December 2021 - Camilla Quintana - The Empowered Expat Woman

Episode 50: Holiday Intention Setting For Expats

by Camilla Quintana | Dec 16, 2021 | The Empowered Expat Woman Show

Happy Milestone, TEEW!

Yay, ladies! The Empowered Expat Wife Podcast is turning 50! 50 episodes old that is…. no, strike that: YOUNG! (After all, JLo taught us that 50 is the new 30, right??)

This really feels like a milestone and I want to thank you all for being on this journey with me, for listening to the show that I put together with my best intentions and that hopefully adds value, nourishment and positive feelings to your life!

And to thank you I’m organizing a raffle where you can win a free pass to my new Coaching Program: Make 2022 YOUR Year!

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And now:

Let’s set intentions for the holidays!

Are you able to go home for the winter holidays? Or will you have family and friends over?

The holidays are a season of joy, laughter, family and festivities…. or so we wish! They’re also a season of high expectations that can lead to disappointments; of potential conflict with loved ones and feeling the pressure to live up to other people’s standards. This holds true especially for us expats, who go long periods of time without seeing our extended families.

So what can be done to avoid disappointment? After all, if expat life and the pandemic have taught us anything, it’s that social contact, friendships and family are most important!

By setting intentions, we can make sure to be prepared for any scenario we may encounter AND we can create the best conditions for things to turn out as holly jolly as we hope for them to be.

In this episode

I’ll introduce 4 Intentions that you can set, in order to:

stop worrying about what others may think of you, your lifestyle and your choices
contribute to that bright, holiday spirit
handle polarization, differences and conflict
accept others for who they are and will likely continue to be

Keep your eyes peeled for additional content around this topic to be shared on my social media platforms:

Instagram I Facebook

Want To Make 2022 YOUR Year!?

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Episode 49: What To Do In Your Lowest Moments Abroad

by Camilla Quintana | Dec 10, 2021 | The Empowered Expat Woman Show

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What To Do In Your Lowest Moments Abroad

We’ve all been there right? Those moments of utter frustration and weariness.

They may be related to culture clash, to paperwork and administrative hassles, or to an incidence in your personal or professional life…

The bottomline is: going through turbulences abroad often makes dealing with them a little harder – because we’re already outside our comfort zone or at disadvantage (due to being a foreigner.)

And that can make us feel very alone and powerless.

In this episode, I share several, original and unique ideas for how you can blow off steam in a healthy way – while still honouring the very sucky circumstances that led you to that point of utter frustration!

Because you can’t expect yourself to just “snap out of it” in the blink of an eye. Most likely, the thing that’s coming up like an explosion for you in those low moments, is something that’s been bothering you for a while.

And so neither distractions nor false positivity can be the remedy.

My approach is to accept – release – and transform.

And I do that in a very practical and doable way.

Listen to the full episode to find out about

the recent meltdown in my life that inspired this episode
7 things you can do to accept – release – and consequently transform your frustration!

the details of my new offer “Make 2022 Your Year” – a transformational, 1:1 Goal-Getting Coaching Program

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Episode 48: Tackling Impostor Syndrome in Expat Women (with Melissa Parks)

by Camilla Quintana | Dec 2, 2021 | The Empowered Expat Woman Show

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Do you often feel like you aren’t ready for a certain challenge, no matter how well you prepare yourself for it? Or like you’re actually a total fraud and eventually, others will find out that you weren’t cut out for the job? Most likely: this is Impostor Syndrome getting in your way!

My guest today, Melissa Parks, has encountered this feeling many times throughout her career – and she’s learned to detect it, distance herself from it, and navigate her way around it so it doesn’t hold her back.

If you want to learn that too, this episode is for you!

We talked about:

What Imposter Syndrome is and how you can detect it
Why women living abroad are particularly prone to it
Some strategies to cope with this feeling
What not to do when battling with Impostor Syndrome
and more!

About Melissa

Melissa Parks is a coach and former psychotherapist with her PhD in Clinical and Health Psychology. Her professional career has included several different chapters and has allowed her opportunities to work in the field of mental and behavioral health in the United States, Spain, and the Netherlands.

She’s been working with the globally mobile community for the past 7 years, and currently provides mindset coaching for entrepreneurs who need help getting out of their own way on the path to being successful business owners.

She’s also a teacher of the Mindful Self-Compassion program and co-founder of the Location Independent Therapists Community. Her most recent professional project has been writing her memoir about her time abroad and how it helped her on her own journey towards greater self-compassion.

After 10 years abroad, she repatriated to the United States in 2019 and currently lives in Seattle with her husband, who has dual Spanish-Venezuelan citizenship, their 15-month-old son, and their dog – Pintxo.