At 63, Toni Denise, a retired Corporate Trainer and now a Life Coach & Expat Coach, decided she wanted to recapture the excitement of living abroad again, as she had in her younger years. She also wanted to rediscover her faith in a new way. She knew moving abroad would put her in a position to totally trust God.  Having a strong desire to live by the beach, Toni moved to Play Del Carmen and for the past nine months she has been living her dream of being walking distance from the beach.  

Toni is passionate about encouraging women over 50 to live more, love themselves, and say “YES” again to life.  

You can follow Toni on the following platforms: IG: riseupandbloom YouTube:Rise Up & Bloom Facebook:Rise Up and Bloom Coaching email: [email protected]  

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Harry was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and grew up in Dayton, Ohio. He’s been living abroad in Belgium for over 3 years now, and he works in IT as an Infrastructure Administrator for an American company. His boss surprisingly agreed to send him over after he jokingly asked to make the move.   

Harry has turned his experience abroad into a life changing opportunity when he re-discovered his passion for learning languages. Harry has learned French and Dutch and is currently working on his fourth language. He wants to continue learning more languages in the future in hopes to better connect with people in a way they best understand it.    

In Harry's words, "My personal mantra has always been to try and take something away from all my experiences then apply those experience in a way that’ll help me grow into becoming the best version of myself."  

You can follow Harry on Instagram at hkpro_.   

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Margo Gabriel is a freelance writer, cookbook author and editor from Boston, MA. She is the author of The Expat Kitchen cookbook and is based in Lisbon, Portugal.  Margo has been featured in New York Times, HuffPost, and Salon. Her words have been published in Boston Art Review, Cuisine Noir, Edible Boston, Fodor’s Travel, and Solstice Literary Magazine. 

'Bet on yourself' is a mantra she borrowed from her brother who is also a creative. She believes living those words has totally transformed her life for the better. 

You can follow Margo's work online at www.margoscreativelife.com and on Instagram @margoscreativelife. Let's show our support for Margo by purchasing her cookbook, The Expat Kitchen.   

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