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Message from Andrea

Hi Everyone! Thanks for joining us. This month we talk to: Barb de Corti, CEO of Enyo Australia; Megan Fitzgerald, an American entrepreneur in Italy who runs Career By Choice; Jeanne Heinzer, author of the new book, Living Your Best Life Abroad; and Tanja Lindermeier, the founder of Global Dinner Network.

Thanks go to: Rebecca Grappo, for her new article, TCKs and College/University: From Overseas to Undergrad; Tim Blevins of Aetna Global Benefits, for his article, Pregnancy: What To Expect In Your Three Trimesters; and our Expat Women Girlfriend, for her response to the confession, My Visa Is Expiring, which is about unplanned repatriation.

Congratulations to Michele Gorman, an American in Hong Kong, for her winning story, Gyms and Yarrow Nudens. We always need good stories, so if you have one, please submit it here.

Thanks and best wishes for June,

Andrea

Success Story

Business Idea

Barb de Corti
ENJO Australia

In the early 1990's, Barb de Corti, originally from Austria, turned microfiber into the hottest cleaning item to hit the Australian bench top. Her passion to turn Australia green earned her the position of Australia's wealthiest young female entrepreneur...

Career By Choice
Megan Fitzgerald

We talk to Megan Fitzgerald, who is an expat career and personal branding coach and the founder of Career By Choice. She helps expats and international development professionals worldwide use their personal brand to build a career or business...

Tell Us your inspiring story!

Living Abroad

TCKs & University

Living Your Best Life Abroad

Jeanne Heinzer

Jeanne describes herself as an artist - a lifelong student of the art of saying goodbye to one city or country and setting up home in another. Join us as we talk to Jeanne about her new book for accompanying partners...

TCKs and College/University: From Overseas to Undergrad
Rebecca Grappo, M.Ed

Third Culture Kids (TCKs) who have grown up overseas and many times are going to live in the country of their passport for the first time, or at least the first time in a very long time, face special considerations...

Expat Confession

Professionals

My Visa Is Expiring
Expat Women Girlfriend

I am 53, divorced with grown children. I am a teacher by training and 2 years ago decided that life is too short and picked up and moved to Africa... My problem is that now the government will not renew my visa...

This Confession can now be found (improved and expanded) in our book: Expat Women: Confessions – 50 Answers To Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad.

Global Dinner Network
Tanja Lindermeier

We talk to Global Dinner Network (GDN) founder, Tanja Lindermeier, about her way for cosmopolitan women to meet over dinner, wherever their travel takes them. Tanja is a German professional - living and working in the U.S. ...

Winning Story

Pregnancy

Gyms and Yarrow Nudens

Michele Gorman

I have to descend 182 meters to get to my gym. And no, the irony of a 20 minute stair workout to get to a gym to work out on a StairMaster isn't lost on me (or my calves). Incidentally, the stairs are for very small feet. My big loaves hang off from the ball of my foot......

Congratulations Michele!

(An American in Hong Kong)

Pregnancy: What to Expect in Your Three Trimesters
Tim Blevins
Aetna Global Benefits

Pregnancy can be a combination of both pure delight and concern for most women. Tim Blevins shares with us some helpful tips for women and their families planning a healthy pregnancy and preparing for the journey ahead - at home and abroad...