<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Expat Edit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Join The Expat AIM Coaching Cycle.  Rewrite Your Story. Reboot Your Life ]]></description><link>https://www.expatedit.com/feed</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:20:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.allenacoaching.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Relocation – it’s a marathon, not a sprint- tips from professional coaching for expat women]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to enjoy the running - professional coaching for expat women When you’re planning a move to another country  –  often the big pieces take up mental space. The visas, housing, work, schooling and other logistics are the things that relocation companies busy themselves with (quite rightly). These elements of the expatriation experience are their focus as they move people around the world. Following on from this focus people moving abroad can find there’s a mindset (trap) that develops. It’s...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/relocation-it-s-a-marathon-not-a-sprint</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698456e84444a075a06f40e2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:47:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_8be46edf85ba471ba8f83916db65724e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success My Way - A Guided Reflection FROM a Professional coach for expat women]]></title><description><![CDATA[Because you can’t decide how to travel if you don’t know where you’re going … For some of us clarity, confidence and consistency come easily – in work and in lifetry professional coaching for expat women. (Read on for some tips from my professional coaching for expat women!) We understand that: Building relationships in business is not the same as networking Collaboration beats competition Decision-making in professional life cannot be separated from emotions – as much as we are told they...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/success-my-way-a-guided-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69733ae593f6d3facb625769</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:18:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_59a36e22c9214454a07b76e5a65f2ef7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 2026 HOW will you succeed on your own terms?(professional coaching expat women)]]></title><description><![CDATA[It sounds like a pipedream … but what have you got to lose?Professional coaching can help expat women Stay with me for just 2 minutes (the length of this read according to LinkedIn) and I promise you you’ll finish with at least 1 idea that will help you answer these questions. So … what have  you got to lose? Possibly … Working 12-hour days on repeat without really understanding why Exhaustion that creates persistent brain-fog Sleeplessness that you try to manage with wine and late-night...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/in-2026-how-will-you-succeed-on-your-own-terms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693a85a0aa0a3016e1ff731d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:00:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_2fc3b047937c49d2ac381d5f37fbd2ef~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you go home for the holidays what will you tell them about your life away? (A question from a professional coach for expat women)]]></title><description><![CDATA[So you’ve been away living and working abroad … You’ve been away all year living and working in another country with all the things that means: New language New social setting New routines New job You’re about a year into this adventure and, while there have been some amazing experiences … Summer in Greece, hiking in the Dolomites, city breaks in Milan/Brussels etc. … a lot of it is the day-in day-out of working life – just relocated and in a way that brings challenges you never imagined....]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/when-you-go-home-for-the-holidays-what-will-you-tell-them-about-your-life-away</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691164b04d01cb460b605f22</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 04:35:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_85e4870af890466a810c766c7428d6a4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why am I a coach?(Confessions of a professional coach for expat women)]]></title><description><![CDATA[TLDR: Because my own experience of coaching conversations brought me to where I am today – living a life that I had wanted but never been bold enough to reach for.  Now as a professional coach for expat women I'm sharing what I've learned. The longer version: For me, as for a lot of people, the pandemic years forced a hard stop. A hard stop that felt hard in all the ways – after the (brief) honeymoon of working from home wore off – I felt rudderless, with a lot of time for thinking (and...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/why-am-i-a-coach-confessions-of-a-professional-coach-for-expat-women</link><guid isPermaLink="false">690ca114cfbfd61d9a1d8846</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:02:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_6e4070268bcb41d69e19ff6606e4a0ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I'm not a C-suite coach (insights from a professional coach for expat women)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Because ‘C-suite coaching’ or ‘executive coaching’ or ‘leadership coaching’ can reinforce the ‘working and wanting’ approach to getting ahead … … and it can keep us striving to be the ‘girl boss’ stereotype that leaves most of us overworked, underwhelmed and exhausted. From my perspective as a professional coach for expat women, I believe that, for most women, this version of success doesn’t fit. For most of us professional and personal leadership includes having time and space that allows us...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/why-i-m-not-a-c-suite-coach</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6900c4144f142fc5452f53ce</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:35:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_59a36e22c9214454a07b76e5a65f2ef7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[the 'girl boss' - feminist icon or just another stereotype(asks a professional coach for expat women)?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are you brilliant in the background – can it be enough? Yes - I’m genuinely asking …  I’m genuinely asking because it’s something I often ponder. As a professional coach for expat women I also know that it's something that other women ponder. As a woman in the lower or middle-management standings of the corporate pecking order you may have heard these things about yourself or a woman colleague … She’s a quiet achiever She just gets on with things She is a real team player She’s technically...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/the-girl-boss-feminist-icon-or-just-another-stereotype</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f75aa6a6f2484f3c9e1a89</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:14:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_894409612966425f80c9f7ac5999f830~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chasing Tomorrow: (INSIGHTS FROM A PROFESSIONAL COACH FOR EXPAT WOMEN)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Worrying &#38; wanting &#38; waiting is all about either the future or the past. As the week starts, what do you notice? Are you worrying? About making this week’s deadline About how to deliver that piece of bad news About whether you’ll got out in time to make that show with friends that you’ve been looking forward to Are you wanting? A more reasonable workload A promotion A 'better' social life Are you waiting? For Friday For a vacation For someone to notice your unique brilliance Worrying &#38;...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/chasing-tomorrow-the-cost-of-forgetting-where-you-actually-live</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68edfcb3862f4431b1baee76</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 07:56:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_07f3a41709054540bb54e230d9c116c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1,h_1,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[are you a woman in the middle?(TIPS FROM professional coaching for expat women)]]></title><description><![CDATA[(notice I didn’t say ‘stuck’ in the middle) When someone asks you ‘so how are things?’.. Does your response start with ‘right now I’m in...