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It's time to say goodbye!   I'm not going anywhere, however as I'm working on new projects, my coaching practice is transforming and I want to free up space, I decided to end our podcast! It is not easy for me as I've been running our The Expat Career and Lifestyle podcast for 8 years. It was one of the first podcasts about expat life and ranked in the Top 10 List in Best Expat Podcasts, Top 5 Best UK Lifestyle Podcasts and Top 5 Great Expat Podcasts For Travelers Abroad   Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening to our episodes and interviews! Thank you to all the guests!   I'll be focusing more on writing and my YouTube Channel.  Here are the links: DM Coaching Blog YouTube   Did you like this episode? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

Do you feel you should be ahead with your life, career or business? Are you critical of yourself? Is your confidence shrinking?  Well, I have those moments in my life when I feel exactly like that. And the one thing that I’ve learned is that those feelings of low confidence are created by my thoughts.  Your thoughts are creating your feelings and not another way around (your feelings are creating your thoughts). This makes everything easier for me. I don’t pay much attention to my negative thoughts anymore. However, if you’re looking for more ways to boost your confidence, in this episode I'm sharing 10 simple ways to help you with that. Listen to the episode and let me know what are your thoughts, questions and learning points.      Did you like this episode?  If yes please leave your comment or share it with your friends. Need clarity? Looking to find and live your passion? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here

Happy New Year! Welcome to our new episode of The Expat Career and Lifestyle podcast. Let’s start with Embracing Change. I’m talking about taking slow actions and making small changes instead of rushing your resolutions for the next month. Listen to the episode and share in the comments what small changes are you embracing.   Did you like this episode? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

Travelling and running your business is not easy and it can get even more complicated if you want to scale your business or move it to the next level. In this interview, we speak about How To Scale And Grow Your Business While Travelling The World. Our guest is Vangile Makwakwa, who is an author, speaker, World Traveler, Founder of Wealthy Money, wealth coach, yogi, and podcast host (Money Magic Podcast & Property Magician Podcast). Vangile has been travelling for 15 years, has lived in over 12 different countries, and has visited way more.   You’ll discover: what prompted Vangile to start her online business and travel the world, her Biggest Challenge while travelling and running her business and how did she overcome it, main and practical strategies to grow your business while travelling. (We all know it is not easy), the difference between scaling and growing your business, when is the Right moment to scale your business, Best Tips for scaling an online business, and much more.   Listen to the interview and share with us in the comments what are your challenges while travelling and working on your business. Watch the video here.   More about our guest: Vangile Makwakwa helps women of colour heal ancestral money trauma so they can fall in love with their bank accounts, increase their income and live their best lives. She’s the founder of wealthy money.com and the author of Heart, Mind & Money: Using Emotional Intelligence for Financial Success. Vangile has been travelling for 15 years, has lived in over 12 different countries, and has visited way more. She has a finance degree and an MBA and started her personal finance journey by paying off US$60,000 in debt. She is also the host of the Property Magicians Podcast, an A-to guide to property investing so you can start and grow your property portfolio. Website Free Training     Did you like this interview? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

How to Nourish Your Sex Life as An Expat. Either as a Long-Relationship Couple or a Single Woman. Our special guest is Irene Fehr, MA, CPCC, Certified Sex & Intimacy Coach that helps couples make love and sex work in long-term relationships and bring sex and passion into sexless ones. You’ll discover: Irene’s international journey and Biggest challenges, her why behind becoming a Sex & Intimacy Coach, impact of international/expat lifestyle on your sex life, ways to nourish the relationship during the move and when settling down in a new country, the main signs that the relationship is becoming less passionate and potentially sexless, what is the One thing the woman needs for healthy sex life, for a single expat woman, busy with her work or thinking that she will never find someone. How to break these thoughts? And much more.   Listen to the interview and share with us what steps are you taking to nourish your relationship. Share in the comments. You can watch the interview here.   More about Irene Irene Fehr, MA, CPCC, Certified Sex & Intimacy Coach, helps couples make love and sex work in long-term relationships and bring sex and passion into sexless ones. Determined to dispel myths about why sex dies in long-term monogamous relationships that cause heartache and broken dreams, Irene's views have been featured all around the world in HuffPost, Cosmopolitan, Shape, Refinery29, ScaryMommy, EliteDaily and Bustle. She is no stranger to her client's issues, having recovered from the all-too-common story of a 'happy marriage turned sexless' when she lost her libido — all before turning 30. Website Get Free 3-video series called "How to Want Sex Again" here.   Did you like this interview? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

