Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child

Author: Julia Simens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904881346
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
The only thing you can be sure you can move around the world is your child's ability to increase his or her interpersonal skills. In today's global world, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help our children to thrive. Emotional Resilience for the Expat Child provides a step-by-step guide that is designed to increase a child's emotional vocabulary and emotional intelligence. Doing this will enable your child to achieve his or her fullest potential. The bond between an adult and child is key to the psychological health of the child. For the expatriate child, this bond is more vital than ever. This workbook has been created for you to use together and will provide the perfect place to connect for you and your family. With easily understood and practical steps any parent can apply, you can start to create and enjoy your family's 'emotion stories'. This book will help you to develop the mutually respectful and loving relationships with your kids that you've always wanted. Working on these 'emotion stories', all children can develop a strong sense of personal narrative; they will find their own 'voice' and in so doing will grow into confident, happy teenagers.When a child feels happy and confident, he will be more likely to construct and communicate his emotions. The richer his vocabulary is in emotions, the more competent and powerful he will be in reflecting on his behavior and how his actions and interactions are intertwined. Well-written in an engaging, conversational tone, this book is sensible, straightforward and based on the experiences of expat families. It will give your child what he or she needs to understand and express today in order to grow into a caring, emotional intelligent adult tomorrow.

The Emotionally Resilient Expat - Engage, Adapt and Thrive Across Cultures

Author: Linda A. Janssen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909193338
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392

Book Description
Building on existing literature and benefitting from recent developments in psychology and brain-body connections, The Emotionally Resilient Expat: Engage, Adapt and Thrive Across Cultures shows the key to successful transitions and beyond lies in emotional resilience to adapt, adjust or simply accept.

#LivingTheDream

Author: Carrie Frais
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838174675
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
Nine women share the emotional and practical realities of life away from 'home'. Grief, loneliness, Brexit, motherhood, identity, belonging, rootlessness, drinking culture and integration are just some of the issues tackled in a series of powerful stories written by nine women on the challenges of expat life. In one of the first books of its kind, these women reveal some of the emotional upheavals and struggles that go hand-in-hand with moving away from their native 'home', which have, until now, remained largely untold.

An Inconvenient Posting - An Expat Wife's Memoir of Lost Identity

Author: Laura J. Stephens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904881803
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
An Inconvenient Posting: An Expat Wife's Memoir of Lost Identity (Summertime Publishing 2012) tells the story of British psychotherapist Laura J Stephens' battle with depression after another posting abroad.

Practical Storytelling

Author: Dominic R. Villari
Publisher: Dominic Villari
ISBN: 0981494021
Category : Business communication
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
People are instinctively drawn to hearing stories and telling stories. Practical Storytelling explains the mechanics of how and why stories work. It provides several step-by-step processes to help you create and tell your own stories to improve business and personal relationships. The example stories presented here, including the central story: "Tan's Tile," were chosen to demonstrate each aspect of story development. Practical Storytelling breaks a story down into a set of core components and explains how you can construct each one. You'll learn to implement stories in business and social settings including sales, marketing, meetings, training and more. This hands-on guide also includes a glossary, exercises, worksheets and sample stories. Topics include: attract attention and achieving retention, affecting behavior, story types, theme development, audience analysis, character design, plot construction, acts and scenes, factoring the environment, collecting stories and story delivery.

Third Culture Kids 3rd Edition

Author: Ruth E. Van Reken
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
ISBN: 1857884086
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
The absolute authority on Third Culture Kids for nearly two decades! In this 3rd edition of the ground-breaking global classic, Ruth E. Van Reken and Michael V. Pollock, son of the late original co-author, David C. Pollock, have significantly updated what is widely recognized as "The TCK Bible." Emphasis is on the modern TCK and addressing the impact of technology, cultural complexity, diversity and inclusion and transitions. Includes new advice for parents and others for how to support TCKs as they navigate work, relationships, social settings and their own personal development. New to this edition: · A second PolVan Cultural Identity diagram to support understanding of cultural identity · New models for identity formation · Updated explanation of unresolved grief · New material on "highly mobile communities" addressing the needs of people who stay put while a community around them moves rapidly · Revamped Section III so readers can more easily find what is relevant to them as Adult TCKs, parents, counselors, employers, spouses, administrators, etc. · New "stages and needs" tool that will help families and organizations identify and meet needs · Greater emphasis on tools for educators as they grapple with demographic shifts in the classroom

