KEEPING YOUR LIFE, FAMILY & CAREER INTACT WHILE
LIVING ABROAD
Table of Contents
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	FOREWORD Awareness Is Half The Cure
1	PROBLEMS OF MOVING Moving experiences Stress before the move Culture shock Transient family syndrome The international person
2	THE EXPATRIATE MARRIAGE Marriage abroad Foreign affairs What does he really do on those business trips? Frequent flyer family friction Impotence and power struggles Questions and answers aren't conversations Wives who live in fear of their husbands Mixed marriages and cultural confusion Children won't save an ailing marriage Time, care and communication
3	CHILDREN ABROAD International children Poor little rich kids Why expatriate children suffer at boarding school Servants and separation Shared custody:international tug-of-war The empty nest Parents and children
4	STRESS AT WORK AND HOME Coming to terms with stress Executive hypochondria The effects of overwork on the family Coping with jealousy When you just want to give up and go The greatest stress of all
5	ALL ALONE AND FAR FROM HOME Loneliness The drifter Lonely working women - single Lonely working women - married Lonely working men Remove those masks
6	DAILY LIFE DILEMMAS A life like any other When party time is a nightmare Visitors are stressful Expatriate addictions Compulsive eating Compulsive spending Fear of flying
7	COPING WITH SEPARATION People pulled apart Long distance love Home isn't always where the heart is Running home to a sick parent The "astronaut syndrome"
8	DEATH AND DIVORCE Divorce in a foreign land Bereavement Five types of divorce and more To leave or not to leave? Death on the road
9	THE EXPATRIATE UNDERCLASS The forgotten class Filipina maids: strangers in two lands
10	GOING HOME When one partner wants to go home Is going home the right decision? Identity inflation, part 2 Retiring back home Reverse cultural shock
11	HAPPILY EVER AFTER Home is where your family is The choice is yours Avoiding misconceptions before marriage How to stay happily married Open communication
	AFTERWORD: SEEKING HELP Seeking help abroad How do I know if they're qualified? Referral sources Check their credentials!

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