Moving with your (Husband) trailing spouse
It all sounds exciting as you celebrate your husband's new promoted job; you will all be moving to the middle east: a fresh start, a new adventure, new opportunities. You blindly walk beside your husband and think of the ideal life, yet you haven't given yourself a second thought. What will you be giving up? [...]
What it takes to break into the C- suite as a female
It is a highly competitive work and business environment for females globally, with men being at the core of executive-level positions within large corporate companies and fore fronting the entrepreneurship game. It is traditional and long-standing that men have always been the dominant players in business and boardrooms. Women have slowly but surely obtained C- [...]
Dating dynamics as a western expat woman
As Valentine's day is fast approaching, it can be a time of reflection to ponder over our love lives (If you are a single girl). Why are we still single? Where is the man in our lives? Will we ever meet the one? Western women who have extensively travelled or lived the expat lifestyle find [...]
How to gain satisfaction as a female expat in multinational corporations
It can be stimulating as an executive in the corporate world to have the opportunity to live and work abroad for a multinational corporation. You enter the expatriate world with endless possibilities to network, grow professionally and personally build the life of your dreams. Challenges do, however, present themselves for expat women, making it hard [...]
Safety Tips Abroad For Long Term Security!
As expats, we live all over the world! Developing global mindsets comes naturally to the expat community; the world can seem like a village where we can connect, travel and live wherever we want. Your safety can seem like something you have covered. You'll be fine. You have been fine in the past, so there [...]
This is a Man’s World! …But it would mean NOTHING without a woman or a girl!
If you have ever travelled or lived abroad, you come to learn and see in most countries the cultural norms that men still hold power, strength and respect over women, which are woven into society the world over. unspoken cultural etiquette - It can be tricky as a western woman, particularly, to feel like you [...]
Expat Financial Wellness: Foundations Of The Expat Lifestyle
We often tell children to dream big. That the sky (or now the stars) are the limit. As long as you work hard, and go to university you will secure a good job, perhaps your dream job. That narrative of "working hard" does not apply to achieving the dream expat life. Many people work hard, [...]
Forward thinking expats – Financial Tips for savvy Expats
As expats, we all have different needs and desires. For some, the dream is not about financial success but more about location independence, creative thinking and designing a life that is not bound to consumer and governmental pressures. However, we all want to make sure we have enough capital to live, save and even invest [...]
Why Expats are optimistic in 2022
Her Expat Life explores in-depth how successfully transitioned Expats are doing in this World of uncertainty and what this means for prospective expats as they ponder their move to a new country. Some nations have dealt with the Pandemic in differing ways. The UAE, for example, saw "An overwhelming majority (approximately 95%) reported that they [...]
What\’s Stopping You From Living The Expat Life?
#yourbestexpatlife We've all woken up, and it's now the year 2022! Can you believe it? It seems like years go by in the blink of an eye. It becomes a distant memory that you once wanted to travel and move to a different country or apply for your dream job that's in that enchanting city [...]