DIARY OF A MOVE

• Dealing With Expat Divorce - Part 4: Three Ways You Can Help 7 years ago In the first and second post of this series, I looked at why relationship breakups are much harder for expats. One key reason is that expats find it much more difficult to reconstruct home. In my third post, I explored ways for expats to rebuild home after a breakup, mostly by using their...
• Dealing with Expat Divorce - Part 3: Surviving the Breakup 7 years ago In my two previous posts, I looked at why relationship breakups are harder on expats than on non-expats.  One of the key reasons is that expats find it much more difficult to reconstruct "home." In this post, I explore how expats can rebuild home after a breakup.Imagine that you are living in a...
• Dealing with Expat Divorce - Part 2: Why Home Matters 8 years ago In my previous post, I looked at the reasons why breakups, divorce in particular, are different for expats than for non-expats. In this post I focus on a less obvious, but critical factor in why expats struggle during relationship breakups: the concept of home.Many of the challenges that expats...
• Dealing with Expat Divorce - Part 1: Why It's Different for Expats 8 years ago Expat divorce (the term I will use to describe the breakdown of a primary relationship while on an expat assignment) bears many similarities to non-expat divorce. However, there are unique features that make it even more challenging. In the coming weeks, I will explore...
• Our Gilded Expat Cages 8 years ago It starts as an adventure. We are young, ambitious, qualified, full of dreams. We feel powerful. We know exactly what our life will look like. We have big plans. We want to explore the world. We find a partner who shares our dreams. We fall in love and, together, we’re off to great places.The...

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