What do you need to start and grow a portable business as an expat partner? This week is entrepreneurship week! At this occasion you will find in this episode great inspiration, insights and tips to start and grow your own portable business as an expat partner. For those of you who know me well, you know that entrepreneurship is for me not just a sense of business and a way to make money, but a real passion and mindset that I believe every expat partner could benefit from. In fact, even if there...
Nov 15, 2016•19 min
Pursuing a career while moving from a country to another is indeed one of the most difficult challenges for expat partners. And it is also one of the main topics of Tandem Nomads, so I have to say that it was very difficult to pick just 4 extracts from all previous episodes that can be valuable to you, because all the guests on Tandem Nomads shared some amazing inspiration regarding this topic, so if you haven’t already, I really hope you will take the chance to listen to the past and future epi...
Nov 08, 2016•17 min
While enjoying the amazing experience of living across the globe, a lot of serial expats, and particularly expat spouses, end up after few years completely detached from the safety net that is very difficult to build when not being geographically attached to one place. For example, having a proper retirement, health care and tax plan, building a secure estate or building savings, dealing with children’s education challenges abroad and the costs that go with it, but also fostering the relationshi...
Nov 01, 2016•16 min
Building a strong identity and self-confidence is probably the central piece of what is often at the origin of expat partners challenges when moving from a country to another. In the episode 51 , we talked a lot about the general challenges of defining home and our identity when living on the move and adapting to so many different cultures. In the particular case of expat spouses, identity has a lot to do with finding on top of that the balance between being a parent, and particularly a mom, ded...
Oct 25, 2016•17 min
Hello Nomad Nation, I hope that you enjoyed your summer break! As I took the time to rest, enjoy family time but also reflect on my own path as an expat partner and reflect on all previous Tandem Nomads episodes, I realized something very important that I share with you in this episode ( press play to know all about it! ). In fact, as you know, one of my main focus through Tandem Nomads is to provide all the inspiration and tips for expat partners who feel the need to build their own source of f...
Sep 21, 2016•29 min
When we go through so many transitions and change, I really think that it is very important to learn how to deal with our emotions and believes to make the best of each experience, even the most challenging ones. I have selected for you some of the best insights that have been shared by previous guests on Tandem Nomads. You will discover how mindfulness can be practiced and be helpful in many different difficult situations. Let’s start with one of the main challenge we discuss in Tandem Nomads, ...
Aug 16, 2016•17 min
Last week, was Gentlemen’s Week where I interviewed male expat partners. Additionally to sharing their experience adjusting their careers to their spouse’s, many of them also shared some great inspiration on how to be happy in a relationship. This week we continue along this topic with the Nomad Couples Week, we discuss tips and insights on how to keep a healthy relationship while moving from a country to another. This first extract is from the episode 11 with Jodi Ballard. Jody is an expat part...
Aug 09, 2016•14 min
It is Gentlemen’s week!! Best of series with short extracts from previous interviews of male “Trailing spouses”, or as I prefer to say male expat partners. They will share with us in just few minutes how they perceive their role as expat partners and how they manage to maintain their careers while following their spouses abroad. We will see that most challenges are definitely very similar to female expat spouses; however, you will notice in these short extracts some differences compared to the l...
Aug 02, 2016•16 min
This week’s best of series is dedicated to parents abroad and TCKs. You will find extracts with great tips about giving birth, raising and educating kids abroad, but also about building an identity and sense of home when being a TCK. Karen Wilmot, interviewed in episode 40, is a midwife that created the fantastic concept of The Virtual Midwife . She brings online support for mothers who live far from their support system. She can additionnally offer VIP packages where she flies in once moms are ...
Jul 26, 2016•14 min
In this Best of Series, I will share with you extracts from the first season's episodes. Each series is dedicated to a specific topic. In this series we focus on topics related to being a Global Nomad, like adapting to new cultures, building a sense of home when moving regularly from a country to another or dealing with some of the challenges that go with it. We start with Alison Trainer, a talented Soprano singer and the founder of the private Facebook Group Grumpy Expat . She helps us understa...
