The Time Is Now

Most people often tend to move from one goal to another without taking the time to pause and reflect on what has happened in the past. Celebrate the wins and learn from the challenges.

"Take a step back to move forward and appreciate your journey"

In this episode, you will be able to reflect on what questions you need to ask yourself about your past achievements and roadblocks.

You will then see how you can plan your goals and the next steps in an effective way, and how to keep track of them even when things get hectic.

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What you will learn

Why is it important to analyze the past before planning your next steps

What guiding questions you can use to reflect on your past year

How to plan your goals in an effective way but also to be mindful

Resources and inspiration:

Is your business aligned with what you really want to achieve?

10 ways to get things done and control your time

4th anniversary, celebrating the good and the ugly!

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Fear and lack of confidence are things that stop so many talented entrepreneurs and particularly expat partners from succeeding in business.

Melissa Parks shares her tips on how to recognize the symptoms of imposter syndrome, and how to deal with it in order to build the right mindset for success.

"You can’t get rid of imposter syndrome, but you can work with it"

Melissa Parks is a coach with her PhD in Clinical and Health Psychology. Through her company, Intentional Expat Coaching, she empowers global nomads to overcome their internal blocks in order to create authentic and fulfilling lives, wherever in the world they call home.

Originally from Seattle (USA), Melissa began her own expat journey in 2009 as a result of being rejected from PhD programs in the U.S. She decided to use this disappointment as a springboard to move abroad where she completed her PhD, began providing therapy to the expat community, and created a successful online private practice.

After spending 10 years in Europe (Madrid and Amsterdam), she recently returned to Seattle, a move motivated by her husband’s job. She’s now navigating the unique experience of her own repatriation process alongside her husband’s cultural adaptation to living in the U.S. for the first time.

In addition to coaching, Melissa also helps other professionals trained as therapists to build, or grow, their own location independent companies. She’s also trained to teach the international, evidence-based Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program and is passionate about introducing others to the tools of mindfulness and self-compassion for cultivating emotional resilience.

What you will learn

What imposter syndrome is and how to detect its symptoms

Why expat partners who are entrepreneurs may be more at risk for experiencing it

How to deal with the imposter syndrome and build confidence to succeed in business

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Tandem Nomads is celebrating its 4th anniversary!

So many exciting things have happened in the past years but the transition from 2018 to 2019 has been one of the most pivotal moment.

This is an opportunity to share with you my journey, the highlights of the past year, but also my struggles, what I’ve learned from them and what resources I can share with you in order to help you take your business to the next level as well!

“You have to handle your personal life and your business, you can’t separate them”

This episode feels a little too vulnerable for me, as I am sharing also some personal challenges that I have experienced in the past year and how it affected my business. Although I am not yet feeling comfortable sharing too much about it, I think it is important that I start this conversation.

The reason I think so is because I am aware that sometimes I might give the impression that I’ve got it all figured out and I’ve got it all together. But I don’t… And I do not know anybody who does.

Running a business can be a tough journey.  Also, you can’t always separate your personal life from your business, as your business just becomes part of you and who you are. It transforms and grows with you.

What you will learn

What were the goals for 2019

What worked and what did not work so well

What are the learning lessons and resources that can also help you take your business to the next level

Resources and inspiration:

Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself

Time to think & make an unusual decision

Behind the scenes of a relaunch strategy and business assessment

10 ways to get things done and control your time

Preserve your health and the energy you need in your business with easy Ayurvedic recipes – Rashmi Zimburg

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It is very rare that expat couples manage to alternate who gets to take a position for an assignment abroad, Phil McAuliffe shares how he and his wife managed to do so.

Also, you will get to hear his inspiring story of how he used his time “off” to invest in himself, start his business and turn the loneliness he experienced as a diplomat into an opportunity to make an impact.

Phil McAuliffe comes from Australia and is currently on his fourth diplomatic posting. He had two postings as the posted diplomat (Ho Chi Minh City and Seoul), and two as an accompanying spouse (Caracas and, currently, Wellington). Following a major mid-life crisis while posted in Seoul, Phil started searching for answers around the challenges he experienced in his diplomatic career and his personal journey on the move, but he found nothing. That has inspired him to launch the podcast The Lonely Diplomate where he shares stories of diplomates around the world and helps diplomats reconnect with themselves and the world around them.

Phil is also the author of the book “The Lonely Diplomat– Reconnecting with yourself and the world around you”.

What you will learn

What are the challenges that Phil experienced as a working diplomat.

How did he manage to alternate roles with his spouse and how did he experience being the accompanying spouse.

What did he do in order to overcome his fears, find fulfillment and start his new business venture.

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It can be so easy to get overwhelmed or caught into all sorts of marketing strategies to grow a business.

“Don’t get caught up in the latest marketing tactics, nothing will work if you are not intentionally caring.”

In today’s episode I would like to share with you two important and simple things that I noticed can easily fall in the back burner of your business, and your attention.

Without these two rules, no business can survive on the long term.

What you will learn

What are the two most important things to focus on in your business

How to keep things simple and still grow your business consistently

How to be intentional about the way you build authentic relationships while showing the value of your product or service

Resources and inspiration:

What is a portable business and how to make it scalable

Use this formula to sell without being salesy

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Psychologists and psychotherapists are one of those professions that are subject to many regulations and restrictions, no matter in which country they live or come from. Therefore, it often happens that expat partners with such background decide to completely give up their career as counselors or to turn it into a coaching business.

In this episode, we will see how Dr. Sonia Jaeger managed to turn around those challenges to grow her practice online and make it a successful portable business.

Dr Sonia Jaeger is a German-French psychologist, psychotherapist and PhD, she has been living a location independent life as a digital nomad for the past four years while working as an online therapist, providing online counseling to expats and other globally mobile clients in German, French and English.

