#expatmoms

[drmarr]

Just a reminder, the times that might have “broken you”, usually turn into the greatest transformations. Believe in that 🤍🖤🤍 #personaldevelopment #selfdevelopment #selfawareness #life #enjoythejourney #expatlife #bestlife #lovemylife #loveyourlife #biggerpicture #mindsetreset #mindsetmatters #youcanchangeyourlife #sickofthisshit #meaningfulrelationships #feelempowered #liveyourlife #excitedaboutlife #expatmom #internationallifecoach #lifecoach #itravel #travelingfamily #worldwide #meaningfulwork #careerchange #happieryou #meaningfulrelationships #loveyourmarriage #loveyourpartner #relationshipcoach (at Le Chinaillon, Rhone-Alpes, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpyjSF3OS2X/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[tinabels16-blog]

👩‍👧 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mydubai #myuaelife #myuae #expatlife #expatdubai #blogger #blog #expatmom #expatmoms #expatmomsindubai #daughter #mommyandme #traveling #momanddaughteroutfit #instatravel #instago #instagood #trip #photooftheday #fun #travelling #tourism #tourist #momlife #instatraveling #mytravelgram #motherdaughter #mom (at Boston Lane) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0f-5e3gv7_/?igshid=7cfmlcvll0q1

[bauhiniaprotea]

Greetings....

Where to begin here?  Apparently you get to share your deepest thoughts, and inner most feelings.....  We all need an outlet at some point.  And when we vent, not be scrutinised or judged.  For me, mother of two girls - under 10 - one with special needs..... I NEED THIS!

[spanisholive23]

This is Molise, Italy. I read an article that they are paying people to start small businesses there. Is there anyone who knows anything about the culture and what type of business would do well there?

[habibaashrafali]

The Day I Decided to Blog

Two years ago I started my own blog. Exactly on, the 25th of May, 2018. After having a very long day with two kiddos, one of them was teething and the other was constantly nagging. Back then, I decided to blog because it had been 2 years since WE as a family left everything behind and started from scratch in a whole new country. I decided to blog because I thought I might find comfort in writing about the whole experience. I decided to blog because I believe I have so much in common with every mom out there and that sharing my everyday conflicts and concerns might help someone or help me in some way or another. So here is to new beginnings, hopefully happy ones, interesting ones and informative ones. Here is to exploring life in a European country with a 6 years old and a 2 years old. Here is to every expat mom, every expat to be mom and every mom in the world.Thank you for joining me in this long journey and welcome to the Expat Mom of Two blog.

[amrizz0]

The feeling when holiday hits! #costabrava #expatfamily #godisgood #cadaques #dali #roses #theamarierizzo #holiday #expatmom https://www.instagram.com/p/CNDM1cCKvNE/?igshid=co9tju6i9yue

[thevegetarianvoyager]

Good falafel, good hummus, but very disappointing rice. I debated much to tell them that it was not good, but then let it slide. Owing to a good cocktail, perhaps 😉 #middleeastern #middleeasternfood #hummus #falafel #hk #hkig #hongkong #food #foodblog #foodblogger #lovefood #expatwife #expatmom #rice #salad #vegetarian #vegan #hkblogger #food #foodphotography #foodandwine #timeouthk @bedu_hk @piratagrouphk (at Bedu HK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFwaOlWjZIu/?igshid=ooqf8uieyn2m

[imperfectaes]

Un vivo en el que muchas expatriadas se sentirán identificadas. Hemos hablado sobre “Migrar por amor y recalcular” _ Un tema que despierta emociones encontradas. Un tema sensible, difícil y a la vez apasionante. _ Quien migra por amor sabe lo mucho que posterga, abandona y también sabe la cantidad de oportunidades que pueden aparecer nunca antes pensadas. _ Quien migra por amor, si o si transita un “recalculando”. _ De esto hemos hablado con mi gran amiga y colega Noe @noesaezcoach quien, al igual que yo, emprendió el camino de la expatriación apostando al amor. _ Ve al vídeo en nuestro perfil! @expatcoaching @noesaezcoach _ #expat #expatfamily #expatmom #expatmums #expatriados #expatlife #expatcoaching #hispamamis #expatriadasporelmundo #mamaenelextranjero #psicologiaonline #coachingonline #mindfulcoach #mindfulcoaching #coachingparamamas #expatcoach #vivirenelextrangero https://www.instagram.com/p/CEoIdXLD_Wy/?igshid=t2t0twwo8sqf

[drmarr]

After Africa...

From the backseat of the car…

“Mom, after Africa, can we go to China?”

Oh, good, he knows we won’t be living here forever…but China??

“Oh…what’s in China, babe?”

“Panda’s…and maybe we can rent a really big hut to live in.”

Rent…ha! When we were leaving  Bermuda, Rome learned the difference between owning a house, and renting – “We’ve been borrowing our house from Jennie, the really nice lady who let us pay her to live here. Because houses are expensive, and…” you know the rest. But I liked that he understood the concept of renting a house versus owning one. (Other than one house in my childhood, we always rented growing up. Owning a house was for “rich people”.)

