Synopsis:

Florence Reisch, her husband and children have lived geographically apart for 7 years. We talk about the difference it made for her to prepare, what it was like for them. Living this life comes with expected and unexpected challenges and silver linings and we cover those too.  

Florence Reisch is also known as ‘coachingwiththeflo’. She is a fellow Swiss who has lived around the world for 25 years. She is the author of the book ‘Expat Wife, Happy Life’, a book about expatriation, which is now in multiple languages, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and French is in the making. Quite a feat!  She tells us a little about her book. Go buy the book to find out more!

In This Episode:

• How the book came about (01:33).
• The message in Florence’s book (03:54).
• Challenges are normal and you can have an amazing life once you feel more confident (07:20).
• The importance of personal work and investing in your relationship  (09:50).
• Effective communication (11:37).
• Joining communities of similar interests (13:30).
• ‘Don’t take a decision until you are in that situation?  Reconsidering her opinion on split location and taking a decision that is best for everyone (16:24).
• “Never assume an employee will not take the split location. Let people make their own decision” (19:23).
• The importance of preparing for split location (21:21).
• The help offered by the company and organising your own help (27:25)
• The unexpected (33:33)
• Silver linings (37:38)

Contact Florence:

https://www.coachingwiththeflo.com/services