In our new episode of The Expat Career and Lifestyle podcast, I'm speaking with Heather Black, Founder and CEO of Supermums, a global brand supporting mums to develop a career in the Salesforce ecosystem.    We’re speaking about the Ambitious Woman Mindset.   Listen here > Episode 152: Ambitious Woman Mindset. With Heather Black   You’ll discover: what prompted Heather to start Supermums, what does it mean to have an ambitious woman mindset, 6 pillars to build and grow the ambitious woman mindset, the difference between the ambitious woman and ambitious man mindset, how to work on your confidence and mindset after a career break, when you’re changing careers or moving abroad, finding a balance between being ambitious and not compromising your work-life balance or burning out, what to do when people around you say that you’re too ambitious, and much more.   Listen to the interview here and on all the major podcast platforms   Watch the video interview here   What steps are you taking to cultivate your ambitious woman mindset?   Share in the comments.     More about our guest: Heather is the founder and CEO of Supermums. She is the mum of two gorgeous little girls and lives by the sea in East Sussex whilst working remotely. In 2010 she became an accidental Salesforce admin for her non-profit and loved it so much that she decided to upskill as a Salesforce Consultant in 2012 helping other non-profits to implement a CRM. She realised her career path could work for other mothers so she launched Supermums in 2016 to bring more women into the sector. As a consultant, she has overseen over 700 Salesforce projects and now enjoys upskilling talent in Salesforce consultancy and coaching skills. Website: https://supermums.org/       Did you like this interview? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/           The Expat Career and Lifestyle Podcast have been ranked #4 in the 20 Best UK Lifestyle Podcasts! Learn more here. A BIG Thank You and let's celebrate.       (Affiliate Links included in the episode description)

Our Special Guest is Isabelle Peyrichoux, a former tech-industry professional turned transformational career reinvention coach. We're speaking about: "How The Conditioning Of Your Native Culture Impacts Your Career Choices." You'll discover: Isabelle's story including how the conditioning of her native culture impacted her career choices Specific Challenges on your career path that come from having a multicultural background (including challenges coming from the conditioning), Strengths of your multicultural background and how to leverage them in your career, and much more.   Listen to the interview and share how you think your native culture impacted your career choices. You can watch the interview here. More about our guest: Isabelle Peyrichoux is a former tech-industry professional turned transformational career reinvention coach. Since 2013, she has helped hundreds of high-achieving leaders and professionals go from being bored and trapped in their careers to thrive in a meaningful career that reignites their passion and makes a difference. Her mission is to help people do the work they are meant to do so that they can bring their unique contributions to the world. Born and raised in France, she has lived in five countries and two continents and currently resides near San Francisco, in the US. Like her, many of her clients have a multicultural background and are first or second-generation immigrants and expats. Web: https://www.brilliantseeds.com/ Apply for a complimentary session with Isabelle: yourmeaningfulwork.com     Did you like this interview? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

When you are just starting your dream business, or you have been running it for less than one year it can be challenging to find the best ways to advertise it and attract your ideal clients.   Marketing for me is all about finding your style and having fun. And you don’t have to spend thousands on advertising, especially when you are at the beginning of your entrepreneurial journey.   There are many other ways you can market your business for free or low-cost.   In this episode, I'm sharing: 10 Best Ways To Advertise Your Business When You Are Just Starting.   Listen to the episode and my challenge for you is to focus on 3 marketing activities for the next 90 days. Let me know in the comments below which marketing activities are you going to do.   Did you like this episode? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

If you’re moving or living in France or a francophone country or simply want to learn French (or any other foreign language), this episode is for you. In this episode, I’m speaking with Alice Mansaud about how to learn and absorb French to be(come) yourself in French in your new francophone country.   You’ll discover: Alice's international journey and how she handled her challenges, main obstacles and difficulties of expats living or moving to French-speaking countries, dos and don’ts when living in France (the most important to remember), the best and most effective strategies to learn French quicker, how to find the time to learn a new language when your schedule is packed, and much more. Listen to the episode and share in the comments with us your challenges when it comes to learning French or any other foreign language.   About our guest: In France, Italy, Poland, Spain...Alice has always cherished international encounters and experiences, so much she decided to create her method and language school "Moi-même en français by Aliaé" with 2 goals in mind: help non-French-speaking persons to learn and absorb French to be(come) themselves in French in their new francophone country; teaching online so she can move worldwide herself, which led her in Valencia, Spain where she understands better how thrilling and challenging expatriation/immigration is for her students! Web: https://www.aliae.fr/ "La lettre du Moi(s)": https://www.aliae.fr/post/juin-la-lettre-du-moi-s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicemansaud/     Did you like this interview? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/  

