Life abroad has its ups… and it has its downs.
There are days that are full of bliss and adventure… and other days full of frustration and uncertainty.
There are moments when we think our life couldn’t get any better… and moments that feel like we just don’t know what to do.
That’s life overseas and as much as much as we all love it – we know it has its challenges, too.
Living abroad puts us in a unique situation. Suddenly, we’re in a new city and country – soaking it all in, meeting up with new friends on lunch dates, getting ourselves (and our family) adjusted, and stocking up our kitchen shelves.
Those first few weeks and months are a whirlwind of excitement – countless welcome events and boxes to unpack, all while figuring out what your new, go-to everything will be.
Then the hustle and bustle starts to wind down and reality hits…
This is it.
This is your new life – and while it still feels new and adventurous – it also feels like you’re not quite sure what you’re going to do… and that part doesn’t feel so good.
That’s because in your previous life, you’re used to rockin’ it. You’re used to having a game-plan. You’re used to knowing what you want and feeling like you have the ability to go after it. But now sometimes it feels like you don’t.
Now, you’re dealing with limited employment options, new rules and regulations for working on the local economy, and not being sure how you (and your skills) fit into it all.
Add to that the question marks around your social life and new community – and well, things can feel a bit tough.
Because for all the joy and excitement that comes with moving to a new country and exploring a new city, also comes a bit of uncertainty. Uncertainty around how you’re going to build a meaningful, new life – both personally and professionally – in your new community and home.
That’s exactly how the Clarity + Focus Sessions for Expat Partners can help you.
These sessions were specifically created with an understanding of the unique challenges (and joys!) that come along with living abroad. Each session is designed to help you get clear on what you want the next few years of your life in your new country to look like, and HOW you can make it happen.
The Clarity + Focus Sessions for Expat Partners will help you:
* Uncover the exact challenges you’re facing that are unique to your situation (because although there are similarities in the challenges Expat Partners face, one-size does not always fit all).
* Unlock what’s been making you feel stuck, unmotivated and confused so that you can make the shift needed to get you back on track and feeling more fulfilled.
* Explore unexpected ways you can use your time abroad to grow personally and professionally in areas of your life that you may not have considered before (or didn’t have the time to consider).
* Determine ways that you can use your time to give back and make a difference during the time you’re living and creating a home in your new country.
* Use your time abroad as an opportunity to re-focus and get clear on what you want your life to REALLY look like – and HOW you can make it happen.
The Clarity + Focus Sessions for Expat Partners are targeted, one-on-one sessions and support designed with an understanding of the unique challenges that come with living abroad. I work with clients based all over the world (including those currently based in the United States), and am able to accommodate all time zones. All sessions are conducted virtually.
Our work together will include:
* A Pre-Sessions Questionnaire that will help you assess where you are right now – including the aspects of your life that feel right and the areas where you feel stuck or know you want to change. This questionnaire will help guide our work together to ensure we’re prioritizing the issues and areas of your life you want to focus on the most.
* Three, in-depth 60 minute one-on-one sessions designed to help you gain clarity on how you view your life right now (personally and professionally) and what needs to shift, identify any roadblocks you’re currently facing and what you need to do to move past them, and develop an actionable game-plan for moving forward so that you can make the most out of your time in your new country.
* Unlimited email contact between all of our sessions to provide ongoing support, as needed.
* Customized, final Action Plan that wraps up our work together and highlights the key actions that have been identified through our sessions so that you can keep yourself on track in a focused, clear way.
* After completing the Clarity and Focus Sessions for Expat Partners, additional ongoing support is available upon request.
We all have moments when we know we’re ready for something new and different, but we’re not sure where to start. The Clarity and Focus Sessions for Expat Partners will get you out of your head (there’s only so much “thinking about it” that we can each do), and move you into getting clarity around what will move your life forward. Click the button below to request information on how to schedule your first session.
No stranger to the joys and challenges of living abroad, Wyokemia has lived in five countries on four continents – and has been an avid traveller since the age of 22 (well, four months if you count her first Trans-Atlantic flight as a baby).
After years of building her professional, non-profit career in Washington, DC, within months everything changed. Wyokemia found herself trying to learn a new language, organizing her first pack-out, dashing across the country to visit family and friends, then starting a new life as an expat partner with her husband overseas. Exciting… yes. A whirlwind of craziness… yep – a little bit of that, too.
Several postings later, Wyokemia’s unique perspective and experience allows her to merge her professional training as a certified, professional Life Coach with the realities and insights that come from having spent years living abroad as an expat partner.
Wyokemia is now based in Washington, DC and when she’s not desperately (still) trying to learn French, you can find her enjoying the great outdoors and looking forward to her next tasty meal (Afghan, Mediterranean + Ethiopian = all current faves). Learn more about Wyokemia here.