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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2016 10:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’ve lived away from our birth country for 20 years and a lot’s happened in that time – we moved to the USA, raised a family, took American citizenship, relocated back to Europe and will move on again. The first two &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2016/03/28/the-non-expat-expat-not-fitting-the-box/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living in The Netherlands: What to Bring with You</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 11:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked what would be an essential item to bring to the Netherlands if I was moving here. A loaded question – one I didn&#8217;t want to answer without serious consideration. Much depends on where you&#8217;re coming from, whether &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2015/06/02/living-in-the-netherlands-what-to-bring-with-yo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Interview with Expatsblog – USA to the Netherlands</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A while ago I was interviewed by Expatsblog for their great website which is full of resources for anyone moving from somewhere to, well, just about anywhere else. Their website a phenomenal amount of information available on wherever it is you&#8217;ll &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2014/04/02/interview-with-expatsblog-usa-to-the-netherlands/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Older Parents: When to Step In</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Good health is something I’ve generally taken for granted, my own and that of my family. We’ve been lucky over the years and despite some major issues with Missy, our daughter, last year, I’ve never thought of us as being &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2013/07/16/older-parents-when-to-step-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Where has the year gone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is with shock and horror I realise how long it’s been since I last posted on Wordgeyser. I wish I could tell you I’ve been traveling the world, or training to be an astronaut ready for the manned space &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2013/06/24/where-has-the-year-gone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Transitions: Life&#8217;s Waiting Rooms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The carpeted floor beneath my bare feet pitches gently and I realise the ship has left the placid calm of the harbour, cleared the rocky promontories encircling its entrance, and moved out into open water. The movement is almost imperceptible, &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2013/04/09/transitions-lifes-waiting-rooms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living in the Netherlands: The Good, The Bad and The Frustrating.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I first wrote about moving to the Netherlands several years ago when I’d had time to settle in and get established, but was still new enough to the Dutch culture to see it through fresh eyes. Since that original article &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2013/03/28/living-in-the-netherlands-the-good-the-bad-and-the-frustrating-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Sense of Place: Genetics and Travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Have you ever traveled somewhere and felt instantly at home? Or arrived in a new place and felt a sense of disconnection you couldn&#8217;t put your finger on? I&#8217;m sure we all have, but why does it happen? I&#8217;ve arrived &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2013/02/18/a-sense-of-place-genetics-and-travel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dutch Delights: The Magic of Winter Days</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2013/01/15/dutch-delights-the-magic-of-winter-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for New Arrivals in the Netherlands]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The first snow day of the winter and in its wake the dreary, endless days of the Dutch fall are forgotten. Day after day of leaden skies, like a dirty, heavy, sodden blanket thrown over the country, dripping constantly, suffocating &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2013/01/15/dutch-delights-the-magic-of-winter-days/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Frank and Fearless: Facing 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The end days of the year, the cusp of the past with the future, when most people are out of their normal routine and daily structure. Add school holidays, more family socialising, a change in diet and it’s no wonder &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2013/01/08/frank-and-fearless-facing-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Unexpected Goodbyes: Part of the Package</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We all know the poem about friends who are there for a reason, a season or a lifetime – how often do we see it forwarded on emails? It’s something we relate to and instinctively understand. Friendships in a global environment &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/11/20/unexpected-goodbyes-part-of-the-package/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Presidential Politics: Who Holds the Real Power?</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2012/11/07/presidential-politics-who-holds-the-real-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The circus is over, the votes are in and everyone in the USA, and governments around the world – who appreciate the impact of the election on global politics – will know where they stand for the next four years. &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/11/07/presidential-politics-who-holds-the-real-power/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hurricane Sandy: Facing the Aftermath</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2012/11/02/hurricane-sandy-facing-the-aftermath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the past days the world has looked towards New York and the northeastern seaboard of the USA and watched with awe as mother nature flexed her muscles and reminded us there is no place on earth where she cannot &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/11/02/hurricane-sandy-facing-the-aftermath/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Role Models: Why Ordinary People are Mine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week saw the celebration for the birthday of a special lady. Someone who has recently survived breast cancer and