But really this conversation was about “When we leave Africa”. (Yeah, yeah…we just got here! Ha!) But more so, the impermanency of where we are living, and how Rome looked at this as a normal way of living. (Because it IS a normal way of living!). But it isn’t for a lot of other people, so I get the question a LOT – Aren’t you worried about stability? “You have no stability in your life…” “I really think kids need stability” in a nagging voice just because… “Moving isn’t good for kids…” -  a lot of opinions that I’m going to pretend come from curiosity rather than judgement, as they are often from people who haven’t moved (internationally) a lot themselves – including myself. Yes, I judge myself – but I’ll tell you why.

We only know what we experience. I was born and raised in a small town in Southwestern Ontario and although we moved a lot through my childhood within that town, I didn’t leave that town until I was 19 for university. That’s what I knew – and I was lucky for many things! I was close with my cousins growing up. We were friends with our neighbors. I was a competitive figure skater, so for 6 years I had my skating friends, a consistent network of friends. And I’m very grateful for it. But if you could have given me the exciting life of travel Rome is living in, I would have taken it in a heartbeat! I dreamed of travel, never believing it was something I would be able to afford to do.

“No matter what you do, you’re going to screw up your kids.” – says a friend. And she’s right. What if I DO give him all this, and he comes back one day and says, “Well…I wish I had THAT (what you had).”  It very well can happen. Only time will tell.

So that’s a little background on WHY I’m so in tune with what stability looks like for Rome.

But what is the opposite of stability? One might think instability – duh…but could it be…adaptability? (A skill many adults don’t even have…)

What does stability mean to you? Does it mean always having the SAME? The same house, the same school, the same routine, the SAME friends, the same traditions…where does that leave space for exercising out adaptability muscle? Where does it leave space for learning and growth? (Asked with curiosity, not judgement ;) )

I think the greatest gift he can get from this (other than a global perspective of the world and a sh*t ton of fun with his mom and blended family), is actually, adaptability.

A podcast once told me that me that TRUE security only comes from within. So does STABILITY. For example, if you feel secure because of your job (working for someone else) – what if someone takes your job away? They take away your security? How is that secure? So your true security comes from your skills. Skills you can take with you anywhere. True security can’t be taken away from you.

Similarly, if you feel stable only because everything is the same and nothing is changing, is that really stability at all? If you are confident that everywhere you go, you can handle yourself, make friends, have conversations with new faces, feel comfortable in any type of culture (when no one speaks your language), but you know you’re good – isn’t that true stability. Stability that comes from within and goes with you no matter where you are because you create it yourself.

For kids, I say that I’M his stability. The people he is with are his stability. His family’s presence whether physically or on FaceTime is his stability. Knowing he can go retreat to his same bedroom every night for 18 years (although, having a safe space to be private is important – and he has that.), is not.

Moving schools, neighbourhoods and friends groups sounds “stressful” to people that haven’t tended to do that (or didn’t have good experiences doing it, to be fair). But it’s exciting to others…especially you grow up with it as your normal.

With our ability to communicate with ANYONE we love these days , why does being surrounded by new faces have to make us stressed? There is a comfort in seeing the same people all the time, but it doesn’t have to mean new situations are uncomfortable. They are only uncomfortable until they’re not anymore…

Life is just one big journey of expanding your radius of what’s comfortable. That’s stability.

Friends? When I moved to Bermuda, I only had friends in Canada. After leaving Bermuda, I still have my best friends from Canada, but amazing friends in Bermuda, England, the US, France, South Africa, Zimbabwe… Rome’s got a way earlier head start on me for that!

Routine? If stability comes from routine, going to school is a routine. Wherever we are, he can go to school every day...Coming home every afternoon to Mom, that’s stability. That's what he can count on, no matter where we are.

Another thing that might help (I think ?), is putting him into sports that are international. Football, swimming, etc, sports and activities that you can take anywhere else in the world with you, that way there will always be a little community you can join to meet new people and have familiarity with your sport/activity.

To be fair - this type of living might be different if Rome had a different personality. But hey, we're open to whatever comes our way. We’re going with the flow. Should it really not be working for any of us, we can ADAPT. Or as they say in Zimbabwe, “We’ll make a plan.”

Because I am human, sometimes I’m defensive to peoples questioning of my style of living, even though I wouldn’t choose otherwise. Holding on to my core values always helps shake that initial defensiveness off. Also, the reminder that you don’ know what you don’t know, and most people don’t know what expat life is like. Most people are scared of it. Because...it isn’t “stable”...

Our plan is to start in Zim for about 3 years…if you were wondering…no further questions at this time. Thanks! (HA!)

