I mapped 5 reasons why you need to talk to other expats. There are more: Carla mentioned availability and Franck underlined work, Betty acknowledged the power of this network, to find special services like medical help in your native tongue! But what if the expat community you live in is not interested in […]

Filed Under: Relationships Tagged With: expatriate, Expatriate Family, Expats, relationships, trailing spouse

March 19, 2013 by admin 10 Comments

5 Reasons Why You Need to Talk to Other Expats

When I left France to live abroad, I did not know anything about culture shock, expatriate grief and third culture kids. But I had a clear idea in mind: I would immerse myself in the local culture, I would embrace the local language, I would cook the local food. I was thirsty to discover the […]

Filed Under: Personal development, Relationships Tagged With: accompanying partner, Culture Shock, Disconnection, expatriate, Expatriate Family, expatriate grief, Expats, isolation, Psychological trauma, relationships, Resilience, Third Culture Kids, trailing spouse, Trauma

March 7, 2013 by admin 26 Comments

Culture Shock and Your Expat Child: What to Do?

Have you ever wondered what’s happening in your children’s head when relocating abroad? In this article “Culture Shock: What Your Children Can’t Tell You“, you already found some answers. But it’s not enough. As you will be the target of your children’s anger, frustration and resentment over the move, you want to make sure you […]

Filed Under: Parenting abroad Tagged With: accompanying partner, Culture Shock, expatriate, Expatriate Family, Expats, Parenting, Parenting abroad, Third Culture Kids, trailing spouse

February 19, 2013 by admin 16 Comments

Culture Shock: What Your Kids Can’t Tell You

In a previous article, you uncovered what Gérard Depardieu could teach expatriates about culture shock. We outlined the very popular Oberg model characterized by 4 stages (honeymoon, crisis, recovery, adjustment). And understanding this model is important to decipher your own feelings when moving abroad. Does it apply to all cases? Unfortunately not. Experts are keen […]

Filed Under: Parenting abroad Tagged With: accompanying partner, Culture Shock, expatriate, Expatriate Family, Parenting abroad, Third Culture Kids, trailing spouse

February 12, 2013 by admin 10 Comments

Culture Shock: What Gérard Depardieu Can Teach Expats

When you move abroad to live or study in another country, you’ll “suffer” from culture shock. Culture shock is the effect triggered by the prolonged encounter with another culture.* Click to tweet I hear you saying: “Ah, Ah! So what?” I know, this definition is quite …cold and academic. But the reality is: understanding what […]

Filed Under: Personal development, Relationships Tagged With: Culture, Culture Shock, expatriate, relationships, Third Culture Kids

January 20, 2013 by admin 6 Comments

3 Questions to Nobel Prize 2012 Serge Haroche

To start 2013 with a (big!) bang, I’m extremely honored to welcome Serge Haroche, Nobel Prize Winner 2012 in Physics. Receiving his prize on Dec 10th, 2012 in Stockholm, Serge explained: “I studied the infinitely small because I was fascinated by the infinitely large: the planets’ movement!” Serge has been so generous to […]

Filed Under: Relationships Tagged With: bilingualism, cross-cultural communication, Culture Shock, Expats, Language Acquisition, Multilingualism, TCK, Third Culture Kids

Expatriate Connection

Want to Beat the Expat Blues?

Expatriate Employee: How To Screw Up Your Marriage

How To Prepare Young Children For Dramatic Change Without Stressing Them Out

Why New Expatriates Are Always So Tired (and Other People Are Not)

Why Trailing Spouses Can’t Be Happy (and What Can Be Done)

‘Toxic’ Expats: How to Spot and Avoid Them

5 Reasons Why You Need to Talk to Other Expats

Culture Shock and Your Expat Child: What to Do?

Culture Shock: What Your Kids Can’t Tell You

Culture Shock: What Gérard Depardieu Can Teach Expats

3 Questions to Nobel Prize 2012 Serge Haroche

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