The backup plan – when your dream expat life falls through!
As aspiring expats or established expats looking to move, we all have that dream ideal life, the dream location or dream job that motivates us to move. Perhaps you have tried to live the expat life. Yet, it didn't go to plan? There are so many factors that stop the dream expat life from happening. [...]
Raising Bilingual Children as Expat Parents
Language is beautiful and one of the most innate strings to anyone's bow that set you apart from the rest. As expats, we have the opportunity to live in rich, diverse cultures that speak different languages. As adults, the use of learning a foreign language is for navigating your way around. Still, for expats that [...]
Celebrating Female Entrepreneurs!
As it's International women's day and women's history month, Her Expat Life wants to take this time to celebrate the brave and successful up and coming female entrepreneurs that are making their mark in business. Women from all walks of life achieve incredible things through their entrepreneurial ventures and make a real impact. It takes [...]
I want a career change!
Aspiring expats and seasoned expats alike all understand that at times our career paths can suddenly feel like a dead-end, or 'not a good fit anymore, or the need for something new. Changing careers can seem like an upheaval and a scary one at that. What if it doesn't work out? I'm comfortable in my [...]
Entrepreneurial Networking As A Female Expat
The right entrepreneurial ecosystem allows you to flourish as a female entrepreneur, yet it can be hard to find such ecosystems. Facilitating the right environment to encourage female expats to enter the entrepreneurial world starts with those already doing it. Successful female entrepreneurs and open-minded investors who can pass down their wisdom through networking events, [...]
The ups and downs of being a single expat mom
Being a single mom does not come without its challenges; financially supporting the family, being the emotional caregiver and raising them is a big task. We have seen a rise in the freedom of expression amongst women in the expat community, opening up the world for single moms to live their dream expat life, with [...]
Ladies, stay single until you find a supportive spouse.
The struggle to find balance in professional women's lives is real. Ambitious women have found that a spouse can complement their success, lend support and be your confidant. Yet, there is always some sway in compromise and women are often left feeling shut out by their spouse if their career takes off. The career-driven differences [...]
Women are the new expatriates
With the rise of modern mobility, gender diversity and global mobility, there is a definite shift in females fore fronting the expatriate workforce. Women are widely underrepresented in the expatriate world, yet they have reached business successes and other industries that need to be recognised and celebrated. Women used to be passive expatriates; they would [...]
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- [...]