Living Your Best Life Abroad: Resources, tips and tools for women accompanying their partners on an international move (The Reality Guide Series) [Paperback]

Jeanne A Heinzer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2009 | Series: The Reality Guide Series

Here it is, your holistic self-coaching guide that will help you to change your life forever as you embrace living in a new country. It is never too early or too late to read a very practical guide like this, one that addresses all eight life areas that are crucial to your happiness and success abroad. Areas such as your living environment, relationship to your partner, family and friends, health, work, finances, personal growth and fun and leisure. Written for Accompanying Partners who move with their partners all over the world, this book can help you whether you are transferring from New York to San Francisco or from London to Dubai. This book is for women who wish to not only survive but also to thrive and enjoy every minute of their stay. Jeanne's book puts you back into the driver's seat of your life. Working through this book will help you to pinpoint the life areas where you wish to be happier and to develop a vision and a clear plan for your life abroad that provides you with focus and a clear sense of direction. Jeanne and her team of expat experts have a combined experience of more than 100 years abroad. As an Accompanying Partner, Manager, Intercultural Training Consultant and Coach, Jeanne has successfully enabled expatriates to look at their whole lives, identify areas for further happiness and to actually realize significant changes for the better. This book will enable you to design your perfect life and includes: . learn how to identify your Personal Values . read real life stories of Accompanying Partners from all over the world . work with the Art-of-Living-Abroad Wheel . get newly created tips and tools for every area of your life . develop your Powerful New Vision and Personal Action Plan . do a Compatibility Check to see if you can turn your actions into reality . get secret tips and resources from all contributing experts With this book you can live your BEST LIFE ABROAD!

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Summertime (April 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904881165
• ISBN-13: 978-1904881162
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #849,391 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Juvenile self help book!, July 7, 2010

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This review is from: Living Your Best Life Abroad: Resources, tips and tools for women accompanying their partners on an international move (The Reality Guide Series) (Paperback)

I'm currently living in Italy and purchased this book for additional ideas on how to make the most of my time here. I am very disappointed with many of the chapters as they seem nothing more then common sense and have little to do with transitioning to a new country. The author's coaching ideas are to help you build confidence and find direction by building on your personal life and really has little to do with how to become active in a new culture. More than 1/3 of the book consists of empty "work" pages to help develop an "action plan" which seem very juvenile to me..."make a gratitude journal" "define your strengths" "relation with my partner" then you are asked to write "my powerful new vision" after each chapter with countless blank pages to fill in. It's more of a self help book for the young professional person trying to figure out who they are and has little to do with living in a new country. There was nothing profound, engaging or insightful about this book and I felt it had very little to offer me while living in Italy.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read for women on the move, February 6, 2012

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This review is from: Living Your Best Life Abroad: Resources, tips and tools for women accompanying their partners on an international move (The Reality Guide Series) (Paperback)

This book is an excellent guide for women moving abroad, for partners, and for professionals who are coordinating international assignments. The book is an ensemble of expertise combining personal experiences, in depth knowledge, and professional expertise. Jeanne Heinzer was successful in putting together a guide book for women living and women planning to live abroad. The contributors of different background brought their expertise from different disciplines adding value to this book. The book is reader friendly and easy to navigate through. Muna Alyusuf

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for families on the move, July 7, 2010

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This review is from: Living Your Best Life Abroad: Resources, tips and tools for women accompanying their partners on an international move (The Reality Guide Series) (Paperback)

Living Your Best Life Abroad is a gem. Compassionate and realistic, it also provides detailed practical tools. This book works best for women who are ready to take the plunge - in this case to take responsibility for their own lives - and move on. With a step by step blueprint for moving forward during the difficult experience of being an expat spouse this book will help many women rise from despair to the opportunity inherent in change. Before I started my own company, School Choice International, when living on an overseas assignment, I literally I shed many tears on my laundry room floor. I would have loved to have had this book to help me get to the other side more quickly.

Liz Perelstein, School Choice International