By Linda Raven, ECA Member Just about everyone, expat or not, needs to have the occasional uncomfortable conversation, but certainly, we expats seem to have quite a lot of them. A conversation that would be fairly mundane in your home country may become more uncomfortable when adding on the additional layers of intercultural communication and […]
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Body-Based Practices for Adapting to New Cultures
Coach of the Month – Claire Read

Coach Name: Claire D. Read, Ph.D. Title: International Transitions with Mindfulness, Ease and Resilience Business Name: ProSocial Dynamics, LLC Client Testimonials: Click here for testimonials. Niche Specialties: International foreign and humanitarian assistance professionals, foreign service officers, corporate staff and military personnel, working with professional and personal transitions; leadership development and team dynamics; certified coach professional. Expat […]
Coach of the Month – Jackie Smith

Name: Jackie Smith Title: Expat Transitions and Positive Psychology Coach Business Name: Coaching Positive Transitions Client Testimonials: https://www.coachingpositivetransitions.com (client testimonials are found on the front page of the website) Niche/Specialties: Expats, accompanying partners, families, first-time expats, diplomatic and military families. Expat Experience: Originally from the US, I have lived in a number of countries. I spent 15 […]
Coach of the Month – Linda Raven

Name: Linda Raven Title: Radical Life Coach Business Name: Linda Raven Coaching Niche/Specialties: I came to coaching from a career in social justice education. I love working with expats who are questioning or are critical of our dominant cultural narratives. There are so many ways in which development and humanitarian organizations can inadvertently cause harm and […]
Coach of the Month – Laura Deming

Name: Laura Deming Title: Counselor and Coach Business Name: International Counseling and Coaching Niche/Specialties: Life coaching; career and executive coaching. Also providing counseling: transition counseling for expats who are coping with personal, relationship and career changes (including relocation and cultural adjustment), TCKs, stress and anxiety management, assertiveness training, and mixed-nationality couples counseling. Client groups include accompanying spouses, diplomats, corporate […]