Being a Distance Grandparent

Author: Helen Ellis M a
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838167035
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description
Is your family geographically scattered? Has globalisation made your family a Distance Family? This book tells the candid story of how Distance Parents and Distance Grandparents struggle - and succeed - to adapt to their new reality. This isn't family life as they had imagined it. If you are a Distance Parent or Distance Grandparent, all those how, why and what-if questions will find answers in these pages. You'll realise, perhaps for the first time, that you're not alone on your journey. Helen Ellis, researcher, writer, anthropologist and a veteran of Distance Grandparenting, examines everything from smart ways of tweaking your communication routines to tips for nourishing precious family relationships. These moving stories will soothe and inspire you, and more importantly, help you embrace your ever-changing Distance Family role. Are you a Distance Family daughter, son or grandchild living a globalised life? Do you worry about the folks back home? Is that you? Taking time to learn about Distance Familying from your parent's or grandparent's perspective is a heartfelt act of love. With knowledge comes understanding... with understanding comes empathy... and that is a good thing for Distance Families. Being a Distance Grandparent - a Book for ALL Generations will make a difference to your Distance Family. The first part of a three-book series.

Misunderstood

Author: Tanya Crossman
Publisher: Summertime Publishing
ISBN: 9781909193857
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 382

Book Description
Over 200 million people currently live abroad; more than 50 million are temporary residents, intending to return to their country of origin. Misunderstood explores the impact international life can have on the children of such families - while they live overseas, when they return, and as they mature into adults. Similarities in their shared experiences (regardless of the different countries in which they have lived) create a safe space of comfort and understanding. Tanya Crossman introduces this space - the Third Culture - through the personal stories of hundreds of individuals. Whether you grew up overseas, are raising children overseas, or know a family living abroad, Misunderstood will equip you with insights into the international experience, along with practical suggestions for how to offer meaningful care and support.

The Whole-Brain Child

Author: Daniel J. Siegel
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0553907255
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than 1 million copies in print! • The authors of No-Drama Discipline and The Yes Brain explain the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures in this pioneering, practical book. “Simple, smart, and effective solutions to your child’s struggles.”—Harvey Karp, M.D. In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight, and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson offer a revolutionary approach to child rearing with twelve key strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children. The authors explain—and make accessible—the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures. The “upstairs brain,” which makes decisions and balances emotions, is under construction until the mid-twenties. And especially in young children, the right brain and its emotions tend to rule over the logic of the left brain. No wonder kids throw tantrums, fight, or sulk in silence. By applying these discoveries to everyday parenting, you can turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child’s brain and foster vital growth. Complete with age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives. “[A] useful child-rearing resource for the entire family . . . The authors include a fair amount of brain science, but they present it for both adult and child audiences.”—Kirkus Reviews “Strategies for getting a youngster to chill out [with] compassion.”—The Washington Post “This erudite, tender, and funny book is filled with fresh ideas based on the latest neuroscience research. I urge all parents who want kind, happy, and emotionally healthy kids to read The Whole-Brain Child. This is my new baby gift.”—Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of Reviving Ophelia and The Shelter of Each Other “Gives parents and teachers ideas to get all parts of a healthy child’s brain working together.”—Parent to Parent

Expat Life Slice by Slice

Author: Apple Gidley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904881711
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description
From Africa to Australasia to America, with stops in Melanesia, the Caribbean and Europe along the way, Apple Gidley vividly sketches her itinerant global life.