Today we're speaking about Mindfulness and Expat Life. I invited Angelic Ingram, a holistic health practitioner, author, and the founder of "A Mindful Journey to Freedom" where she guides her clients through the emotional challenges of relocation.   You’ll discover: what is mindfulness, how to apply it in your international life, is it applicable to overcoming emotional challenges (like stress, homesickness, problems with integration, guilt, or resentment), how it can help you to have a better experience abroad, regain purpose, confidence, and joy, Simple and Effective steps to build a daily mindfulness practice, and much more.   Listen to the interview and share in the comments how are you applying mindfulness in your international life. Or watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/inAj42Wpb40   About our guest: Angelic Ingram is a holistic health practitioner, author, and the founder of "A Mindful Journey to Freedom" where she guides her clients through the emotional challenges of relocation. She is also an advocate for myositis and volunteers her time with the Myositis Support and Understanding organization to raise more awareness of the disease and empower those who are affected by myositis. Social media: www.linkedin.com/in/angelicingram (LinkedIn newsletter!) IG: @mindfuljourneys Website: mindfuljourneytofreedom.com     Did you like this interview? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

I always thought that I was bad with money until I started my own business and worked on my money mindset and all the limiting thoughts. That’s why I love speaking about money and creating financial freedom. And for this episode, I invited a Financial Coach, Stanka Ranchev to help you overcome all the money-limiting beliefs and thrive financially in your business, career, and life. You will learn: Stanka’s international journey and her biggest challenge, how she became a Financial Coach and left her career in Fortune 100 companies, why it is important to get clear on your Financial Goal, Key Steps to build your money mindset, The Biggest Limiting Beliefs that expat and expat women have about money, what does it mean to have Financial Freedom, and much more Watch the interview and share in the comments what steps, and actions are you going to take to work on your money mindset.   Listen to the interview and share in the comments how are you working on your money mindset. You can watch the video interview here.     More about Stanka Stanka Ranchev defied her parents and set herself up on a travel adventure with the clear goal to live in a different country every year. Until she came to Denmark. As life would have it, many years later she is still here with her husband and two amazing girls. Stanka grinded through an IT career in Fortune 100 companies leading technical teams and hard-core projects, losing, finding herself again, and checking all the life checkboxes. However, after she realised it was not enough, she ended up leaving the corporate world and started her own financial coaching business Your Kickass Money helping people plan what they can follow, feel empowered with money, and start dreaming again. Website: https://www.yourkickassmoney.com/   Did you like this interview? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

Something for the Summertime to keep your motivation up. In this new episode, I'm sharing a Livestream recording where I speak about The Best Tool To Guide You Through Life, Career And Business. It will help you to get clarity and stop feeling going in circles in your career, business or international life. Listen to the episode and like always, share your thoughts, insights, and questions in the comments.   Did you like this episode? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

Today our special guest is Julianne Bosch, a mother to three children. She is CEO to Moms as a life and career coach. She is the author of "How a Mother Took Her First Step On The Moon- A Mother's Keepsake Journal of Advice to My Children". With Julianne, we're speaking about time management, expat life and her new book. You'll discover how to: recreate your life and career as an expat partner, manage to be a mom, expat wife and run your business, not feel guilty and find time to also take care of yourself, find the time and think about your professional life/career development or personal development when moving or living abroad, oversee your time management, and much more.   Listen to the interview and share with us how do you manage your time as an expat or what is your biggest challenge with that. Share in the comments. Watch video here. More about Julianne Julianne Bosch is a mother to three children. She is CEO to Moms as a life and career coach. She is the author of How a Mother Took Her First Step On The Moon- A Mother's Keepsake Journal of Advice to My Children. As an expat wife of a busy executive, she made sure her family life was consistent, no matter what continent her family was living on. Back in the United States, with an empty nest, Julianne decided to embark on a career and became a Professional Career & Life Coach. Julianne developed this keepsake journal to draw on her own personal experiences to help clients, new and current mothers, document their own powerful advice. It is also her gift to her three adult children in honor of her 50th birthday. Whether readers are looking for a way to explain the birds and the bees or to enforce a consequence, she intended to offer her own successful mom moments that are "perfect stories about the imperfection of motherhood." Website: https://juliannebosch.com/   Did you like this interview? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