who dealt with the prospect of chemotherapy and a double mastectomy with dignity and grace. There will have been quiet &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/10/31/role-models-why-ordinary-people-are-mine-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Empty Nest Syndrome: It&#8217;s Not All About the Kids Leaving</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2012/10/13/empty-nest-syndrome-its-not-all-about-the-kids-leaving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I promised myself I wouldn&#8217;t write anything further on the empty nest syndrome. Not because there&#8217;s nothing to write about, but because it&#8217;s an emotive subject for many, with parents on either side of the fence and the majority just &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/10/13/empty-nest-syndrome-its-not-all-about-the-kids-leaving/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Forced to Fly: Expat Survival Guide</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2012/10/06/forced-to-fly-expat-survival-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The second edition of Jo Parfitt&#8217;s Forced To Fly is the much anticipated, updated anthology of expat experiences &#8211; finding humour in the strangest of circumstances and unusual places &#8211; and is a great read on many levels. The book is in &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/10/06/forced-to-fly-expat-survival-guide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Inconvenient Posting: Everyone&#8217;s Had One</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In its broadest sense an expat is defined as someone living outside his/ her birth country. There are various reasons for expats living overseas; some by choice, others following a company remit. For the latter, personal preference or convenience can &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/10/02/an-inconvenient-posting-everyones-had-one/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Walking the Walk: The Reality of the Empty Nest</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2012/09/12/walking-the-walk-the-reality-of-the-empty-nest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Having written a four-part series on the challenges of a child heading off for college, (see below for links) I’m now having to put that sage advice to the test. A few weeks back my husband and I headed off &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/09/12/walking-the-walk-the-reality-of-the-empty-nest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>College Bound Kids?: After They&#8217;ve Gone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 04:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Part 4 in a series of 4 So they&#8217;ve finally headed off into the big wide world. Whether you&#8217;ve taken them yourself or because of circumstances that responsibility has been passed to another family member, the time comes you find &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/08/26/college-bound-kids-after-theyve-gone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>College Bound Kids?: Changing Family Dynamics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Part 3 in a series of 4 Whether a child is leaving home for college or because they choose to, parental emotions will run high. From the first time you held them to the day you wave them goodbye you &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/08/24/college-bound-kids-changing-family-dynamics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>College Bound Kids?: The Practical Stuff for Heading Overseas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Part 2 in a series of 4 It was a pretty big can of worms I opened with my first post on college bound kids. I had no idea all those cool, calm and collected mom&#8217;s packing their kids up &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/08/08/college-bound-kids-the-practical-stuff-for-heading-overseas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Part 1 in a series of 4  What a strange time of year. So far summer has been non-existent in The Hague and yet in a few weeks school will be back for the fall semester. Expat families will be &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/07/19/college-bound-kids-youre-not-on-your-own/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Throughout the world thousands of students are waiting for the results of their IB (International Baccalaureate) examinations sat in May and June. They are the culmination of two years of blood, sweat, tears, sleepless nights and some hard partying once &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/07/06/ib-diploma-the-only-way-forward-for-global-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Ever heard the expression ‘monkey mind’? For those of you rolling your eyes in disbelief that once again I’m behind on things, please bear with me. I only came across this recently, in the process of editing a book. I &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/07/02/light-bulb-moments-recognizing-the-monkey-mind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A year ago James Stephen Brownhill was tragically killed, alongside his climbing partner and friend, David Evans, during an ascent of Mont Blanc. A peak previously climbed  along with others on different continents. A year in which everyone who knew &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/06/29/james-brownhill-moving-forward/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Flying Solo with KLM</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 12:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The past three months I’ve been bouncing backwards and forwards across the Altlantic every few weeks or so. Before I have time to adjust to being back in one time zone I’m hurtled into the other, a seven-hour time difference &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/05/12/flying-solo-with-klm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Queen&#8217;s Day: The Quieter Side</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2012/04/30/queens-day-the-quieter-side/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided to share the quieter side of Queen&#8217;s Day, Koninginnedag,  a day to celebrate the birthday of the former Queen, Juliana. The present Queen, Beatrix, spends the day with members of the Royal family, visiting towns throughout the Netherlands. &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/04/30/queens-day-the-quieter-side/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>PVC: The Journey Continues</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2012/04/26/pvc-the-journey-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week finds me back in Houston in time for Lizzy&#8217;s