Jul 19, 2016•13 min
I am truly humbled and filled with joy by all the messages I’ve received from listeners and past guests of Tandem Nomads. Thank you for sharing your insights and incredible support! Tandem Nomads wouldn’t exist without you. Also, Tandem Nomads wouldn’t exist without all of you who are downloading on a daily basis Tandem Nomads podcast episodes and listening to these stories and tips from inspiring expat partners around the world. Thank you! The 50th episode marks the end of the 1st season. The 2...
Jul 05, 2016•39 min
Our guest today is Bérengère Ferrier, she is an expert in marketing communications and will share with us some great tips on how to establish a business and find your first clients when you just arrive in a new country. For over 6 years, Bérengère worked in the city of Lyon for a leading French advertising agency, Saatchi and Saatchi, and successfully managed advertising campaigns for major global brands. When her boyfriend, who later became her husband, was offered to move to California for a g...
Jun 28, 2016•41 min
In this second part of my interview with the wonderful Marilyn Gardner, we will focus on her insights and tips that led her to become a successful blogger and writer, in addition to the portable job she created for herself. She will also share the struggles she had with repatriation and how she coped with it. Marilyn Gardner is an American third culture kid who grew up in Pakistan. Currently she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As she says, her claim of fame is that she gave birth to 5 kids on...
Jun 21, 2016•33 min
Marilyn Gardner is an American third culture kid who grew up in Pakistan. Currently she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As she says, her claim of fame is that she gave birth to 5 kids on 3 continents, and went on to raise them in Pakistan and Egypt before moving to the United States. Marilyn is an author, speaker, trainer and consultant. In fact, along the years she has found a unique way to combine her experience in healthcare as a nurse with her journey navigating across cultures. She for i...
Jun 14, 2016•27 min
Erin Long is an American and a certified speech therapist. She quit her job to join her husband who works for the Foreign services and went to live with her family in both Mexico and Brazil. Today she lives in Serbia. While moving from one country to another she had the brilliant idea to start online speech therapy services, World Wide Speech , to help the English native speaking community around the world; particularly expat children. She created her company Worldwide Speech and became a certif...
Jun 06, 2016•40 min
Olga Mecking comes from Poland and she had moved the first time to Canada to join her German boyfriend at the time. They then moved together to Germany. A marriage and three kids later, she now lives with her family in the Netherlands. Olga is a blogger, writer, and translator. She has co-written four books and writes for a variety of publications about life abroad, raising children, and traveling. Olga is a regular contributor to Multicultural Kid Blogs, where she is also a board member. Her wr...
May 31, 2016•37 min
Kristin Louise Duncombe was born to American diplomats and raised in various countries. Today, she lives in Geneva and is a psychotherapist who specializes in working with international and expatriate families. Kristin is also an author. Her first book was selected as one of the Best Indie Reads of 2013. It is called Trailing: A Memoire , which tells her experience as a “trailing spouse” who followed her Medecins Sans Frontières husband in East Africa to help the populations that were suffering ...
May 24, 2016•31 min
Kristin Louise Duncombe was born to American diplomats and raised in various countries. Today, she lives in Geneva and is a psychotherapist who specializes in working with international and expatriate families. Kristin is also an author. Her first book was selected as one of the Best Indie Reads of 2013. It is called Trailing: A Memoire , which tells her experience as a “trailing spouse” who followed her Medecins Sans Frontières husband in East Africa to help the populations that were suffering ...
May 17, 2016•31 min
Jeremy Piccoli has some great insights to share with us as a male trailing spouse but also as a professional who helps companies plan expat packages for their employees. Jeremy comes from the US and is now an expat partner living in Basel, Switzerland. He used to work for the International Assignment Services group of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston before he joined the company AIRINC as a Tax Manager providing tax data and consulting to multinational companies. When his wife was offered an opp...
May 09, 2016•45 min
Kirsten de Greling-Visman is Dutch Canadian raised as an expat child across the Netherlands, Canada, the Dutch Antilles, the US, France and Spain. Kirsten then settled and built her career in the Netherlands as a program manager and career advisor in Universities. In 2007, although she was offered three major positions by various universities, she took the decision to leave her promising career to join her French-finish fiancé who was sent to Albania for his job. Since then they had 2 boys and h...
