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"Earth laughs in flowers" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Posts from HealthyExpatParent.com/Facebook Happy Monday! Here, underscoring the fact that...

Some days are hard. I definitely totally get it. A hard day can sometimes be a great teacher if we stop and consider. We all have days...

Learn to be okay with people not knowing your side of the story.  You have nothing to prove to anyone. Posts from...

Hey! How are you? Really, how ARE you? Let's take a minute to check in and genuinely see how we are, to reflect. What do you see when you...

Check out the latest podcast episodes on The Big Purple Blob 142: Academic Support Options for TCKs--Feature: Katie Fowle TCKs face...

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another." ~ Charles Dickens Posts from HealthyExpatParent.com/Facebook Happy...

Adding a podcast element to the Blog! This episode is with 4 women, all of whom are in the Foreign Service (as Direct Hire, as PSC, as...

"The human body contains around 20 different elements, mostly made inside ancient stars.” Posts from HealthyExpatParent.com/Facebook...

When asked, your go-to response might be "Good", "fine", "okay, thanks" and then you turn it: "And how are you?" This is our automatic...

We're built to live simultaneously in love and loss, bitter and sweet. ~ Susan Cain Posts from HealthyExpatParent.com/Facebook Happy...

When we think about the beginning of a new year, some feel like it is a good time to consider some sort of change. Let's use that...

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"Setting a boundary does not mean you're an asshole." ~ Pooja Lakshmin Posts from HealthyExpatParent.com/Facebook Happy Monday! Let’s...

Instead of thinking about what you need to change, what you need to do to "fix" yourself (read: make New Year's Resolutions), take a few...

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.  What you do makes a difference, and you have to...

As we round the corner and hurtle into a new year, ‘tis the season for self-reflection and contemplation … New Year’s resolutions time....

The latest and greatest from The Big Purple Blob. 137: EFM New Career Path: The Time Is Now! Are you an EFM looking for meaningful and...

“For me, success is not a public thing. It’s a private thing. It’s when you have fewer and fewer regrets." ~ Toni Morrison Posts from...

"Stacking up small victories creates a snowball effect that encourages you to undertake more and more ambitious changes." I did not write...