Don't plan it all.  Let life surprise you a little." ~Julia Alvarez Posts from HealthyExpatParent.com/Facebook New podcast: Unexpectedly, for many government employees, the financial situation is difficult. We hear you. https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/unexpected-financial-hardships Happy Monday! Sometimes the only response you get from your kiddos after school is “fine”. Let’s see if asking the question in a different way yields more info! https://time.com/7315031/wha

(ha! See what I did there? No? Read on, you'll get why that's funny!) You've all heard about osteoporosis.  Like almost all ailments...

New podcast: It used to be that employment with the government was a stable option. Now, it feels like we are in an in-between place, where job certainty is iffy and now, no paychecks thanks to the government shut-down. What to do? Angi and I talk about the situation, and offer empathy and support. I wish we could offer jobs and funds, too, but we are in the same boat as everyone else. Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2304981/episodes/18027629-unexpected-financial

"If it's not a hell yes, it's a hell no."  ~ Saeed Jones Posts from HealthyExpatParent.com/Facebook Happy Monday!  Let me ask you this: when was the last time you wondered about something and then turned and talked to another person about it? And you did not google it.  Try it.  Just once.  Today.  See where you end up. https://www.swiss-miss.com/2025/10/sit-and-wonder.html Dinner time! Take ingredients you probably have on hand for this fun Thai-inspired bowl, meat optional.

Sharoya, Angi and I talk about different aspects of kids leaving the house, having fewer family members around, and what happens when they come back home?  Some great suggestions for keeping the peace, making the most out of the new additional space ... and making sure you have beds for everyone when/if they come back home! We all know that our kids are supposed to grow up, go to uni, and then go off on their own. This is our primary goal as parents: help foster independence

Willpower is overrated. If you want to eat healthier, don’t work hard to avoid stopping at the cookie jar when you walk into the kitchen....

Sometimes, the best thing you can do for your body is to rest. How many times have you just not been motivated to exercise? Or to move? ...

"Love is an action.  Never simply a feeling." ~ bell hooks Posts from HealthyExpatParent.com/Facebook Yeah I know, it is easy to reach...

Finally, another podcast! Shipping our kiddos off to university feels like a bit of a leap of faith, but it is what is supposed to...

“We are the ones we have been waiting for.” ~ June Jordan  Posts from HealthyExpatParent.com/Facebook Monday Post: I don't know, it feels...

Our kids are amazing, aren't they? They are also like closed doors, especially as they get older. It gets harder and harder to get any...

"Machines will always outthink us. But they cannot out-love us. They cannot out-care, out-nurture, or out-compassion us. That is our...

“Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting." ~ Joyce Meyer  "Adopt the pace of nature: her...

Move toward the next thing, not away from the last thing. Same direction. Completely different energy. Posts from...

I do love a good run. Having been following this pattern since college days, it feels comfortable to fall into the rhythm that is...

Please see below for the episode posted in the last few weeks.  We’ll be back up to our normal posting pace as the Fall gets rolling....

“The problem may be huge, but your job is not to fix the entire problem. It’s to do what you can with what you have.” ~ Liz Murray Posts...

Wonder is not exactly knowing. “The world is full of poems,” Mary Oliver said, “but you have to be quiet to hear them.” An important...

“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.” ~ Sensei Ogui Posts from HealthyExpatParent.com/Facebo...

Why I wake up early Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who make the morning and spread it over the field and into the faces of tulips and...