May 03, 2016•42 min
Karen Wilmot was born in South Africa. When she grew up she followed the footsteps of her mom and became a Midwife. Also, her passion for traveling took her around the world. Her career has allowed her to work on a diamond mine in South Africa, in a small village in Mexico, in a military hospital in Saudi Arabia and with the Royal family of Oman. In Oman, she also established between 2009 and 2015 the first private community services supporting expat women during pregnancy and birth. It was seei...
Apr 25, 2016•45 min
Divorce within an expat couple can lead to very complex legal situations. Worst case situations can lead to children abduction lawsuits. Lucy Greenwood, lawyer & partner at International Family Law Group shares in this episode advice to prevent or manage these situations. Lucy Greenwood handles cases concerning all aspects of family breakdown. She ensures that her clients are protected as much as possible from tough litigations. When possible, she tries to find a conciliatory approach. But m...
Apr 11, 2016•39 min
Andrea Martins comes from Australia. She gave up her head-office government career to follow her husband abroad and lived for nearly 10 years moving from Indonesia, Mexico and Malaysia. Today she is back to Australia. While relocating with her husband she started her fascinating serial entrepreneurial journey. Andrea is the co-founder of the famous online platform called expatwomen.com (click to check this interesting article!). Her website had such a great success that she managed to sell it wi...
Apr 04, 2016•40 min
We can say that Jo Parfitt is an expert in building a portable career and portable businesses. While moving with her husband and kids from France, Dubai, Oman, Norway, the Netherlands and now Malaysia, she has become what I call a serial nomadpreneur . Jo is a journalist, editor, writer, speaker and teacher who has launched multiple business ventures that include the publishing company called Summertime Publishing , she also founded the Expat book shop , an online bookstore for expats. Jo has wr...
Mar 28, 2016•43 min
Helene Reiter and Manfred Girkinger are both Austrians, today they live in Shanghai. Since I started Tandem Nomads, I always wished I could interview both members of expat couples to have the different perspectives represented. But I have to say that for many reasons it is not the easiest thing to organize. I will keep trying as much as I can! Helene and Manfred’s case is quite a particular one, as they have been alternatively the following partner. I’ve heard a lot of expat couples saying that ...
Mar 21, 2016•48 min
In the episode 10, “ to work or not to work... ”, I promised to bring you some practical insights to answer this sometimes uncomfortable question for expat partners: “what do you do?” Stephanie Ward is American and lives in the Netherlands where she emigrated for love, she is a Business and Marketing Mentor and passionate about igniting small businesses success. She shares with you some great applicable tips to answer the question "what do you do?" in a comprehensive and memorable way that fits ...
Mar 14, 2016•35 min
Lisa Webb grew up in Canada. After university she became a teacher for 8 years, then the assistant principal of an elementary school. Her husband, who is also Canadian was one day offered a job in Paris. So they packed up their lives in Canada and moved to France. After a year in Paris, they were moved to the South of France, where they lived for 4 years and had two French-born children. During that time Lisa began writing, and created the blog Canadian Expat Mom , where she shares her experienc...
Mar 07, 2016•36 min
Dear Listeners, Thank you for your feedbacks! I have taken them into consideration, and made some changes on your podcast Tandem Nomads. Tandem Nomads is turning into a weekly podcast show. Tune in this episode and find out more! With care, Amel
Mar 03, 2016•10 min
Rashmi Aggarwala Zimburg grew up in India and studied in the US.Today she lives in Japan with her husband and two daughters. P reviously they also lived in Algeria, Indonesia and Austria. Before going into this global nomadic journey, Rashmi graduated from an MBA, built a career in business management and worked for 15 years in different industries such as Finance, Transportation, and Mobile communications. In addition, she completed Cross Cultural & Management training programs for senior e...
Feb 29, 2016•35 min
It is already quite complicated to manage our households’ finances in general, but it does tend to get even more complicated when we move from a country to another. I also noticed that in a lot of cases, even when expat partners are financially dependent, they are very involved in managing the finances of their household, which I believe it is very important to do. To discuss the topic, I brought you an expert in households financial planning, Hui-Chin Chen. Hui-Chin Chen has lived in constant t...
Feb 25, 2016•40 min
