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Hello and a very warm welcome to our Expat Women Member Newsletter for June. |
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This month we share our interviews with: board executive supreme, ; expat entrepreneur Sophie Bye, talking about her groovy; and portable career expert, Jo Parfitt, about her newly-released third edition of . |
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Thanks go to: Rebecca Wells, for contributing her article ...Especially When Moving Abroad; Samantha Honey, for her article ; and Ginnie Bedggood, for sharing her article courtesy of . |
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Our Expat Confession this month is , written in consultation with our resident ExpatWomen Girlfriend and Jeff Porter, the Founder of TrailingSpouse.net. |
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Finally, if you missed our three pieces in The Telegraph (UK) online last month, we invite you to click on these links: (expat networking article), (book review) and (book review). |
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| Thank you very much everyone and best wishes for a sensational June, |
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Success Story |
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Business Idea |
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Senior Board Executive |
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In 2001, Fortune Magazine crowned Anna Catalano as one of the most powerful women in international business. At the time, she was in London serving as a Group Vice President, Marketing, for BP. These days, Anna serves on several high-profile Boards… |
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Sophie Bye |
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We talk to Brit Sophie Bye about her innovative business idea to set up a touring club in Italy, with a fleet of vintage 1950’s and 1960’s Fiat 500 cars. We ask Sophie her Top Five pieces of advice for expats setting up a business abroad. |
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Featured Article |
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Featured Book |
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| Rebecca Wells |
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Relocation stress can cause tension and disagreement between you and your partner. Learning how to adapt in a new location adds more stress. Rebecca shares six simple coaching strategies… |
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Jo Parfitt |
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Six years after publishing her first edition of this must-have portable
career guide, Jo Parfitt fans will be pleased to know that the third edition of A
Career In Your Suitcase is out and it is better than ever.
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Expat Confession |
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Save The Planet |
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I moved to Europe 14 months ago for my career. I was offered a once-in-a-lifetime job and my partner agreed that it was just too good for me to refuse, so he happily supported our move and came as my ‘trailing spouse’. Before I accepted the posting, we talked long and hard about what options there might be... |
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7 Ways Expat Women in Oil-Rich Countries Can Help
Samantha Honey |
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As an ‘Oil Wife’, a term I have come to understand refers to ‘an expat woman whose significant other works in the oil & petrochemical industries’. How can we “oil wives” do what we can, where we are, to improve the state of our planet? |
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Winning Story |
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Moving to the
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When we first moved to France, we did not have a car, so I had to take a bus into town. This poem is about my first experience on the bus, to and from town…
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Congratulations Sondra
(an American in France) |
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Ginnie Bedggood |
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Congrats Ginnie! She followed our article lead and contributed her own article to Belgium’s recently. If you are moving to the Dominican Republic, you’re sure to enjoy Ginnie’s article. |
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