Love Your Expat Life with Caroline Giffon
Leading an expat life can seem so glamorous and exciting, and often it is! But what if your professional credentials aren't recognized, you find it difficult to build new relationships, or you struggle...
View ArticleEpisode 1: Unpack Your Thoughts Before You Move
Caroline Giffon has been a global nomad for more than 20 years, and she is now preparing herself and her family for their seventh transition: moving from Zimbabwe to Washington, D.C. Any move is hard,...
View ArticleEpisode 2: The Power of Our Thoughts
Have you noticed that some people thrive in transitions, while others agonize over it, and some people barely notice? Why does our tolerance for transition vary so much? The challenge is in...
View ArticleEpisode 3: The Roller Coaster of Emotions
Transitions include loss, no matter how big the gains. Whether you are a Third Culture Kid (TCK) who is saying goodbye to friends, a house, and memories; or an adult global nomad who is changing jobs...
View ArticleEpisode 4: Chasing Happiness
"Constant happiness is not the goal, and seeking it is doomed to failure. What if I told you a richer, fuller, more satisfying life is one that includes the full range of human feelings, including...
View ArticleEpisode 5: Life is 50/50
It's a tough truth to accept: Life usually balances out to 50% positive and 50% negative. According to Life Coach Caroline Giffon, that's how it should be, and chasing 100% happiness is a recipe for...
View ArticleEpisode 6: How to Feel Better, Part I
How can you feel better in almost any circumstance? We are not at the mercy of our circumstances, says Life Coach Caroline Giffon of Girafe Coaching. The key is to become deliberate about your thinking...
View ArticleEpisode 7: How to Feel Better, Part II
"We’ve learned that what we think about ourselves is who we are, a bit like having blue eyes or brown eyes. Either we are someone who follows through, or we are not; either we have blue eyes or brown,...
View ArticleEpisode 8: The Rooftop Vision
According to Life Coach Caroline Giffon of Girafe Coaching, in order to live the life you truly want, you need to have a clear vision of what you want. That clear vision, those big dreams, put you back...
View ArticleEpisode 9: Balancing Stones
What resource is in shortest supply in your life? Money? Energy? For most of us, it's time. There's never enough of it. Life Coach Caroline Giffon says it's not a matter of "too much" or "too little" —...
View ArticleEpisode 10: The Carousel
Sometimes our brain is like a carousel, spinning around and around, following the same old track and going nowhere. We let the events of our past define our futures, following the same patterns again...
View ArticleEpisode 11: Modern Emotional Health
Our thoughts happen so quickly that it may seem we're not in control of them. But we are — or we should be. When we react too quickly to circumstances, we often make things worse: we lash out in...
View ArticleEpisode 12: Achieving Goals
What is your "emotional nutrient"? We want to do things in order to feel a certain way — we want to learn languages to feel more connected. We want to complete a marathon to feel strong and confident....
View ArticleEpisode 13: What are You Afraid Of?
When you decide not to reach for a goal, what are you most afraid of? Is it failing? That's true of many of us. But "failure" is only in our own minds. What if we could reframe failure as a way of...
View ArticleEpisode 14: The London Double Decker
Riding the second level of a double-decker bus is fun — if you're a tourist on holiday in London. It's a lot less fun if that second level is actually all the bad emotions you pile on top of a...
View ArticleEpisode 15: When Things are Hard
What do you do when things are hard? Do you identify as the victim and blame your circumstances? Do you spin and spin in helplessness? Do you "catastrophize"? Or do you step back, ask yourself some...
View ArticleEpisode 16: Bonsai or Baobab
What kind of life do you prefer? Perhaps you're more of a bonsai — you want a life that is orderly, purposeful, and beautiful. Or maybe you're a baobab, wanting a life that is big, messy, a little...
View ArticleEpisode 17: Let's Do This!
Isn't it funny how you never outgrow that September feeling of change and excitement and possibility? Even though most of us adults aren't heading back to school, the fall still feels like a time of...
View ArticleEpisode 18: Horizon Station
Remember that I set a goal to be settled in my new home and my new office by the first day of my kids' school? That involved having the house set up (mostly), the container unpacked (pretty much), and...
View ArticleEpisode 19: The Magic Wand to Disappointment
The disconnect between our expectations and our reality can often cause real disappointment. We had such big dreams for our new house, our new business, our new project, only to find that the reality...
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