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4 Women talking: Fitness, health, and nutrition
Fitness, nutrition and health are all concepts we sometimes understand, sometimes embrace and sometimes are confounded by. Join me for a...
Susie Csorsz Brown
May 311 min read
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What's up on the Big Purple Blob?
Please see below for the links for the episodes we shared in May. 185- EFM Non-Traditional Employment, Outside the Box Options Susie...
Susie Csorsz Brown
May 291 min read
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Education Travel Allowance - Some answers?
If you are a Foreign Service family, and you're about to send your kiddo off to university, you might have some questions about how that...
Susie Csorsz Brown
May 261 min read
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4 Women Talking: R&R
Having the opportunity to take an R&R is phenomenal. Some destinations can be more rewarding and enjoyable than others, though. Here...
Susie Csorsz Brown
May 211 min read
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Packing out - does it have to be awful?
Friends, no one likes packing out from their home. It's stressful, emotionally draining, and just tiresome. Some suggestions to make it...
Susie Csorsz Brown
May 101 min read
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Podcast: Creative options for EFM Employment
What can we do for employment, to connect to our (new) community, to keep doing things that are meaningful? And yes, absolutely,...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Apr 191 min read
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Podcast: RSO briefing fodder
Adding stories for our Security team to include in their incoming briefing is definitely NOT a goal, but seems like even in our 8th tour...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Apr 191 min read
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Podcast: Start up stories
Joining the Foreign Service -- whatever your branch of service might be -- is at the same time super exciting and also kind of scary and...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Mar 271 min read
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Podcast: Sharing your story
Join Sharoya and I for a conversation with Megan Norton, a TCK herself, sharing an opportunity she has created for connecting with and...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Mar 122 min read
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What's up on the Big Purple Blob
The links below for recent podcasts. 177- Career Options, EFM/Trailing Spouse work decisions https://tinyurl.com/4b2ye6vh Are you an EFM...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Mar 12 min read
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4 Women Talking - Staying undivorced in FS
Relationships are already complicated, and especially so when we add on elements that are unique to FS like multiple international...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Feb 211 min read
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Build a village
Human being as social creatures: we do best when we have a sense of connectedness and contribute to oneness, to unity. We love to...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Feb 121 min read
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Podcast: Choose your own adventure
What does it look like to be a "successful" EFM? It's not just about jobs or employment. Join me for a conversation with Lisa Tilstra,...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jan 311 min read
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4 Women Talking: Resolutions
Happy New Year! Sharing an episode of 4 Women Talking (Hillery Midkiff, Morgan Loosli, Lisa Tilstra and myself) as we talk about...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Jan 31 min read
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What's up on the Big Purple Blob
Please see below for the summaries of the podcasts posted during Dec. Happy listening! The Big Purple Blob - a resource for FS officers...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Dec 31, 20241 min read
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Podcast: Conversation with Med
This conversation is a bit longer, but full of important information. Talking with M/Med folks about questions about clearances, mental...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Nov 27, 20241 min read
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Podcast: Supportive Bidding
Bidding on your new (hopefully!) post is stressful, complicated and an emotional roller coaster. Sharoya and I talk about some of the...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Oct 17, 20241 min read
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Podcast: Social media and our kids
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2304981/episodes/15946433 Sharoya and I discuss Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt ...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Oct 17, 20241 min read
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What's up on the Big Purple Blob
The latest and greatest for podcasts from the Big Purple Blob 167 - Heading to College, TCK version: Featuring 19-year-old Lucca ️ L...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Oct 5, 20241 min read
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Dealing with traumatic news - helping your kids through it
News of shocking stories comes to us, even from the other side of the globe. We read about school shootings or terrorist incidents, and...
Susie Csorsz Brown
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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