Today I am speaking to Fabienne Vailes, Director of French Learning at Bristol University.

In this conversation we talk about:

Fabienne’s reaction to 14 days quarantine with her family and how they, as a family of four are managing their enforced time together.

How Fabienne suggests we speak to our children about the current situation.

Fabienne’s reaction to the closure of schools and universities and the questions she hopes it will prompt people to ask about the future of education.

Living with uncertainty and how tough it is for children and students to accept that no one has all the answers at the moment – we’re all adjusting.

Fabienne’s advice to herself and to students/parents who are facing the school and college shut-down and home schooling.

The one thing I have learned over the years of living abroad is that people often have truly fascinating stories and the story that Maxie shares today is no exception.

In Podcast 54 Wendy Kier talked about moving abroad to create a location

independent lifestyle, and suggested that if this is your plan, to ensure that

you have the business side well established before moving – which does make excellent sense.

However, it is not always possible to have everything lined up especially when the business you are establishing relies on your ability to break into a new market. This was the case for Maxie and her husband, the market was in the UK, and a pretty specialist one at that – but more about that in the podcast.

Maxie and her husband moved to the UK in May 2019 to establish their business.

Everything had to be set up from scratch which was hugely challenging and proved to be a great learning process. Fortunately for us, Maxie shares what she has learned through the process in this podcast. Though related to the UK, much of her advice would be relevant to any move to a new country.

One lesson was that in differentiating your product in a competitive market, a great back story really helps. And their product certainly has that, with links to a rural community, in Lesotho. Listen to find out more.

During our conversation we talk about:

The challenges Maxie and her husband faced as they sought to establish themselves and their business in the UK – and how they overcame those challenges.

Why mindset matters.

The product, why it is so special and what is coming next.

An amazing offer to help anyone embarking on the same journey – moving to the UK and setting up a business.

Wendy Kier shares her experience of selling everything and moving abroad to set up a location independent lifestyle, supported by a location independent business. If you have ever wondered about becoming a location independent expat then this episode is for you. We talk about the highs and the lows and Wendy provides many invaluable tips for living and running your business abroad. You can listen to the podcast here, and then go to www.thrivingabroad.com, to read the blog and register to receive the regular newsletter and the handy summary show notes.

Where do you start when you realise you would like to relocate abroad and develop an international expat career? This podcast episode and associated workbook will help.