Growing up with two languages and cultures herself she experienced the challenges and advantages of cross-cultural life from an early age.

After finishing her PhD she decided to take a break and travel the world. However, instead of returning home afterwards she decided to open a private counseling practice online and has been traveling the world ever since. In 2018 alone she went to (and worked from) 12 different countries, from Australia, to Europe all the way to Latin America.

Dr Sonia also mentors other psychotherapists who want to work online and facilitates workshops that broach the issues of mental health while living globally.

What you will learn

What makes counseling practices different from other portable businesses

How to address those challenges effectively to build a sustainable online practice

What strategies can help counselors grow their business online and be find patients online

Resources and inspiration

Check out related podcast episodes and important info on the topic:

What can expat spouses learn from digital nomads – With Katharina von Knobloch

How to create online content that helps you grow your business

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When discussing women empowerment and men vs women equality, the conversation often turns around what can we do to change the regulations and how can men step up to allow more opportunities for women.

While it is an extremely important conversation to have, I also want to open the discussion to what is possible NOW and what is between the hands of women to improve their chances to succeed in their careers and business.

“Don’t expect your partner to guess your needs”

I was honored once to be interviewed on a South Korean radio show hosted by Daniel Shin, on the Busan English Broadcasting station, Befm. During this interview I was asked to share my insights on the topic.

My first thought was coming from comparing spontaneously what men and women often do differently, especially when they have a family. I noticed that there is one thing that men tend to do better than women regarding their careers.

What you will learn

What is important for women to know when building their support system

How to prepare a career relaunch when taking a break to take care of the family

What are some of the interesting facts about the city of Busan in South Korea

Resources and inspiration:

Credits to BeFM 90.5MHz The Interview.

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Getting married, giving birth, planning upcoming moves, or being already committed to a job, all these reasons can make it difficult to turn a business idea into reality.

Gertraud Eregger shares with you how she planned to start her business with small baby steps while taking the time she needed to give birth, take care of her baby and slowly transition from her job to launching her business.

It is rarely the right time to start a business. Through Gertraud ‘s story you will learn how to build a plan to make sure to launch your business idea, while doing it at your own pace and without getting overwhelmed.

 

Gertraud Eregger is an international HR professional and coach. She is Austrian by birth, lived and worked as an expat in Africa and currently in Jamaica. Gertraud is an expert in international recruitment, talent acquisition, executive search and transition coaching.

In Ethiopia, she was managing the country’s leading HR Consultancy, worked as only expat among the local team and fostered the restructuring of the organization. During her tenure, the organization won the ‘Outstanding Supplier Award’ of a global garment manufacturing company and top investor in the country. Working and living in VUCA markets has shaped her leadership skills, resilience and certainly her appetite for adventure.

Currently, she works for a global executive search network and connects organizations across the world to elaborate growth and mutual synergies. As an independent coach, she is passionate to support female expatriates to overcome challenges when starting a new leadership role in a new country and culture, during the assignment or repatriation, so they feel focused, energized and have a positive mindset.

She got inspired by so many woman she met and worked with along the last years, so she felt a need to specifically support high achieving expat women on their mission and help them discover how they can maximize their impact, have more time and more energy.

What you will learn

What led Gertraud to start her business although she already had a fulfilling job and a baby on the way

What helped her to launch her business while doing it at her own pace

What she learned from her market research phase and how it helped her get clients

Resources and inspiration

Check out related podcast episodes and important info on the topic:

International Executive Search Network | Talentor

Questions you need to ask when conducting your client survey

The Prosperous Coach: Increase Income and Impact for You and Your Clients

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Do you want to build a portable business but you do not want to be a coach?

In this episode, you will realize that it is possible to grow a successful portable business without having to become a coach.

“You do not need to be a coach to develop a successful portable business idea”

I will share with you 15 inspiring business ideas that are portable.

You will also get some ideas of business models that are scalable beyond your own time and physical presence.

The founders of these businesses have all been interviewed on Tandem Nomads or are members of the community. Also, most of them are expat spouses!

These business ideas are divided in 4 categories:

Portable business ideas derived from coaching or consulting

Portable business ideas with startups using technology

Portable business ideas with a physical component

Portable business ideas with innovative and creative business models

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What you will learn

Why is it nowadays possible to develop a portable business that is not related to coaching

What are these 15 business ideas and why are they unique

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Times are changing… With a higher education and professional experience, expat spouses are no longer willing to move abroad without considering the impact on their career. In some cases this situation leads employees to refuse the assignment abroad, which affects international organizations and corporations decisions and effectiveness at the Human Resources level.

“It is not our duty as an employer to find a job for our employees’ spouses, but it is our duty to care for them.”

In this episode, you will hear about the experience of Hildegarde Van de Voorde, a family officer attached to the HR department of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Ministry. She will share how her organization addresses these challenges and what actions she has taken to support the Belgian diplomatic spouses with their dual career challenges.

 

Hildegarde Van de Voorde is the family offer of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among many of her missions, she provides support and guidance to the partners of Belgian diplomats when sent abroad on a mission.

Hildegarde has a Master in Roman Philology, a master in international relations and is specialized in financial instruments of trade. She is TCK (Third Culture Kid) and raised TCKs as she accompanied her husband for 25 years abroad and tried to continue a career working for UN and lobby groups.

What you will learn

What is a family officer and what the missions fulfilled by this position

What has trigger a change in the way dual career challenges are addressed

What are the ideas and resources you can use within your organization to support dual career challenges

How did the Business Idea Accelerator help the family office reach its goals

What were the results of the Business Idea Accelerator for the spouses who joined the program

Resources and inspiration

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Permits Foundation

Find Hildegarde online

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgium

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