About Louise Ross

Louise Ross is originally from Australia. She has lived abroad for 35 years, first in the U.K. and France, followed by the United States, where she completed graduate studies in Jungian Psychology. In 2014, she moved to Portugal and from 2015 to 2017, Louise was President of the Executive Board of International Women in Portugal (IWP), a social organisation with a fluctuating membership of 250 to 400 expatriate and immigrant women.

In 2019, she published: Women Who Walk: How 20 women from 16 countries came to live in Portugal. Women Who Walk explores the questions: What compels someone to leave their country of origin? What happens to them on the journey to the new place? And what causes them to land somewhere and decide to stay if not for the rest of their lives, then for an extended period? Because of the universal nature of 'the journey' the women take upon leaving their country of origin, Women Who Walk has appeal for expatriate and immigrant women everywhere.

In presentations to women's groups, book clubs and to the general public on topical themes in Women Who Walk, attendees frequently asked, "Will you write a similar book about men?" ...
The Winding Road to Portugal: 20 Men from 11 Countries Share Their Stories - a companion and comparative read to Women Who Walk - is now available on Amazon.

Her website is www.louiseross.com

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Women Who Walk: How 20 Women From 16 Countries Came to Live in Portugal Jun 6, 2019

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What compels someone to leave their country of origin, which is the story before their departure? What happens to them on their journey to the new place, which is the story of getting from one place to another? And what causes them to finally land somewhere and decide to stay, if not for the rest of their lives, then for an extended period? Women Who Walk: How 20 Women from 16 Countries Came to Live in Portugal is a collection of 20 interviews with a diverse group of expatriate women. Their personal narratives tell tales of world travel and cultural immersion as a form of higher education, a vehicle for personal growth and expanded awareness of self and others, and an instrument for greater understanding and appreciation of the differences that today too often separate us. Readers will find these shared experiences, communicated honestly and openly, sometimes with humor, sometimes through tears of loss, courageous, uplifting, poignant and inspirational, a reassuring reflection of their own life journey.

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The Winding Road to Portugal: 20 Men from 11 Countries Share Their Stories Aug 2, 2020

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How do men navigate life at a time fraught with great uncertainty and rapid change, working and moving country to country, on their own or with a family? Is their path easy, because they’re men, fortuned with greater liberties than women? Or do they encounter a different set of challenges, faced with the complexities of what it means to be a man today? Twenty men from 11 countries, business creatives-cum-entrepreneurial self-starters, some of whom pulled themselves up by the bootstraps, succeeding by their own efforts, share the truth of making different, oftentimes difficult decisions and life choices, eschewing the prescriptive straight and narrow path for the winding road.

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