As a Third Culture Kid in a military family, I learned the emotional resilience that helps me coach expat women in London today.
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Career TransitionsExpat ExperiencesTrailing Kids
The Art of Adaptation as Foreign Service Spouse
by Sean McKeeby Sean McKeeI embraced the global adventures that would come with my wife’s diplomatic career, feeling optimistic that I could still find a way to thrive professionally — but it took a long time to accept that some circumstances would always be beyond my control.
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CoachingDriving DistanceExpat Experiences
Making Connections, Building Community
by Aditi Patilby Aditi PatilThe COVID-19 situation has stressed the importance of community and connection — and demonstrated the value of four life lessons learned across four family relocations.
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Brigid Keenan, best-selling author of “Diplomatic Baggage,” checks in from her unexpected coronavirus lockdown in France.
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Years of being the trailing spouse didn’t prepare me for the guilt and uncertainty when it was my own career prompting my family’s big move.
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Career TransitionsDriving DistanceMilitary MovesTrailing Kids
Strategic Disruptions Can Help Advance Your Career
In 26 years as a Navy wife, I’ve moved 10 times. As I learned to be more strategic about these disruptions, they helped advance my career.
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After six years of hearing, “Why did you move to China?” I’m now hearing, “Why are you staying?” My answer remains the same, regardless of COVID-19 concerns: I love China, and I love the life my husband and I have built for ourselves here.
Three years after a relatively relaxing relocation from Virginia to New Hampshire, I was ready for my family’s biggest adventure yet: Naval Station Rota, Spain. Or, so I thought.
Social distancing, stockpiling supplies, wearing masks, homeschooling, working from home? Expats had it covered long before the coronavirus pandemic turned us all into reluctant experts.
With my new master’s degree, a green card and a job in the same city as my husband again, it seemed like our years of back-and-forth might finally be over… just kidding!