Are you thinking about changing something in your career and business, but you are not sure which direction you should go or if the change is right for you? I In this new episode, I’m coming to you with a video recording where I share 5 steps which will help you to evaluate your next steps. I am sure you will find your next direction whether you are thinking about your business or changing your career path. Keep things simple. Follow your intuition. Take small steps and sometimes take risks. Make mistakes and enjoy your journey. Listen to the episode and share in the comment box what is the one step you're going to take and get clear on your new direction. You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/b3QmNUokEjw   Did you like this interview? If yes, please share it with your friends.   And if you want to learn more about how to build your career and business around your international life, come over to my website: https://dmcoaching.eu/

A serial entrepreneur and single mother of two, Paula lost her hearing when she gave birth to a second daughter. But instead of playing the victim, it propelled her to build businesses and put herself out there. In this interview with Paula, we’re discussing how neuroscience can help you deal with challenges and limiting thoughts in your expat life.   You’ll learn: How Paula overcame her biggest challenge of losing her hearing and became a bestseller author of Emerge, How to work on our mindset to deal with limiting thoughts when it comes to our day-to-day life, living abroad or maybe running a business, Key steps to tackle your emotional challenges when living abroad, improve your time management whether you’re working or running a business And much more.     Listen to the interview and share your thoughts in the comments. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/ZsaOifeLCkM   More about Paula Paula Echeverri was born in Colombia but spent half her life in the Silicon Valley in California. She is a proud mom of two girls—9 and 12. She is a serial entrepreneur by nature and is not afraid of a challenge. She also worked with major companies in the tech space in Silicon Valley for many years until her life changed when she lost her hearing. She rewired her thoughts and worked on her resilience with the power of her mind and decided to write her book EMERGE. She majored in Advertising and has a certificate in Neuromarketing and Applied Neuroscience. Web: www.neuromomceo.com Instagram @neuromomceo     Did you like this interview? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

In this episode, I'm sharing the interview I did for the Corporate Expat Mom Summit, organised and hosted by Alena Gomes Rodrigues, https://alenagomesrodrigues.com/ In this interview, I'll help you create a career abroad that you'll love. Listen in if you feel stuck in your career abroad – no matter if you moved for your career, or you’re following your partner abroad and would like to continue working. I share lots of tips and steps on how to get out of being stuck and take small action (5 min a day) to turn it around. You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/iT6HuwjuX1w Did you like this episode? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

Should I start my podcast? I often hear this question. In this episode, I'm sharing a video recording where I answer this question.   Listen to the episode and share your insights and actions.   You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/aFt2p1SJ8Vc   Did you like this episode? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/  

In this new episode, I’m exploring 5 steps to help you rescue your career. Do you feel that something is missing in your professional life? Do you feel unfulfilled or disappointed with your current career? Are you thinking about what you can do next in your career? Or are you afraid that you’ll never find what your true calling is? Then, this episode is for you. Listen to the episode and share what actions are you going to take, your thoughts, insights, learning points. Blog posts mentioned: Free 3 Step Skills Inventory: https://dmcoaching.eu/free-skills-inventory/ What Are Your Career Values? https://dmcoaching.eu/what-are-your-career-values/   Did you like this interview? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/

Our special guest today is Alena Gomes Rodrigues a trauma-informed mental fitness coach, former corporate HR leader, and a proud mom & wife.  You'll learn: what prompted Alena to start her international life, her KEY steps to find work-life balance as an expat mom (is it possible?), what is REALLY stopping you from creating more balance in your life, Alena's new free online summit Corporate Expat Mom (why you should join it) Listen to the interview and share with us your challenges or insights when it comes to work-life balance. Share in the comments.   More about Alena: Alena Gomes Rodrigues is a trauma-informed mental fitness coach, former corporate HR leader, and a proud mom & wife.  Having gone through all the shocks and challenges of living and working abroad since 2002 and becoming a mom in 2017, Alena is passionate about helping professional expat moms thrive abroad.  Currently based in Paris, Alena works with English-speaking women all around the world.  Alena is a raving fan of Montessori education, a humble student of Ashtanga yoga, and a chai tea addict.  Connect with Alena: Website More about Corporate Expat Mom Free Virtual Summit here.   Did you like this interview? If yes, please share it with your friends. Not sure what to do next in your career? Get your FREE 3-day e – career coaching programme and clarify your career goals in 3 days. Start your career change today! Clarify your career goals and elaborate on your action plan to achieve them. Click here: https://dmcoaching.eu/  

A tribute to Maria Kompanowski and her work. A wonderful colleague, great networker, and coach. We did this interview for our Effortless Success Summit a few years ago. Listen to the interview and share it with your friends.   Here you can watch the video, too.   Plus read Maria's post on Six Key Networking Elements Of Building Successful Business here.