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The Happy Expat Family: How to Overcome the 8 Challenges Your Family Will Face Living Abroad
Is your family planning a move abroad? The Happy Expat Family is a rich resource full of first-hand experiences.
This book identifies 8 challenges your family will face living abroad - and helps you overcome them. Apply just one suggestion and save time, money, and a whole lot of stress. The Happy Expat Family will better prepare your family to make a smooth move abroad with dozens of actionable tips and suggestions.
Dena Haines shares the challenges her family faced when they moved to Ecuador in 2009. In addition to her family’s experience, she also interviews 16 expat families from around the world.
The Happy Expat Family gives you the inside track on tips and secrets to a successful family relocation. In this 63,000+ word book, you'll learn the specific challenges you’ll face, how to overcome them, and become a happy expat family.
Here’s what you’ll
Relocating Tips and These tips and secrets will give you an insiders view into living abroad as an expat family, and help you avoid common mistakes that make expat life more difficult. Identify the 8 When she moved abroad, Dena didn’t know what challenges her family would face. This made the move harder than it should have been. The Happy Expat Family identifies the challenges you’ll face, and will make your move much easier. In-depth Interviews with 16 Expat Learn about living abroad from families actually doing it. 16 expat families from around the globe share how to overcome each of the eight challenges. Expat Success and Reading about the specific skills and lessons Dena learned (from leaving everything behind in Canada and starting over in South America) will prepare you as you set out on your own adventure. How To Stay Learning how other families overcome challenges, stay positive, and grow stronger will motivate you!
Dena Haines is an author, expat / travel blogger and mom. She has been living in Ecuador with her family since July 2009.
When Dena moved abroad with her family in 2009 there wasn't much information. Most things were learned the hard way. Dena wrote this book so families like yours could be prepared, and experience a smooth move abroad. So if you are thinking about moving abroad, planning your move, or are already an expat, this book will help you deal with the challenges. It will also motivate you to stay focused on creating an amazing life.
The Happy Expat Family also includes interviews
Tracey, Rob and Makai Canadian Family Worldschooling While Traveling South America
Lorena Argentinean Expat Family Living in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Tracey & Rob Canadian Family Living in Northern Ecuador
James, Laura, Alice and Hazel Scottish Family Living in New Zealand
Aimee Australian Mom Living in Singapore
Chris American Raised in France
Jamie Expat Mom Living in Basel, Switzerland
Kristin Louise Long Term American Expat Grew Up Across Africa and Asia, Now Raising Her Family in France
Carmen Teenage Girl Living in Lyon, France (Born in Kenya)
Tracie Lived Overseas for 8 Years, Daughter was Born in Sicily, Italy
LaQuisha Retired US Military Mom Planning Her Next Relocation
Ana Returning to the US After 8 Years Living Abroad (Germany, Thailand, Indonesia, Canada, France and Belgium)
Christine Norwegian Mom Lived in China and the US for 9 Years
Eva Canadian Mom Living in Southern France
Jillian Grew up in Eastern Europe and Asia
Rachel American Expat Living in the Netherlands
Learn how to become a happy expat family while planning, moving, and settling into your new life abroad.
Get your copy now!
This book identifies 8 challenges your family will face living abroad - and helps you overcome them. Apply just one suggestion and save time, money, and a whole lot of stress. The Happy Expat Family will better prepare your family to make a smooth move abroad with dozens of actionable tips and suggestions.
Dena Haines shares the challenges her family faced when they moved to Ecuador in 2009. In addition to her family’s experience, she also interviews 16 expat families from around the world.
The Happy Expat Family gives you the inside track on tips and secrets to a successful family relocation. In this 63,000+ word book, you'll learn the specific challenges you’ll face, how to overcome them, and become a happy expat family.
Here’s what you’ll
Relocating Tips and These tips and secrets will give you an insiders view into living abroad as an expat family, and help you avoid common mistakes that make expat life more difficult. Identify the 8 When she moved abroad, Dena didn’t know what challenges her family would face. This made the move harder than it should have been. The Happy Expat Family identifies the challenges you’ll face, and will make your move much easier. In-depth Interviews with 16 Expat Learn about living abroad from families actually doing it. 16 expat families from around the globe share how to overcome each of the eight challenges. Expat Success and Reading about the specific skills and lessons Dena learned (from leaving everything behind in Canada and starting over in South America) will prepare you as you set out on your own adventure. How To Stay Learning how other families overcome challenges, stay positive, and grow stronger will motivate you!
Dena Haines is an author, expat / travel blogger and mom. She has been living in Ecuador with her family since July 2009.
When Dena moved abroad with her family in 2009 there wasn't much information. Most things were learned the hard way. Dena wrote this book so families like yours could be prepared, and experience a smooth move abroad. So if you are thinking about moving abroad, planning your move, or are already an expat, this book will help you deal with the challenges. It will also motivate you to stay focused on creating an amazing life.
The Happy Expat Family also includes interviews
Tracey, Rob and Makai Canadian Family Worldschooling While Traveling South America
Lorena Argentinean Expat Family Living in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Tracey & Rob Canadian Family Living in Northern Ecuador
James, Laura, Alice and Hazel Scottish Family Living in New Zealand
Aimee Australian Mom Living in Singapore
Chris American Raised in France
Jamie Expat Mom Living in Basel, Switzerland
Kristin Louise Long Term American Expat Grew Up Across Africa and Asia, Now Raising Her Family in France
Carmen Teenage Girl Living in Lyon, France (Born in Kenya)
Tracie Lived Overseas for 8 Years, Daughter was Born in Sicily, Italy
LaQuisha Retired US Military Mom Planning Her Next Relocation
Ana Returning to the US After 8 Years Living Abroad (Germany, Thailand, Indonesia, Canada, France and Belgium)
Christine Norwegian Mom Lived in China and the US for 9 Years
Eva Canadian Mom Living in Southern France
Jillian Grew up in Eastern Europe and Asia
Rachel American Expat Living in the Netherlands
Learn how to become a happy expat family while planning, moving, and settling into your new life abroad.
Get your copy now!
248 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 7, 2015
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January 11, 2015
Great starting point for anyone considering making the move out of their country of origin--their "comfort zone". Dena did a great job covering many of the pros and cons of living in a different country.
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