Keep Your Life, Family and Career Intact While Living Abroad
ISBN: 978-96-278-6618-3
Format: 13.3x20.3cm
Liczba stron: 230
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydanie: 2013 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: dostępny
<h2>MOVING ABROAD? WHAT EVERY EXPAT NEEDS TO KNOW.</h2><p>The challenges of living in a foreign country don't begin and end with culture shock. If you're planning a move abroad, you need to prepare yourself for the unique pressures, anxieties and personal and family problems common to all expatriates, which are often difficult to anticipate and a challenge to overcome, including:</p><ul><li>Culture shock: what is it really?</li><li>Long-distance relationships with friends and family</li><li>Affairs and other marriage-stressors</li><li>Raising third culture kids</li><li>Being single overseas</li><li>Business travel booby-traps</li><li>Expatriate burnout</li><li>The unforeseen trials of returning home</li><li>...and much, much more</li></ul><p>Expatriate psychologist Dr. Cathy Tsang-Feign uses real-life examples and easy-to-understand explanations to fully prepare you for a move abroad, and to help those already there to help themselves live a well-rounded, satisfying life.</p><p>On the principle that "awareness is half the cure," Dr. Tsang-Feign identifies and explains most of the common personal, relationship and family problems encountered by people living abroad: from the initial culture shock to the special joys and pitfalls of the expatriate experience, to the challenges of re-entering your own native country.</p><p>This expanded edition contains new information on expatriate relationships and marriage, third culture kids, and a thorough guide to finding help abroad.</p>