Big Announcements!
Big announcement time! First: arriving in April, I will launch a new e-book called "Moving to Myanmar." Its purpose is to serve as a stepping-stone for the information-deprived expat about to move to...
View ArticleLove - Blog Circle Post
This month, the blog circle group of amazing global, creative women, decided to write about love.Love is all-encompassing. Where to start? I wondered which part of the word should I tackle. What type...
View ArticleThird Culture Kids
She knows how to travel...While I've been busy working on the e-book, Moving to Myanmar, that will be available in April, I came across this great new video about Third Culture Kids.It's called "So...
View ArticleWhen Your Kid Gets Love Bombed
copyright: Becky in Burma. Daughter at Shwedagon, 2012As I'm finishing writing my forthcoming eBook about moving to Myanmar, expat parenting has been on my mind a lot. Specifically expat parenting in...
View ArticleWhen Stereotypes Get Blown Out of the Water
Solomon was our regular taxi driver (for a year) in Ethiopia. He became my good friend. My first friend in Ethiopia, actually. He gave me a sense of being OK and normal at a time when nothing felt...
View ArticleCelebrating One Year with a Newsletter and eBook Info!
A few days ago marked the one year anniversary that our family had moved from the United States. It's a kind of crazy to think about all of the things that have happened in just one year. I never...
View ArticleHello/Good-bye: The Transcience of Expat Life
Saying good-bye is something you have to at least try getting used to as an expat. When you live life overseas, especially if you're committed to that lifestyle, then you will always be arriving and...
View ArticleHow To Get Through Super Stress: Blog Circle
We all have times we experience super-stress. Not just regular stress, but super-strength-super-stress that flies into our lives, its brilliant cape trailing behind, wrapping us up into a whirlwind of...
View ArticleWhat I've Been Up To
If you follow me over on Facebook you know that I have exciting news about the forthcoming eBook, "Moving to Myanmar."The cover art is done and was completed by the lovely and talented ECHOPHYU, a...
View ArticleWorking from Home
More and more people are working from home. For some, it increases productivity. It also allows for a flexible schedule and it never hurts that you only have to walk down the hall to enter the office.I...
View ArticleThe eBook is Nearly Ready!
Hello everyone!Don't you just love that illustration above? The talented ECHOPHYU, a local Myanmar artist, designed it. It's the cover of the new eBook!I'm super excited to tell you that within days,...
View ArticleMOVING TO MYANMAR on AMAZON!
You can now find my new eBook, Moving to Myanmar, in the Amazon Kindle Store! YES!Go hereto find it. You can also check out my author page on Amazon here. A huge, huge thanks go out to all of the...
View ArticleWhat American Idol Teaches Us
I don't have cable or satellite TV in Yangon; it's available, but we don't use it. So when I travel and stay in hotels, it's a bit of a treat to check-out cable.Imagine my surprise when I was clicking...
View ArticleUpdates + News
Kuala Lumpur ParkHope all of you are doing great. Lots of changes are happening over here; so though I've been a bit quieter on the posting front, busy-ness has been in full force - just in the...
View ArticleBody Image: Big Girl in Teensy-Girl Land
My daughter + I. Thailand. 2012.I'm writing about body image today. This is new for me. It's also a deeply sensitive and personal subject: one I have struggled with since I was a child. This post? It's...
View ArticleThis Too, Shall Pass - On Leaving Myanmar
Sometimes we make plans and hang our hopes on an unforeseen future - one we're committed to. One we're sure will, well ... go to plan.Life doesn't usually dole out the expected, though. Or maybe it...
View ArticleExpat Getting Divorced, Has Kid, Seeks Resources
I’m an expat. And if you’ve read this post, you know I’m an expat getting a divorce. We have a child. My husband will be parenting our daughter long-distance. My daughter and I will repatriate. He will...
View ArticleYangon Drivers Beware
I love many things about living in Yangon: amazing, special friends; lush, green foliage; gorgeous wild orchids and other flowers. There are even smiling faces greeting you almost everywhere … except...
View ArticleMoving into No Man's Land
Bookshelves are emptying. Books are piling up on the floor. Clothes are sorted into piles: suitcase; air shipment; and container shipment. Life seems like one big pile.Piles are evidence of no man's...
View ArticleHow to Survive Packing (Especially When You're an Introvert)
Are you good at labeling and organizing all of your things when packing up? Is moving easy for you?No? Oh, good. We’re in the same boat, then. I’m awful at packing … especially the organizational part...
View ArticleCulture Shock at Home
It was surreal. I wasn't firing on all cylinders. My mind felt hazy and heavy. Maybe on sensory overload.The aisles were wider, longer, and taller than what I've been used to for the last 16 months....
View ArticleWhat They Don't Tell You When You're Getting Divorced
They don’t tell you that you’ll buy crumpets at the grocery store because they were one of your husband’s favorite.They don’t tell you it’s suddenly strange to have double sinks in your en suite when...
View ArticleAll the Possibilities - Blog Circle Post
It’s easy to limit ourselves. We do it often, usually without even thinking. For many, it’s our default setting. Our auto-pilot. Anytime we think of taking a risk, of doing something that might scare...
View ArticleLetter to the Nice Girls
Dear Nice Girl:You know who you are. You’re the one who doesn’t raise your voice in argument. You raise your hopes that understanding will prevail. You’re the one who helps the elderly couple...
View ArticleNew Services Offered: Coaching
Hi Everyone!So, you know that I'm not over on this blog much anymore since I now live back in the United States; however, I haven't gone away ... I have kept up a different site - Becky Cavender - for...
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