Make friends outside your immediate family as an expat!
As expats, we come from varying backgrounds and have different lifestyles and reasons for living abroad. You may be a trailing spouse or relocating for a job or a better lifestyle with your family. Female expats can struggle to integrate as culture, language, and other factors lead to feelings of isolation and loneliness. You start [...]
Expat itchy feet… the desire to relocate again.
As established expats, it took a lot to get to where we are today, settled, with some resemblance of roots, connections and a sense that this place is 'home', yet there are times that every expat gets that 'itchy feet' feeling. The wanderlust, the sense of a fresh start, the opportunity, and the excitement never [...]
Turkey Raises It’s Citizenship By Real Estate Investment to $400,000 USD
On April 14th, the Turkish government announced that it would be increasing its minimum citizenship by real estate investment amount from $250,000 USD to $400,000 USD. This news came as a shock to many foreign real estate investors that were hoping to take advantage of Turkey's considerably low CBI real estate program of $250,000 USD [...]
Expat Entrepreneur Highlight: Melissa Chung, Founder & CEO of Krippit
The very essence of entrepreneurship is to solve a problem. And one problem that many women who love to wear high heels have, is to protect their heels when walking on different types of grounds. Grounds such as grass, granite, marble, carpet, wood, and more that often damage heels that are costly to fix. Shoes [...]
Expat living – raising ‘third culture kids’
As expat parents, the challenges we face can be slightly more complex than people who parent at home. Lack of support from extended family, raising children in a culture inherently different from our own and working hard to fit into our expat lifestyle lead to stressful situations. What are ''third culture kids, you may ask? [...]
Why expats should choose Coworking spaces!
When you think of Coworking spaces, you might think they are just for digital nomads, yet they have so much to offer budding expat entrepreneurs and small expat business owners. Coworking spaces allow you to meet new like-minded people, network and potentially grow your business or gain investment! Coworking spaces provide you with a change [...]
Expat Loneliness – How To Survive It
Choosing to live the expat life can be the most exhilarating experience of adventure, growth, living outside your comfort zone, offering many opportunities and new connections. Yes, the expatriate road is open with possibilities and much to gain. Yet, it can be fraught with obstacles, hurdles, and instability as we lay down roots in a [...]
Overcoming Vulnerability As a Female Expat!
I'll never forget my first solo outing in Bangkok, my new city, as a young 23-year-old expat, searching for a TEFL job and an apartment. I was petrified, stepping in the sky train for the first time and trying to navigate my way through this brand new city that I now called home. I felt [...]
The Ukraine War Crisis – Countries helping Ukrainian Refugees!
As the horrific scenes of the Russian - Ukraine war unfolded on our television screens, many could not sit back and do or say nothing as families torn apart fled for their lives, innocent people killed and no sign of the war ending. Women and children bargain to find refuge in neighbouring countries with only [...]
The Hong Kong Expat Crisis
Between China's take over and the Covid 19 crisis, Hong Kong seems to be undergoing a complete transformation. Many expats are deeply concerned for their established expatriate lifestyle, not only threatened by Covid 19 but also China's authoritarian rule. This business hub of the world is diminishing before our very eyes. Top firms are looking [...]