The Empowered Expat Woman Blog
Welcome to The Empowered Expat Woman Blog, your ultimate companion and guide on the exhilarating journey of expat life!
Led by seasoned Expat Coach and bestselling author Camilla Quintana, this blog is your one-stop destination for valuable insights, practical tips, and inspiring resources tailored specifically for empowered expat women like yourself!
Expat Couples: Bring Back The Spark In Your Relationship!
No matter whether you and your beau are more like Ross & Rachel in Season 2 or in Season 3 – the following nuggets of relationship advice will help you to breath new life into your relationship! All easily applicable, these tools are aimed to introduce new perspectives you may not have seen before, as well as increase mutual understanding, closeness and trust – 3 vital ingredients for any “happily ever after”!
Underchallenged and unsatisfied: How Boreout can affect Expat Wives
We all know what a burnout is, but have you heard of BOREOUT? It’s a disorder caused by chronic mental underload that leads to a persistent lack of motivation and interest, to frustration, lethargy and in some cases even depression. Find out how it can affect expat wives and accompanying spouses and how to overcome it in this article!
The Multicultural Parenting Model
Parenting always brings up so many questions, even more so when it comes to multicultural children or third culture kids that grow up with different cultural influences. So I’ve developed “The Multicultural Parenting Model”, a framework that you can apply to any kind of situation with your child, that will serve and guide you and give you a greater confidence in your parenting decisions and challenges
How To Create A Strong Family Culture Abroad
Learn 6 original ideas and tips to create a strong family culture that will help your globally mobile family grow stronger, more connected and rooted!
The Feel Better Toolkit for Expat Women
This blog post is about how you can feel better in times of struggles. Find out how you can train yourself to become more resilient, optimistic and happier and claim your free workbook filled with powerful exercises!
Understanding & Managing Our Emotions as Expats
We tend to think that our emotions control us, and that we can’t help the way we feel. But science disagrees. Find out how are emotions are created, why we can become addicted to them and what role culture and language plays in our emotional experiences.
Unconventional Advice To Make Your Relationship Thrive Abroad
When your relationship is going through a rough patch while you’re far away from home, it’s harder to deal with. There’s an added sense of urgency to the situation, as your spouse is often the main reference for you abroad and thus, being a team is important. So in this post I want to share 6 pieces of unconventional relationship advice that, quite possibly, no-one has ever told you. And yet, in my work with my clients, I found they work everytime!
How to raise bilingual children successfully
If you’re wondering how you can help your children to speak two (or more) languages on a native level, this article is a ‘must’ for you! Find out how our brain actually learns a language, as well as the do’s and don’ts for raising bilingual children!
7 Ways to Develop and Cultivate your “Inner Happy Place”
In this blog post I’ll present the 7 habits and strategies I applied, that helped me to develop my “inner happy place”. In this state of mind, you’ll be able to meet whatever challenges and transitions you’re facing in your life from a place of internal stability, wholeness and consciousness.
My (not-so) Secret Formula to Happiness – Wherever You’re Based
I don’t believe in miracle cures and secret shortcuts when it comes to our emotional wellbeing. But in this post, I’ll share my happiness formula with you: Find out how “finding your inner happy place” and strengthening 4 essential pillars are the perfect ingredients for creating a fulfilled life – wherever you are.
Raising little nomads and thriving abroad (Interview with Flor García)
Today I have the enormous pleasure of interviewing Flor García, a charismatic Venezuelan native, expat wife, cultural trainer, speaker and woman behind the popular blog “Little Nomadas”. She tells us about her experiences living abroad, raising three little nomads, as she calls them, and shares valuable advice on how to thrive overseas.
The 8 STEPS to overcome feeling HOMESICK
Feeling homesick is often a faithful companion to expat life… sometimes you seem to miss everything about your home, but oftentimes it’s just certain aspects and elements – such as the food, traditions, the weather, speaking in your native tongue, healthcare, public services or of course, your loved ones. I feel you. Below I’ll outline 8 STEPS to overcome homesickness!
8 MUST-DO THINGS TO BE HAPPY ABROAD
The 8 simple and yet crucial steps I outline below will help you to make the most out of your relocation experience and to set yourself up for success for your life abroad!
Change your words, change your life!
The words we choose have an immense power over our mind, our body and our emotions. Their effect can even be hypnotic and shape our inner and outer perception.
But don’t be alarmed – with the 3 power tools I’m sharing you’ll be able to get control over your thoughts and emotions and even change your (previously labled: hopeless) circumstances!
5 powerful tools to make your new-year’s resolutions a reality!
If you fail to achieve certain goals, you might just missing a crucial ingredient: adopting the right mindset and attitude.
Below I’ll give you 5 powerful tools to go after your new year’s resolutions with PURPOSE, INTENTION and a POSITIVE ENERGY that will attract and align you with the positive outcomes you aspire – so that you may turn unfulfilled dreams into reality!
