The Expat Mom Podcast

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Dealing with "Stuff" on Both Sides of a Move with Lisa Crawford May 03, 2021

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Getting your stuff pared down to a weight or space allotment for a move can feel daunting. And then there is figuring out what to bring in suitcases, air shipments, sea shipments and what to put in storage! Once you get to your destination, you're faced with "stuff" again, and trying to decide where to put it all.
Lisa Crawford, an experienced expat mom, shares some easy, practical tools to help us deal with stuff on both sides of a move.
On the podcast you'll learn:

How to make a stuff "map" of your home before your shipment arrives
How to purge at the beginning of your move instead of panicking at the end
How to un-pack based on routines, not whatever box you open next
How to help kids during a move and incorporate them into the process
How to feel less resentment and overwhelm about all the tasks that have to be done
Why it's important to match your consumer habits to your values

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Decreasing Overwhelm in Transition with Angie Collins Apr 26, 2021

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For many expat families, stuff + moving = stress. Families often have weight limits or financial restrictions on how much they can move. And at the same time they have lots of items that are important to them and may tell a story about their lives. This can create some stress leading up to a move about how to organize and prepare for the move. My guest today is an organization and parenting expert. She shares some tools for how to approach dealing with stuff on both sides of a move. She’ll also share some helpful tools for staying organized and using organization to strengthen your mothering.

Transitions are often one of the most stressful parts of expat life. This month the podcast is offering tools to help families in these transitions. We just finished a 3-part podcast series on culture shock and repatriation, starting with this episode, we are moving on to a two- part series on how to deal with stuff abroad, and we’ll also have an episode on how to support kids transitioning to new schools.
On the Podcast you'll learn:

Some of the reasons moving can feel overwhelming for expats
How to overcome overwhelm
Practical tools for preparing for a move and setting up when you arrive
How systems, routines and intention work together to support organization
How organization improves relationships

Connect with Angie
Facebook: www.facebook.com/parentcoachangie
Instagram: www.instagram.com/parentcoachangie
Website: www.parentcoachangie.com

Part 3 Repatriation and Kids | Eight Mistakes Parents Make Apr 19, 2021

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Most people expect going abroad to be hard, but they don’t expect returning home to be as challenging. In particular, they often underestimate the challenge kids will have re-adjusting. While meaning to be helpful there are eight common mistakes parents make that actually make readjusting harder for kids. Today on the podcast we look at each of these mistakes and discuss a healthier approach to support our kids in transition!
This topic is part of our April focus on how to navigate transitions in expat life. This is the third part of a 3-part series on culture shock and repatriation, we’ll also be discussing how to support kids transitioning to new schools, and how to deal with stuff in frequent or international moves.
On the podcast you'll learn:

Why people expect repatriation to be easier and why it's not
How to help ourselves and our kids manage their expectations
How to help kids manage their emotions
What the latest research says about physical objects and their role in transition
How to empower kids feel more included with their peers

Part 2: Navigating Culture Shock Apr 12, 2021

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There are some intentional things we can do to help adjust our mindsets, and help ourselves move through the stages of culture shock with more speed, more confidence, and less frustration. In part 2 of our culture shock series, we’ll cover 3 tools you and your family can use as you transition to another country. These tools apply whether this is your first overseas assignment or your 12th.

In this episode you’ll learn:

How to navigate each stage of culture shock
How to use the first honeymoon stage to help you in later stages
Why feeling irritated might be exactly the thing you need and want to feel sometimes
How to use curiosity to get out of irritation

Culture Shock and the Brain Apr 05, 2021

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There are five stages of culture shock when we move to another country. Understanding the can help us normalize our experience, blame ourselves less and help us realize it won’t last forever! This is part 1 of the culture-shock series.

