Family

I hope you’ve had a lovely festive season and great start to 2017 wherever in the world you are! As you might already know, I’m an expat of many years and my family happen to live on [...]

… and others are very organised. How we process and perceive time is a topic that fascinates many and well as causes a lot of frustration in family, work and friendships. The main reason is [...]

In a world where most people are busy buying things, I prefer to accumulate amazing experiences. Travelling is certainly something very close to my heart, and if you’re part of this [...]

This week’s blog is a more personal one. Last weekend my grandma Ruth passed away at 102 years old. She was the most amazing woman and lucky to have reasonably good health right up until [...]

The other week I came across a documentary about life, business and making difficult decisions. One of the people interviewed managed to put words on what so many expats feel [....]

This is a question that most travellers and expats are all too familiar with. The interesting thing about it is that it tends to come up at all sorts of times. Sure, it’s more common in the [...]

It does not matter how educated, mindful or centred you are in life, difficult stuff will still happen and it will hurt. We’re only human and sometimes we simply can’t handle [...]

A few days ago I had my 7th birthday here in Australia. I’ve celebrated countless birthdays away from what once was my home and I’ve noticed some interesting themes come up. You see, [...]

When we’re on the move we’ll inevitably get a lot of variety. In this buzz of variety and adventure, most of us have a high need for certainty as well, which can be a hard balance to [...]

Homesickness is something that tends to come up quite often when I work with expat clients. Naturally there are different levels of homesickness, and often it can be overcome quickly with the [...]