Today is my birthday! My 43rd birthday to be exact. This blog post is being written in bits and pieces throughout the day. It seems an apt reflection of my life right now – gladly pulled into the draw of lots of things that bring me joy. Sometimes wondering if...
I’m convinced the rate of injury and loss increase exponentially in the early phases of an expat move. It’s a particular type of expat chaos. It’s the sense that no matter what you do something will be left out, forgotten, or broken. There’s just so...
I’m sitting here at my dining room table, looking out onto a yard that has suddenly become my yard. I’m being bombarded by all the typical expat emotions. A couple of months ago the bright green garden was just a photo in an email. That’s the funny thing about...
Dear Tokyo, Well, first, before I even write this I guess I should actually say “Dear Japan,” right? Because for that first year we were in Yokohama. And also, having lived in Yamaguchi all those years ago makes me feel like you and I have a longer history than just...
Families in Global Transition Conference 2019 – Bangkok Oh my….it’s five days past the close of the Families in Global Transition Conference in Bangkok and it’s Golden Week back here in Tokyo. That means my husband is home from work on holiday and while I know I...
“Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but from getting to know them well.” Pema Chödrön – Comfortable with Uncertainty I love that quote. In our expat life, we’re forced to open to our emotions again and again. It’s not always easy to get to know fear, but...
Photo by Jack Finnigan on Unsplash We’re moving soon. Right now I’m in a canyon of in-between. Desert wildflowers and brambly bushes compete for space with rattlesnakes and scorpions along the banks of a bubbling stream from which hawks swoop down...
Are you ready for a different way to wake up? The Mindful Mornings Support Group for Mothers is a non-therapeutic communal support and learning space for mothers in Tokyo. Why? In my work with individual clients and in providing workshops in mindfulness, I...
Do I have to do this AGAIN? I sometimes hear that expat life is a lonely life; that our relationships remain on the surface and that the constant moving leaves us longing, but unable to fulfill, something deeper and more constant in our friendships. I see it...
https://youtu.be/1PNzDZWWudk ABOUT THIS WEBINAR This webinar was hosted live on January 29, 2019. If you’d like to have access to the webinar recording, please complete the registration form here. Webinar Take Aways: Understand the basic concepts of...
