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Expat Women: Success Story: Terry Hawkins: Managing Director & International Speaker, Terry Hawkins Enterprizes; and Owner, People In Progress
Success Story
Terry Hawkins
Managing Director & International Speaker, Terry Hawkins Enterprizes; and Owner, People In Progress
Twenty-two years ago, Australia's Terry Hawkins lost her job when her employer went into liquidation. But Terry refused to play the victim; she started what is now a multi-million dollar business, she became a US$15,000 a day speaker, and she recently moved with her two sons to the United States to further expand her thriving business and speaking career…
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Expat Women: Business Idea: The Suitcase Entrepreneur: Natalie Sisson
Business Idea
The Suitcase Entrepreneur
Natalie Sisson
From body sculpting champion, to Dragon Boat racing champion and winner at the World Ultimate Beach Championships, it was Natalie’s determination to travel the world for adventure that inspired her blog and now portable six-figure business…
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Expat Women: Motivational: Take Control of Your Life by Taking Control of Your Time: Beverley Hamilton
Motivational
Take Control of Your Life by Taking Control of Your Time
Beverley Hamilton
Life is all about choice; the choice to work or not work; the choice to get married or stay single; and the choice of whether to stay home, expatriate or repatriate. But did you take the time to make these choices consciously...?
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Expat Women Confession: I Need More Than Coffee: Extract from Expat Women: Confessions
Expat Confession
I Need More Than Coffee
Extract from Expat Women: Confessions
We have been here for six months and I cannot believe how lost and dissatisfied I feel as a non-working professional woman. I am shocked and embarrassed to feel this way, as I genuinely thought I would get enough stimulation from my surroundings, supplemented by the local expat club activities. However, I realise now that I need more than coffee...
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Expat Women: Aging Parents Back Home: Caring For Aging Parents Back Home: The Expat Dilemma: Sue Lane
Aging Parents Back Home
Caring For Aging Parents Back Home: The Expat Dilemma
Sue Lane
Finding the perfect home and school can be the focus when organizing a family transfer overseas. But all too quickly, with the many last minute tasks requiring completion, the needs of aging parents left behind can sometimes be forgotten…
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Expat Women: Meet the Author: Running Away to Home: Our Family’s Journey to Croatia in Search of Who We Are, Where We Came From, and What Really Matters: Jennifer Wilson
Meet the Author
Running Away to Home:
Our Family’s Journey to Croatia in Search of Who We Are, Where We Came From, and What Really Matters
Jennifer Wilson
In October 2008, having lost half of their life's savings in the U.S. stock market crash, the timing seemed right for Jennifer Wilson, her husband Jim and their two children, to escape middle-class, Midwestern life – at least for a while...
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