Expat Resources

 

 

Are you considering an overseas move?  Already an expat in need of some resources?  You're not alone. I'm so glad the authors below wrote these books.

Each book is a link to Amazon so you can easily purchase it if you so choose...or...err...not so easily if you live in Myanmar!  

I am now offering Coaching services to anyone who is in transition and feeling like they need a safe place to talk about their feelings, and make plans for moving forward, all while getting back to a place where they feel grounded. As expats, we all know what that feels like. And let's not forget those of us who repatriate. Contact me for more information.

Planning to move to Yangon? Check-out this page over here to learn about the eBook, "Moving to Myanmar."

Enjoy! 

 

 

General Expat Preparation:

 

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• The Expat Expert , Melissa Brayer Hess

• The New American Expat: Thriving and Surviving Overseas in the Post 9/11 World, by William Russell Melton

• Practical Guide to a Successful Expat Assignment, by Marcia De Wolf

• The Art of Crossing Cultures, by Craig Storti

 

 

Online Resources/Community:

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• InterNations, an online expat community

• Expat Exchange, an online resource for expats

• Transitions Counseling, a counselor in the UK who was an expat for many years

• Article: Multiple Realities: Using Art to Explore + Create Personal + Professional Identities,

• Psychological Resilience, an article

• Culture Shock, an article on Culture Shock

• Expat Women, website, "Inspiring Your Success Abroad"

• A Portable Identity, website. They have a fabulous book which I mention below. You can also get an e-newsletter from them and they offer life coaching services (not therapy) available on the phone or even via Skype.  Additionally, there's a chat room.

• Expat Finder, a search engine for expat stuff

• Culture Crossing, cultural information on every country in the world. Interesting, user-friendly site, but not lots of info on Myanmar.

• Tales from a Small Planet, Expat Resources, huge website with loads of expat resources

• Culture Shock - Educate Yourself, Julia Ferguson shares a compilation of information she researched on culture shock.

 

Women's Guides to Expat Life:

 

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• Expat Women: Confessions - 50 Answers to Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad, by Andrea Martins and Victoria Hepworth

• A Portable Identity: A Woman's Guide to Maintaining a Sense of Self While Moving Overseas, by Debra R. Bryson and Charise M. Hodge  This book was very, very helpful.

• A Broad Abroad: The Expat Wife's Guide to Successful Living Abroad, by Robin Pascoe

• Living Your Best Life Abroad: Resources, tips and tools for women accompanying their partners on an international move, by Jeanne A. Heizner

• A Moveable Marriage: Relocate Your Relationship without Breaking It, by Robin Pascoe   I think this should be mandatory reading.

Expat Parenting: 

 

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• Raising Global Nomads: Parenting Abroad in an On-Demand World, by Robin Pascoe

          Amazing. Extremely helpful.

• Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, by David Pollock and Ruth E. Van Reken

• Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: practical storytelling techniques that will strengthen the global family, by Julia Simens    I have this in my Amazon basket to buy. 

• Expats: Life Stages and Living Abroad,  an article discussing how a move overseas may impact people at all life stages/development from infancy to retirees.