surgery to relieve Pelvic Vascular Congestion. (I chronicled her journey to here a couple of posts back). I have to admit this trip was not as hopeful as my &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/04/26/pvc-the-journey-continues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Like many, I’m fascinated by the lives of other people, how patterns weave themselves through the generations, how shared DNA links us to people we can never meet. How many times in our own lives have things happened and we’ve &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/04/20/fly-away-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>PVC: Raising Awareness of a Chronic Female Condition</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2012/04/16/pvc-raising-awareness-of-this-chronic-female-condition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have no wish to publically discuss my family&#8217;s health, yet a family member, let&#8217;s call her Lizzy, has been dealing with a little known health issue we had no idea existed, which impacts the lives of countless woman worldwide. &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/04/16/pvc-raising-awareness-of-this-chronic-female-condition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Expat Life: Slice by Slice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[March saw Apple Gidley in Washington DC, in her capacity as Board Director of Families in Global Transition, who held their annual conference in the US capital. It was also the month her much anticipated book Expat Life: Slice by Slice was &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/04/02/expat-life-slice-by-slice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Expat Good Samaritan: Cultural Attitudes to Caring</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Whether you’re a serial expat moving from country to country with the huge machine of a global company, working in a foreign country under your own steam or emigrate from one country to another, there will be times when disaster &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/03/29/the-expat-good-samaritan-cultural-attitudes-to-caring/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Global Tax : Inescapable and Unrelenting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s February and there’s that sinking feeling in my stomach. Not the winter blues, instead the gargantuan beast from hell, the preparation of the annual tax returns. You can’t forget about it, or pretend it’s not happening, stick fingers in your &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/02/22/global-tax-inescapable-and-unrelenting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Managing Expectations: The Dutch Health Service</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2012/02/16/managing-expectations-the-dutch-health-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Dutch Culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cultural differences in health care]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Before we start I&#8217;d like to make it absolutely clear that on arrival in any foreign country, whether to live, work or take a vacation my expectation of the local health care systems is always neutral. This avoids confusion should &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/02/16/managing-expectations-the-dutch-health-service/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Versatility: Something We All Need</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2012/02/14/versatility-something-we-all-need/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems I am Versatile. A startling and unexpected revelation to someone who has spent much of the past month deliberately under the radar. This is the time of year when awards are awarded (think the Baftas and the Oscars), &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/02/14/versatility-something-we-all-need/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mental Sabbatical: A Time to Step Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After the New Year and a return to the Netherlands from visiting friends and family, I did something inconceivable only a few months previously. I decided to take a step back from life, review it and decide whether anything needed &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2012/02/08/mental-sabbatical-a-time-to-step-back/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The End Day of the Year</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2011/12/31/the-end-day-of-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The end days of the year; the hiatus between Christmas and the start of the new year. Strange days with a dreamlike quality, slightly out of focus and removed from the reality of day-to-day routines. A sense of anti-climax after &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2011/12/31/the-end-day-of-the-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hallmark Holidays and the Cyber Dilemma</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2011/12/21/hallmark-holidays-and-the-cyber-dilemma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The annual dilemma &#8211; the Christmas card list. To send or not to send. Who has made the list this year and who hasn&#8217;t. Send to local friends or only those outside a geographically defined area? Are acquaintances defined as &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2011/12/21/hallmark-holidays-and-the-cyber-dilemma/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Dutch 30% Tax Rule and International Teachers</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2011/12/12/the-dutch-30-tax-rule-and-international-teachers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written about the Dutch 30% tax ruling before, a topic foremost in most expats&#8217; minds during the annual tax period. This year the topic gained the status of national debate when the junior tax minister, Frans Weekers, considered introducing an income &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2011/12/12/the-dutch-30-tax-rule-and-international-teachers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Creative Detox: Using Writers&#8217; Block to Refocus</title>
		<link>https://wordgeyser.com/2011/12/07/creative-detox-using-writers-block-to-refocus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I hold my hands up. I&#8217;ve been struggling with what I can only assume is writer&#8217;s block these past few weeks. Not in a hand wringing, anguished kind of way, rather an intellectual curiosity as to why the creative juices &#8230; <a href="https://wordgeyser.com/2011/12/07/creative-detox-using-writers-block-to-refocus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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