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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...

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Love - 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...

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Third 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...

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When 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...

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When 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...

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Celebrating 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...

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Hello/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...

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How 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...

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What 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...

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Working 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...

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The 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,...

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MOVING 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...

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What 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...

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Updates + 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...

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Body 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...

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This 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...

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Expat 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...

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Yangon 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...

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Moving 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...

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How 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...

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