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To Show That They Existed

Posted in Expat Life, Family & Friends, Holidays, Identity, Life Balance, Light Bulb Moments, tagged collective memory, existence, expat life, Expatriate Archive Centre, expats, family, friends, hospital, illness, leave your footprint, legacy, love, making the world a better place, memories, mortality, Mother's Day, parents, remembrance, rootlessness on May 13, 2012 | 14 Comments »

Everyone wants to know, deep within, that their time on earth meant something to others. That their being here mattered. They mattered. It is human nature to want to leave your footprint on the world for others that come after you to see. For some, it is through their betterment of the immediate world around them. Think Mother [...]

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In Their Own Voice: Intercultural Meaning in Everyday Stories

Posted in Authors (Other), Change, Culture & Customs, Expat Life, Expat Transitions & Change, Identity, Writing, tagged Anne P. Copeland, change, cultural adjustments, cultural dimensions, cultural sensitivity, cultural transitions, culture shock, expat transitions, identity, In Their Own Voice: Intercultural Meaning in Everyday Stories, Marissa Lombardi, The Interchange Institute, writing on April 18, 2012 | 6 Comments »

Earlier this year I read what I can only describe as an incredibly uplifting book, but I am only now getting around to sharing it with you. Shame on me, because it is the kind of informative, thought-provoking book that stays on your mind long after you read it. Its name? In Their Own Voice: [...]

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Stigma-Smashing, One by One

Posted in Blogging, Change, Doing What I Can to Help, Expat Life, Expat Transitions & Change, Identity, Repatriation, United States, Writing, tagged 2011 Global Relocation Trends Survey, anxiety, BringChange2Mind, celebrities, Chestnut Global Partners, Deborah Serani, depression, Expat Info Desk, Expatlogue, expats, mental health, mental illness, Michele Rubin, pain, PRWeb, Psychology Today, risk of mental illness, stigma, stress, suffering, The Truman Group, vulnerable on April 3, 2012 | 11 Comments »

In support of an effort by the group Bring Change 2 Mind to erase the stigma faced by those dealing with mental illness, my fellow expat blogger Aisha launched an ongoing series of posts on her site Expatlogue earlier this year entitled ’Breaking the Code of Silence’. Bravely sharing her own disturbing memories from younger days, the pain and suffering [...]

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The Pain of Misconceptions

Posted in Blogging, Culture & Customs, Expat Life, Identity, tagged awkward, Borat, cultures, embarrassment, identity, International Day, Kazakhstan, misconceptions, national pride, preconceived notions, Sacha Baron Cohen on March 13, 2012 | 12 Comments »

The other evening Daughter and I were sitting in the family room, just relaxing together. I was reading a historical mystery written by a friend (more on that in another post) while Daughter was catching up on Facebook. ‘Wow, sometimes Kaia can really go off on a rant,’ she said, turning to me. ‘But you [...]

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Emotional Resilience in Expat Life: Part I

Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Emotional Resilience, Expat Authors, Expat Life, Expat Transitions & Change, Identity, Life Balance, tagged Barbara Schaetti, David Pollock, emotional resilience, expats, identity, Robin Pascoe, Ruth Van Reken, Tina Quick on May 31, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Well here we go. As mentioned briefly in an earlier post, I’ve been busy working on a five-part series entitled ‘Emotional Resilience in Expat Life.’ The first article, ‘Identity and the Expat’ debuted today on I Am Expat. I’m sharing it with you here on my blog because I believe that emotional resilience is important to [...]

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