YOU'RE AN EXPAT SPOUSE WITH FULL RIGHTS, NOT A JUNIOR PARTNER
That’s what I understood a few years into my marriage. When I married my husband, I made a decision to become an expat wife. I left my family and friends, my well-paid corporate job and the tiny, but my own, apartment back in Poland. I remember a male colleague, who knew me for my bold, feminist statements, remark on how “unfeminist” my move to Brussels was. But I was in love and decided to follow my husband. After just a few months in Brussels we moved because of my husband’
AS EXPAT WIVES, WE'RE TRAVELING SALESMEN
This is what I heard from another expat mom, back in Paris. She said it as a joke and we both laughed about it. This comparison is a bit funny, but also quite accurate. As expats we travel from one country to another, “selling” ourselves to the new place, new friends, new communities. Some of us are on the road, changing countries every couple of years. And in each place we have to knock on people’s doors and ask them to let us and our family in. We often face rejection becau
“WOW, THIS COURSE COSTS A HELL OF A LOT OF MONEY.”
That’s what I said to myself in October 2013, when I signed up for my coaching course. It was a yearlong course at a coaching school affiliated with the International Coach Federation. The school had a great reputation and the instructors had amazing credentials. Still, the cost was significant. My hand was trembling when I signed the agreement. All sorts of thoughts went through my head… “Will I be able to finish the course?”
“What if the course is too hard?”
“What if I do
EVERYBODY'S DOING FB LIVES EXCEPT YOU
A few months ago I decided to do my first live stream in my Expat Mom Boss group. Visibility is vital in a portable and online business, and live broadcasting is one of the best and easiest ways to be seen by your audience. I’m a doer, so once I decided that it’s time to join this new trend, I just did some research on the technical aspects, prepared my topic, wrote a draft, and pushed the Go Live button. It was scary but also very exciting. So far, I’ve streamed in my FB gro
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