The Expat Life Lessons

Empowering Expat Coach

We are on a mission to empower expats, to help them find their true selves, find their people, and feel at home no matter where they are living. Get ready for coaching tips, life lessons, silly jokes, funny stories, and for the truth about what it means to be an expat. read less
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Ep 22 - Dealing with expat guilt
Feb 14 2023
Ep 22 - Dealing with expat guilt
Expat guilt is one of the most common things to feel during our journey   Be that for feeling like we aren't doing enough, be that because we feel guilty for not visiting our loved ones enough   And today we are here to talk all about it and how to manage it so that we can love our lives as expats   Tune in to listen more about this!   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know how to manage your own stressA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Complete the application form here
Ep 22 - Dealing with expat guilt
Feb 14 2023
Ep 22 - Dealing with expat guilt
Expat guilt is one of the most common things to feel during our journey   Be that for feeling like we aren't doing enough, be that because we feel guilty for not visiting our loved ones enough   And today we are here to talk all about it and how to manage it so that we can love our lives as expats   Tune in to listen more about this!   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know how to manage your own stressA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Complete the application form here
Ep 21 - What if your expat job is not what you were thought it would be
Feb 7 2023
Ep 21 - What if your expat job is not what you were thought it would be
If this is happening to you right now, tune in to this episode to see more clearly what you would like to do next.   It can be hard to move somewhere and have a job not go along with our expectations.   This episode is meant to be your helping hand in the middle of it all!   Tune in to listen more about this!   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know how to manage your own stressA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Complete the application form here
Ep 20 - Having time for what matters to you as an expat
Jan 31 2023
Ep 20 - Having time for what matters to you as an expat
Let's talk about managing your time.   It is not about having the perfect planner.   It is about knowing your values and what matters to you and managing your time in a way that aligns with that.   Tune in to listen more about this!   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know how to manage your own stressA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Complete the application form here
Ep 19 - Trusting yourself and your journey as an expat
Jan 24 2023
Ep 19 - Trusting yourself and your journey as an expat
Today we are here talking all about trusting your journey   Building your sense of self-confidence, self-trust, and self-compassion!   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know how to manage your own stressA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Complete the application form here
Ep 18 - Let’s get practical - What to expect from a year as an expat
Jan 9 2023
Ep 18 - Let’s get practical - What to expect from a year as an expat
How can you create realistic expectations while living abroad?   Sometimes it can be challenging to know what to expect from life as an expat as it can be so uncertain.   Tune in to learn practical tips on how to set expectations for your life as an expat.   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know how to manage your own stressA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Ep 17 - Expat Stories - What to expect from a year as an expat
Jan 2 2023
Ep 17 - Expat Stories - What to expect from a year as an expat
Living abroad can really shape how you look at life, it can really shape who you are and your values, even.   So, right now, what do you expect from your year as an expat?   Tune in to learn more about what Alina and I expect from our years as an expat and all our lessons throughout our years as expats.   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know how to manage your own stressA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Complete the application form here
Ep 16 - Let’s get practical - Setting New Years Resolutions While Living Abroad
Dec 27 2022
Ep 16 - Let’s get practical - Setting New Years Resolutions While Living Abroad
How to set new year resolutions?   It all starts with reviewing, letting yourself dream, and setting realistic expectations for yourself in your life as an expat wherever you are living right now.   Tune in to learn more and grab a pen and paper to create your own new year resolutions!     Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Ep 15 - Expat Stories - Setting New Years Resolutions While Living Abroad
Dec 26 2022
Ep 15 - Expat Stories - Setting New Years Resolutions While Living Abroad
What new year resolutions are you setting this year?   Tune in for our expat life lessons podcast episode around setting new years resolutions while living abroad.   What have we felt throughout 2022, how did our new year resolutions change throughout the years and what are we setting as resolutions for 2023.   Tune in to listen more about finding joy in your journey as an expat.   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Ep 14 - Let’s get practical - Living Christmas as an expat
Dec 20 2022
Ep 14 - Let’s get practical - Living Christmas as an expat
