Posts by Amel Derragui

To work or not to work… A question that can become an existential question for expat partners. Have you noticed how often people tend to ask the question “what do you do?” when they meet somebody for the first time? Isn’t it amazing how our professional lives seem to identify us as individuals, especially in…

Laura Moreno Cabanillas is originally from Spain, she lived in Turkey where she started her entrepreneurial journey and met her husband. With him, she moved to the US. She is the host of the Growth Hacking podcast and she advises companies in business development and sales.  She also teaches the principals of growth hacking. Her mission in…

In episode 2, I brought to you “6 tips to leave the home you loved and embrace the new one”. By home, I meant the household where you lived, the apartment or the house. In this episode, we will focus on the broader definition of “home”. Defining “home” can be a real issue for those…

Yvonne comes from Australia. She lived in the US, in China and now lives in Singapore with her “mini UN family”. After a career in the military, Yvonne quit her job 16 years ago and has been an expat partner ever since. The journey started in Chicago where she discovered for the first time the challenges of…

When the idea of addressing expat partners’ challenges through a podcast show started growing in my head, I needed to find some validation that I was on the right track and that there was a real demand for this topic. Therefore, the first think I did was to check the topic on Google! When I put my…