Hi Everyone! Fabulous to have you with us. Big news from me this month... about 10 days ago I said a sad goodbye to our wonderful friends in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, when my family and I moved to Sydney, Australia! Yes, we are now "repatriates" again, although we still feel like "expatriates" because we have never lived in Sydney and each day is spent madly trying to learn about our new city. So far the weather has been glorious and we love the place. But our last repatriation only lasted 2½ years, so let's see how long this one lasts. ;)
For our September features below, we talk to: Lisa Rutledge and Rachel Ogg, co-founders of the million-dollar business, KiwiOz Nannies; and Ellie Badanes, about how she successfully moved The Pajama Company across the North Atlantic Ocean and back again. We include the expat confession, No Money Left. And we have new articles from: licensed psychotherapist Dhyan Summers – How To Beat The Expat End-of-Summer Blues; and Rhiannon Davies – 7 Tips For Juggling A Portable Career With Your Household Abroad.
Finally, if you have not yet done so, we invite you to download a sample from our new motivational book, Expat Women: Confessions – 50 Answers to Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad. Here's what Ruth E. Van Reken, co-author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, thought about our book: "What a great book! For the first time, a real-life manual that will reassure every expat woman that she is not alone in her unspoken feelings and questions. I loved it!"
Thank you very much Everyone – and we wish you a sensational September!
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| Success Story |
| Lisa Rutledge and Rachel Ogg |
| Co-Founders and Directors, KiwiOz Nannies |
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In 2000, New Zealanders Lisa Rutledge and Rachel Ogg conquered their entrepreneurial fears and resolved to join forces to start their own childcare business. The pair headed to London in 2001, and, inspired by the market they saw for a young, friendly company to place Australasian nannies in the United Kingdom, they founded KiwiOz Nannies. In 2011, with combined global turnover approaching US$1 million, Lisa co-runs the business from Auckland and Rachel from Sydney... |
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| Business Idea |
| The Pajama Company |
| Ellie Badanes |
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Running a business that she loves, being able to wear her pajamas all day "for research", and having a portable career that she can take anywhere - this is the tale of how American Ellie Badanes reinvented herself from retail buyer to online entrepreneur, after accompanying her spouse on expat stints in Copenhagen, Denmark; and London, United Kingdom... |
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| Healthy Living Abroad |
| How to Beat the Expat End-of-Summer Blues |
| Dhyan Summers, MA, Licensed Psychotherapist |
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For many expats, August/September is a particularly poignant and difficult time, as we are frequently returning from time spent in our home countries with family and close friends. When we return, it is not uncommon to find ourselves feeling depressed, lonely and a little out of sorts. Here are six tips for regaining equilibrium and moving from end-of-summer depression to full engagement with our lives abroad... |
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| Extract from Expat Women: Confessions |
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In a few months' time, my partner and I will be returning to home base. We have enjoyed postings in Madrid, Berlin, Santiago and now Cairo. We have indulged in amazing holidays, eaten at spectacular restaurants and basically had a lifestyle that was second to none. The problem now is that this upcoming move home has made us realize we have no more than two months' salary saved in our joint bank account... |
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| Expat Work-Life Balance |
| 7 Tips For Juggling A Portable Career With Your Household Abroad |
| Rhiannon Davies |
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The list of portable career options could be almost endless – from dive instructor to photographer, writer to consultant, life coach, counselor, teacher, estate agent, nanny, web developer, graphic designer, Internet entrepreneur, and more. But how can you juggle a portable career with your household abroad? Here are seven tips to help... |
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| Winning Story |
Surprises Beneath The Surface
Serena, an American in Mexico |
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The markets can be captivating or they can be an overpowering, overstimulating blur. Yes I want coconuts but do I have the cajones to machete them open once I get home? How to handle the free samples of lichee fruit, when the peel and the seeds just create something else for me to hold? It's all too decadent, too beautiful, too heartbreaking – how could fruit and vegetables be so different from their northern counterparts... |
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Follow Andrea
@andreaexpat |
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11 Tips for Mining Expat Families Living and Working Overseas
http://bit.ly/mTOX6N |
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Why UK Expats Should be Able to Keep Their Votes
http://tgr.ph/ptfKUV |
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Excellent read! "A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #16: Camden Luxford of The Brink of Something Else"
http://bit.ly/ndrK0I |
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Some of China's Leading Local and Expat Women Talk about Working for Global Companies as a Female
http://www.bit.ly/pl8fm8 |
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Congratulations Dene (an Australian in the United States)!
You have won a set of Explorer Mini-Guides, thanks to Explorer Publishing. |
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