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/are-you-an-expat-woman-in-the-middle-professional-coaching</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68dfb04514943fa91111d87a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:32:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_fac923a9efd945f7a09156bf96882a12~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you’ve settled into your new home have you found your happy place?(asks a professional coach for expat women)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A wooden chair sits in a flooded Venetian doorway, offering a view of a gondola gliding through the canal. If I asked you about a happy...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/professional-coach-asks-expat-women-have-you-found-your-happy-place</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d11e2878a19f9ce5c77192</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:14:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_2642114bc8e0432fb026249003e493e9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the expat experience about making a living or making a life?(Tips from a professional coach for expat women)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A beautifully illuminated pathway flanked by rich tropical foliage leads to an ornate, glowing entrance under the night sky. Towering palm trees stand sentinel on either side, enhancing the enchanting and serene atmosphere. As a Professional Coach fro Expat Women I know that this question confronts many women living abroad. To  answer this consider that we all different combinations of the same three things: Time Energy Material Resources How are you spending yours? Chances are you moved...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/professional-coach-for-expat-women-are-you-making-a-living-or-making-a-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cacade5eaf42e09b5e1e99</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:07:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_1f1604693b564bb88ea2ee6d692366dc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['When I moved to Berlin my company paid for everything – but I had no-one to talk to about how I feel.'How Coaching for expat women can help.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bright red poppies stand out vibrantly against a dry, grassy landscape, dotted with smaller yellow and purple wildflowers. When so much...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/how-coaching-for-expat-women-beat-loneliness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68beda474010403a1f17d815</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:54:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_341ea9ca55014f6aa934b859c079263c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FOR EXPAT WOMEN - 10 Simple Steps FROM COACHING SCIENCE to Boost Your Morning Productivity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Expat women lead busy lives and we know that mornings can shape your entire day. Coaching science tells us that a productive morning can...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/10-simple-steps-to-boost-your-morning-productivity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b826e976578aef0df8ae82</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:50:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_f9f14f8e0ff0461281f9582656e7c06d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[professional coaching tips for expat women: overcome friday afternoon loneliness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Loneliness isn’t a harmless feeling. In adults, loneliness is comparable in health risk to smoking or alcoholism. It predicts chronic...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/professional-coaching-friday-afternoon-loneliness-expat-women</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68af06a6b557bd83403f6f60</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:35:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_74b5f335a1c949c3975ee385c78070d0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to success for expat women: professional  coaching]]></title><description><![CDATA[Logo for The Expat Edit, featuring the tagline "Rewrite Your Story. Reboot Your Life" on a calming blue background. 70% of global...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/the-key-to-success-for-expat-women-professional-coaching</link><guid isPermaLink="false">689c51a1b3bdeb93345001f8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 09:01:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_f161719edfda460e9b9bd7b71928f428~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TIPS FROM A PROFESSIONAL COACH FOR EXPAT WOMEN: Whether you're an expat at 25, 35, 45 or 55 the questions always start with ‘But what about ...' ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A joyful Jack Russell Terrier (Alby) enjoys a golden sunset moment at the beach, surrounded by the inviting sandy shore and gentle waves....]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/professional-coaching-expat-women</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68935f66e55579268fb5d9ee</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:09:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_cf9056e06bf14efba8a9d27f18012252~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some expat coaching tips if you're Not sure where expat life is taking you]]></title><description><![CDATA[Flowering thyme adds a splash of color to a rocky mountain path under a clear blue sky. As a professional expat coach I'm naturally...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/coaching-tips-for-expat-women</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688771b36ab2534c7b0acdb3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:53:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_d0b2c34561ba4a10aa785161a3f4776b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SOME TIPS from a professional coach for expat women FOR MAKING decisions … about everything!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are 5 tips from from a professional coach for expat women that you can do to overcome decision-fatigue (or … you can flip a coin) Smiling Turtle - Leros So you’ve made the big decision to jump into expat living. And now it seems that making decisions - big, small, about everything, all the time - is part of the deal. You find yourself thinking… ‘There are so many things I need to decide – how to learn the language, where to live, how best to do my new job, how to build my social life… I...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/decision-making-coaching</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68761dc32d12736119667b73</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:34:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_94d4612f741a412e93c56bb16b44c70a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[reflections from a professional coach for expat women - let go of goal setting ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some reflections form a professional coach for expat women - to help you find freedom, focus and energy in work and life. Ikaria - Blue stairs, blue ocean When have you heard someone say (in a slightly awestruck tone) – ‘she’s so driven and focused it’s amazing’ Next question – how did that make you feel? I don’t know about you but I’m guessing you thought something along the lines of ‘why am I not like this? what’s wrong with me? I really need to be more goals-focused.’ Some advice from a...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/coaching-reflections-let-go-of-goal-setting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686b87b5d3d3fe7417a924ab</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 08:53:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_14590a6c6596464fad2edcd5998aaeb8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[a fresh take on expat living ... mindset shift matters (A professional coach knows mindset matters for expat women)]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to stop the scroll and take AIM (Attention, Intention, Make A Plan) You’ve seen a million posts about expat living on Insta, YouTube videos, read the Substacks, blogs, vlogs looking for wisdom and a way forward for your expatriate life. You probably found a few helpful recommendations, a couple of useful tips, maybe had an ‘ah ha’ moment or two … but ultimately you’re still wrestling with the challenge of expat living on your own. As a professional coach for expat women I know that the...]]></description><link>https://www.allenacoaching.com/post/a-fresh-take-on-expat-living-mindset-matters-professional-coaching</link><guid isPermaLink="false">685956e291bd73bf1850fc12</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:43:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a46eec_ee0884fcb18846379340614e19e3c1e8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>LynneM</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>