Bloom where you are planted (Life the Expat way) by Lasairiona E McMaster
Bloom where you are planted (Life the Expat way)
by Lasairiona E McMaster
by Lasairiona E McMaster
Genre: Non-fiction / Living abroad / Expat
Publication Date: 15th May 2019
Book 1 of a planned series
Are you contemplating a move abroad?
Don’t panic!
From culture shock to capable, from language barriers to lifelong friends, and from foreign land to the familiar. Being hurled into life in a strange new place can be daunting and overwhelming, but it can also be exciting and enjoyable.
Rich with tips on how to expat like a boss, Lasairiona McMaster’s “Bloom where you are planted”, takes you on a journey from packing up her life in Northern Ireland to jumping in at the deep-end as an expat in two countries.
An experienced expat from a decade of living abroad, her honest and uncensored tales of what to expect when you’re expatriating, are as funny as they are poignant, and as practical as they are heartfelt. If you’ve lived abroad, or you’re considering the move from local to expat. If you’re looking to rediscover yourself, or simply wondering how on earth to help your children develop into adaptable, resilient, and well-rounded people, this book has something for you.
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Whether you are moving across the state or across the world, this book should be on your list of ways to prepare for your change. I found ways it applies to me and I am only a half hour from where I was born and attended school!
"Las" has the ability to make you feel like you are talking to and getting valued advice from a dear friend. She pulls no punches and shares the bad as well as the good. She advises you on being prepared for the unexpected, the unwelcome, and on how to embrace positive opportunities as well.
From how to downsize and declutter, explaining that the more STUFF you own means greater expenses and challenges in moving it all, to how to make friends and find new places and ways to do things you found simple or routine in your daily life, to many other things you may not even realize you did not know to think or worry about, this book can be a life saver. It also reassures you that you can survive.
From her own experience, including others of people she met along the way, and with a brief anthology of collected experiences and testimony from friends who are also expats at the end of the book, this book should be assigned reading to any employees AND their spouses or significant others well in advance of sending them to new locations.
From practical advice to emotional and wellness issues and consequences, this book covers most, if not all, topics you need to consider. Lasairiona has a comfortable and easily understood voice.
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