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Hi Everyone

Winter is just around the corner. Soon we will be cuddling in the house, drinking hot chocolate and reading all the books we did not have time to read during the summer.

There are so many great new books and best sellers. However if you are an expat living in a country where English is not the first language, you will have hard time finding those books in the book stores.

This is exactly why ebooks are a great solution - All you need to do is download the book and read it on your computer or on a Sony Digital Reader

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Have Fun and Enjoy
Sharon

Guest Post - Culture Shock Revisited or Is It Really All About Going Through the Stages

Today I am hosting a guest post written by Margarita Gokun Silver - a global co-active coach, a veteran expat, and the founder of the Global Coach Center


Whenever I give a presentation on Culture Shock, I try not to speak a lot at the participants. Instead I allow them to share and, as we discuss what Culture Shock means to them, we discover how different each Culture Shock experience is for everyone.

However, if you read the research available out there on Culture Shock, you’ll discover, that most of it presents the phenomenon of Culture Shock as something that consists of five (5) stages. And so when people look at this definition, they immediately begin to try to figure out what “stage” they are at and what awaits them in the future. And while this process may offer some comfort and may show you that you are not alone, it’s not ideal. Because not everyone goes through all the stages, not everyone goes in order the stages are presented, and not everyone can identify with these stages.

So instead of pigeonholing people into the stages and figuring out where each person is and how we can help him/her there, I take a different approach. I encourage participants in my presentations to look at our experiences in another culture not through the lens of “stages” but rather through the lens of “perspectives”.

When we go through life, we find ourselves constantly changing perspectives. In any one-day we can go through “frustrated”, “elated”, “sad”, “creative” and many other perspectives. These perspectives color the way we look at the world around us and they also either empower or dis-empower us.

The same with Culture Shock. When we move to a foreign place, we may find ourselves in a perspective of “curiosity” or perspective of “hate” or perspective of “longing for home”. Any one of those can be a section of your Culture Shock journey, almost like those stages are. Except that there is one thing you can do with perspectives that you cannot do with stages. You can change perspectives at will.

That’s right. If you are stuck in a perspective that’s not working for you, you are free to change it and choose another one — one that would be more empowering. How? There is a great exercise for that, but it would take too much space to describe it here. You can read about it, though, in my Culture Shock book . or you can join me on THREE STEPS TO MANAGING CULTURE SHOCK AND MAKING TRANSITIONS EASIER presentation over the web. All you need is access to the internet and a computer. For more information please click here.

So, what perspective are you in? And what perspective would you like to be in?

Global Coach Center is Introducing a Webinar on Culture Shock

Hi Everyone

It is almost the end of October. Most of you had the time to settle in your new country, unpack and arrange your house, put the kids into school, and now you are ready to start enjoying your life in a new country.

But, you find out that things are not so easy. All sorts of feeling are rising: lonliness, homesickness, alienation, and some of you might even feel depressed.

This is not how you pictured your life abroad.

Even veteran expats, those of you who already experienced living in a new country can not escape these feelings.

You are dealing with a culture shock. A very common phenomenon via expats.

The good news is - There is a way to handle culture shock effectively, and to establish a fulfilling life abroad.

How?

Margarita Gokun Silver - a global co-active coach, a veteran expat, and the founder of the Global Coach Center, has created a unique system to manage Culture Shock:

THREE STEPS TO MANAGING CULTURE SHOCK AND MAKING TRANSITIONS EASIER

This one of a kind system takes an old concept of the Culture Shock and presents it in the entirely new light.

The culture shock presentation has until now only been available through in-person workshops or through Margarita's affiliate trainers. However, due to increasing demand, Margarita is making it available through the web to all expats wherever they are in the world.

Even better, the culture shock webinar will be conducted as an interactive workshop, so each participant will have a chance to ask questions, share, and make comments.

You will not feel alone anymore!

To learn more about the cuture shock webinar please visit the global coach center blog

Sharon

Announcing The Winner of the Expat Arc Book Giveaway

Hi Everyone

On October 4 we have started the Expat Arc book giveaway.

To win Danielle Barkhouse's book - The Expat Arc: An Expat's Journey Over Culture Shock, you were requested to share a story about your expatriate life adventures.

I would like to thank all of you that took the time to share their stories. We have received many great submissions.

And today we are announcing the winner - Shelly Roberts from Romania for her story I Love The Smell Of Ciorba In The Morning.

Thank you Shelly for a great story, and thanks to Danielle for offering the Expat Arc book giveaway.

Even though the competition is over,you are most welcome to continue and share your stories about expatriate living. Each story will carry a link to the authors blog.

Sharon

Julia Child - A Trailing Spouse who Found Her Calling

Hi Everyone

Many of you have probably seen the movie Julie & Julia which was written and directed by Nora Ephron.

Julie Powell (Amy Adams) attempts to cook every recipe in Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) cookbook - Mastering The Art of French Cooking. She writes a blog about her experience. Woven into her story is the story of Julia Child's time in Paris, in which she discovers the art of cooking.



What impressed me most about this movie is the biography of Julia Child which is described in the movie and in her autobiography My Life in France

Julia was a working woman all her adult life. During World War 2 she worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), and was posted to Sri Lanka and China. After the war, in 1946, she married her husband Paul, and in 1948 Paul was posted to Paris by the United States Foreign Service.

When Julia first arrived Paris she spoke no French and knew nothing about the country itself. The couple had no children, Julia had no work, and she was searching what to do in her spare time.

Very soon, Julia fell in love with Paris, with French food and with the local markets. She started taking cooking classes at the Cordon Bleu, and the rest is history.

I believe that Julia childs can serve as a roll model for all trailing spouses. She was full of energy, active, assertive and was not afraid to go after what she wanted. Other than that she had a supportive husband on her side.

What we also need to remember is that all this happaned in the mid of the 20th century. Julia was a true pionneer. Any trailing spouse who struggles should read her book and be encouraged by Julia's amazing story

I would love to hear what you think about the story of Julia Child. Did it inspire you?

Sharon

Wanna Win a Free Copy of The Expat Arc: An Expat's Journey Over Culture Shock?

Hi Everyone

Danielle Barkhouse's book - The Expat Arc: An Expat's Journey Over Culture Shock is a collection of Danielle's journal entries detailing her expat arc path beginning with the honeymoon phase, hanging out in the rejection phase longer than desired and plowing her way into the phase of acceptance.

It's a very personal and detailed description of Danielle's journey over the arc of culture shock, identity crisis and settling in. It includes nuggets of her humor, mistakes and a few 'light bulb moments' about living abroad.

You can read a chapter from Danielle's book in here.

Now, for a limited time, one of you can win a free copy of The Expat Arc!

How?

It is quite simple.

Surely all of you have fascinating stories about life overseas, so finding one to share with us is a piece of cake.

Did you choose the perfect one?

Great :)

Just submit it to our expat blog section, and make sure to indicate your e-mail address, so we are able to contact you.

Anyone who submit a story until October 16 2009, can enter the competition. The winner will be announced on October 26, 2009.

Have Fun
Sharon