[tinabels16-blog]

Trying to get a normal pic with this little one #momstory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mydubai #myuaelife #myuae #expatlife #expatdubai #blogger #blog #expatmom #expatmoms #expatmomsindubai #daughter #mommyandme #traveling #momanddaughteroutfit #instatravel #instago #instagood #trip #photooftheday #fun #travelling #tourism #tourist #momlife #instatraveling #mytravelgram #motherdaughter #mom (at The Courtyard Playhouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0f-R7-A1pB/?igshid=ccfvzk6ju195

[evatheblog-blog]

Yeni bebek sahibi olan bir arkadaşım dolayısıyla haberim olmuştu bu kitaptan. Daha ne evlilik vardı akılda, ne de Fransa’da yaşama fikri. Sevdiceğimin Fransız olu��u dolayısıyla bana çok şanslısın bebeğin olursa böyle bir ortamda büyütebileceksin diye yollamıştı. Derken zaman geçti işte buralara kadar geldik. Merakla okumaya devam ediyorum. Daha çok Parisli ebeveynlerden bahsediyor. Kapağında yer aldığı gibi, her şeyi Fransız ebeveynliği başlığı altında toplamak çok mantıklı değil diye düşünüyorum aslında. Buna sebep ise şu ana kadar okuduklarım ve içinde yaşadığım toplumdaki anne baba davranışlarının o kadar da soğuk olmayışı. Kitap bitiminde fikirlerim değişir mi bilemiyorum tabii. Bitsin yeniden bir şeyler çıtlatabilirim🤓 Var mı bu kitap hakkında sizin yorumlarınız? 🤩Ah bu arada evet, yaklaşık bir ay dışında buralara kış uğramadı diyebilirim, o da toplamda bir ay. Gözünü sevdiğimin akdeniz iklimi🌻 . . . . . #bringingupbebe#expatlife#expat#expatmom#göçmen#fransa#fransızanne#pameladruckerman#pazartesi#momday#monday#motivation#mondaymotivation#kitap#bebek#çocuk#ebeveyn#mouanssartoux#green#garden#flower#book#coffee#kahve#okuma#anne#maman#french#turkiye#bilgi (at Mouans-Sartoux) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvJsqwolOq8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o4saand4wo9c

[w42stmagazine]

#Repost @martinahornak ・・・ #streetart in the neighbourhood ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜#color . . . . . #womenfounders #momentrepreneur #womeninbusiness #womanfounder #expat #expatlife #travel #livingabroad #relocation #nativecountry #movingabroad #42ndstreet #hostcountry #expatmom #womenpower #feelinghomeanywhere #homesick #expatliving #immigrant #keepintouchwithyourorigin #abroad #abroadlife #slovakstartup #slovacivzahranici #slovacivamerike #familylifeabroad #slovacivosvete https://ift.tt/2QU3Bl6 via W42ST instagram

[fakebandlogos]

EXPATISTENTIAL CRISIS

Fake Band Name: EXPATISTENTIAL CRISIS

Imagined Genre: Covers of 90s classics and current indie hits.

Inspiration: my life?

#bands #music #design #logos #logodesign #albums #photoshop #typography #fakebandlogos #fakebandnames #random #humor #memes #meme #expatlife #expatmoms #expatproblems #expat #travel #mentalhealth #globalcitizen #worldtraveler #expatriate #citizenoftheworld #divided

[amrizz0]

Museums + bubble tea making memories in #barcelona. #proofofmom #expatfamily #expatmom #godisgood #travelphotography #2021 #macba #mommyandme (at MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ1csbcpJ6s/?igshid=1nsdil0yw8w1d

[thevegetarianvoyager]

Mushroom buns @dimsumlibrary #kungheifatchoi #buns #chinesefood #eater #lovefood #HongKong #hkig #foodie #food #dimsum #vegetarian #vegan #foodblogger #foodblog #foodiegram #expatwife #expatmom #bloggermom #livetoeat #foodandwine #beautifulcuisines (at Dimsum Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7z8rk9DFOU/?igshid=e4knjq445msy

[imperfectaes]

LA ANSIEDAD - Psicóloga Natalia Tabak Por: @expatcoaching - La definición de autoestima nos invita a reflexionar sobre cómo nos vinculamos con nosotros mismos. Te dejo estas preguntas para pensar: _ ¿Te aceptas tal cual eres? ¿Te hablas a ti mismo de la misma forma en que le hablas a los demás? ¿Cuántas veces al día te regañas o te castigas? ¿Te dices cosas bonitas? ¿Reconoces tus logros? ¿Sos consciente de ellos? ¿Los minimizas? ¿Te quieres? _ En la medida en que no te valores, no te aceptes, no te cuides, difícilmente “un otro” lo hará por ti. _ Vale la pena pensar cómo te vinculas contigo. Sino estás contento o conforme, revisa si se encuentra a tu alcance modificarlo. Si crees que no puedes con ello, que te excede, pide ayuda. _ Dedícate un espacio de reflexión. El primer paso es pensar en ti ❤️ _ No subestimes tu vínculo contigo. Es el más importante de todos 🥰💪 _ #expat #expatmom #expatriados #expatcoaching #hispamamis #maternidad #mamaenelextranjero #psicologiaonline #coachingonline #mindfulcoach #mindfulcoaching #coachingparamamas #expatcoach #empoderamientofemenino #empoderamientodelamujer #vivirenelextrangero #lifecoach #valoracion #autoestimabaja #diccionarioemocional https://www.instagram.com/p/CEoG-k1jE1w/?igshid=bb8ng16k9atz