On the podcast this week you’ll learn:

Why we experience culture shock
The 5 different stages of culture shock
Common timelines when experience culture shock
What is happening in the brain to cause culture shock
How culture shock is a healthy brain response
The benefits of understanding the stages of culture shock

A New Approach to Self-Care and Awareness with Leslie DeGrande Mar 29, 2021

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You've probably heard the buzzwords "self-care" and "awareness" in podcasts, magazines, and self-help books. But they can refer to such a large range of things. Today on the podcast, my guest helps define "self-care" in a fresh way and offers an equation you can use to determine how to choose and benefit from self-care. She defines "awareness" and gives a practical way to practice it in your life to help you improve your emotional health.
Today on the podcast you'll learn:

The definition of self-care
Learn how to choose a self-care practice
The definition of awareness
Learn why body awareness can be helpful in your emotional health
Learn how to practice awareness
Learn how self-care and awareness apply specifically to expat life

Connect with Leslie DeGrande, Certified Yoga Therapist

Download the Stoplight/Awareness Download
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC9Qkrqe8ef8h0S_htS2lhg
Website: https://www.lesliedegrande.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesliedegrande/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lesliedegrandeyogatherapy

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How to Untwist Your Thinking Mar 22, 2021

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Have you ever eaten one of those twisty donuts at the bakery? Our thoughts are a bit like those donuts. They get twisted and distorted. Of course we don't mean to make them this way. It just happens as we have life experiences, our biology is imperfect, we have families who model imperfect ways of thinking and being. The problem with distorted thinking is that it often causes us to feel worse than we need to and to act in ways we don't want to. Today on the podcast I'm teaching how to untwist your thinking.
On the podcast you'll learn:
What twisted thinking is
Why it's a problem
How to untwist your thinking
Three questions you can ask yourself to untangle the way you see something
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How a Pencil Can Help Control the Negative Chatter in Your Mind Mar 15, 2021

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Each of us has an on-going dialogue in our minds. Did you know you can listen to yourself think? Today on the podcast, we're discussing how powerful our mental dialogue is in how we feel. And...how to get some leverage over our dialogue, especially when we're feeling stuck or in a low place.
On the podcast you'll learn:

How many thoughts we have each day!
Why paying attention to our mental dialogue matters
How to get recognize what you're thinking
The benefits of writing down your thoughts

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One-Minute Wisdom
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Follow me on Instagram or find more free resources on my website
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Why Trying to Feel Happier is Making You Miserable Mar 08, 2021

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Most of us believe that happiness is superior to other emotions. But is it? Many of us if given the option would love to feel happy all the time--at least we THINK we would. But are there benefits to negative emotions? And does trying to be happier actually lead to feeling happier? Today on the podcast, we address some of these questions. And I share part of my journey with emotional health and emotion.
This month on the podcast we’re covering how to improve your emotional resilience. Studies show that 50% of expats have depression; this is 3x higher than the general population. The risk of anxiety is twice as high as the general population. Given the high amounts of expats with depression and anxiety—we know that there are some factors related to expat life that are challenging to our emotional health. We’ll be covering a few different topics and tools this month order to help us improve our emotional resilience.
On this episode you'll learn:

Why trying to avoid negative emotions often causes us MORE negative emotion
The benefits of negative emotion
What to do with negative emotions
How to solve for the problem—not for the negative emotion itself

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Follow me on Instagram or find more free resources on my website
@jennielintoncoaching
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How to Love Your Spouse After They Have Hurt or Disappointed You Mar 01, 2021

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Just like we have different seasons in our weather, our marriages have different seasons too. In marriage, spring is characterized by hope, warmth, and excitement about the possibilities of the relationship, while winter is characterized by coldness, harshness and uncertainty about the future. We often enter winter when we’ve been hurt or disappointed by our spouse. All 4 seasons of marriage can actually allow us to deepen our love. On the podcast we’ll discuss how increase your capacity to love even when you’ve been hurt or disappointed. And we’ll talk about how to keep moving through winter and fall seasons of marriage, when we feel stuck there.

On this episode you’ll learn:

About each season of marriage
Why we get stuck in fall and winter
How fall and winter can actually HELP your marriage
How to move through fall and winter when we feel stuck
How to increase your capacity to love after you’ve been hurt or disappointed by your spouse

Free Mini-Coaching Session
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One-Minute Wisdom
Each week I carefully craft a short perspective shift or tool that you can read in about a minute or two. You can sign up here.
Follow me on Instagram or find more free resources on my website
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