Making a bold move from Australia to China paid off for Bronwyn Bowery-Ireland, who was able to expand her modest coaching business into a million-dollar company: the International Coach Academy. Bronwyn leads this successful Shanghai-based organization which certifies and trains people all over the world to be professional coaches...

Pascale Bon Yin's expat journey began almost 20 years ago, when she relocated first from France to Taiwan, then to Mainland China. After a few moves within China, she now finds herself in Shanghai juggling her roles as wife to Chinese filmmaker Yin DaWei, mother to adopted daughter Jiajia, and busy entrepreneur running the Frasia Golf Training Center...

As I watched the events in Egypt unfold, my thoughts were with the thousands of expat children and families who are/were living in Egypt as well as their Egyptian friends and playmates. Maybe others are thinking about the political implications of this open rebellion, but I am thinking about the many families who may be ordered to leave quickly to other safe havens...

Breaking the rules in a job search is an interesting topic, particularly in today's ever-changing global marketplace... Often the rules that create frustration and stress us out the most are the ones that are either not based on fact, or there is at least significant evidence to indicate that the opposite of that belief could also be true...

Recently, my girlfriends were talking about the decline in intimacy in their relationships with their husbands, since both the arrival of their children and their transfer to Singapore. I feel the same. With my husband working long hours and travelling a lot, then coming home to three children who all want his attention...

We were at the last stretch of our journey. A nine hundred and forty kilometer train ride through the Sahara. The train must have been at least fifty years old. It was a fittingly beige color, blending in nicely with the endless desert surrounding the tracks. Upon hearing the unwelcome news of the impending storm, we had quickly clambered onto the dilapidated, smelly train, amongst a mass of panicked, sweaty passengers...

Do you know any young expats who would be interested in winning a US$3,000 scholarship? Now in its third year, Clements Worldwide's Expat Youth Scholarship is a unique contest exclusively for expat students who spend their childhoods moving between different countries and cultures. It is open to students aged 12-18, of any nationality, who have resided in a foreign country for at least two consecutive years. This year's theme asks participants to create a video explaining their favorite thing about their host country and its culture. A total of $10,000 in scholarships will be awarded. The entry deadline is May 13, 2011. Please visit the Expat Youth Scholarship site and share this with any young expats you know who might be interested.