Christmas can be different for us when we become expats no matter if we are going back home or staying in our new country.   So today, tune in for practical tips on how to handle different scenarios that might come up in your own life during the Christmas season.   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Ep 13 - Expat Stories - Living Christmas as an expat
Dec 19 2022
Ep 13 - Expat Stories - Living Christmas as an expat
If you are an expat or immigrant or just living abroad, you might know that Christmas might look different for you.   Today, Alina and I are here to share with you our stories and life lessons as expats in Christmas!   Tune in to listen more about living Christmas as an expat.   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know how to manage your own stressA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Bonus Ep 5 - Reconnecting with people in your life
Dec 13 2022
Bonus Ep 5 - Reconnecting with people in your life
Sometimes with all that is going on in our lives, it can be easy to forget about connecting with people that matter to us in our lives.   It is like we say sometimes "life gets in the way".   But today we are talking about noticing that life got in the way and being intentional in reconnecting with people in our lives.   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Ep12 - Let’s get practical - Finding joy as an expat
Dec 12 2022
Ep12 - Let’s get practical - Finding joy as an expat
No matter what we deal with in life, the more we are able to find tiny moments of joy, the easier it becomes to overcome anything while enjoying our journey.   Tune in to listen more about finding joy in your journey as an expat.   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Bonus Ep 4 - Dealing with frustration
Dec 6 2022
Bonus Ep 4 - Dealing with frustration
When something doesn't go well, it can be easy to get frustrated.   Tune in to hear more about what you can do when this happens and how you can connect more with yourself in the process.   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your people and build strong relationshipsA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Ep 11 - Expat Stories - Finding joy as an expat
Dec 5 2022
Ep 11 - Expat Stories - Finding joy as an expat
What if you could have tiny moments of joy every day, no matter what you are going through?   It can be easy to get stuck when we are down.   In this episode we share our life stories, how we found joy even in darker moments of our expat journeys and the impact that had in our lives until now.   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Bonus Ep 3 - Our healing journey
Nov 29 2022
Bonus Ep 3 - Our healing journey
If you are going through something right now, tune in to this episode to hear more about what could help you on your healing journey.   As always, I want to point out that if possible and if you are feeling low right now, reach out to a therapist or send me a DM and I can let you know if coaching would be the right direction for you or if a therapist is the best choice right now   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Ep 10 - Let’s get practical - What if it doesn´t go well
Nov 28 2022
Ep 10 - Let’s get practical - What if it doesn´t go well
Our lives are never only ups. They have their ups and downs and today we are talking all about the moments when things don't go as we were expecting.   Where we just feel like it is not going well and we don't know what to do next.   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Bonus Ep 2 - Are people looking for friends
Nov 22 2022
Bonus Ep 2 - Are people looking for friends
Do you feel that people are looking for friends wherever you are based?   Sometimes we think that everyone has it all figured out.   But let's talk about this some more.   Is it actually true that everyone has it all figured out? Is it actually true that it is impossible to make friends where you are based?   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Ep 9 - Expat Stories - What if it doesn´t go well
Nov 21 2022
Ep 9 - Expat Stories - What if it doesn´t go well
What if it doesn't go well?   There can be amazing moments in our journey but since life is about ups and downs, we will have moments in our lives where it doesn't go well and where we might even feel like we don't know what to do next.   Tune in for our challenges in our expat journey and for any tips for your own expat journey.   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Bonus Ep 1 - You can overcome anything
Nov 15 2022
Bonus Ep 1 - You can overcome anything
This episode is for you if you are going through something right now and you are just asking yourself, when will I be ok.   You might not even know what to do to overcome this and it is so easy to get stuck in not knowing what to do.   The goal of this episode is to help you see that you can overcome anything!   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a call
Ep 8 - Let’s get practical - Sometimes it just feels like starting from scratch
Nov 14 2022
Ep 8 - Let’s get practical - Sometimes it just feels like starting from scratch
What if you never truly are starting from scratch? What if you can connect with yourself so deeply that you can learn from all your past experiences and use them in your life right now? The truth is, everything teaches us a lesson and today we are talking all about how to move forward when you feel you are starting from scratch.   Let's connect online: Website: https://empoweringexpatcoach.com Instagram @coaching.by.mariana and @alina.expatmum   Sign up for the newsletter Looking for help in your expat journey? To create a life you love... A life where you find your peopleA life where you know you have your own backA life where you move towards your goals and what feels right and where you feel you can overcome anything?  Read more and reach out for a callairt