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Real stories from women who've already done what you're dreaming about doing. The Expat Diaries explores what it really means to move abroad, build a life in a new country, and leave one home behind to create another.

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  • Vivian Najib

    American currently living in a city by the sea in Portugal. Successful litigator turned professional home organizer. Reader of all the books. Lover of big, bright, bold, gallery walls. Lazy river floating champion.

  • LaDonna Witmer

    Professional Word Nerd. Unprofessional Succulent Gardener. Irish Goodbye Enthusiast. Sometime Donkey Rescuer. Longtime Tea Drinker. Foul-Mouthed Heathen. Former Goth Girl. Current Frumpy Person. Aspiring Bog Witch.

  • Sacha Cohen

    Paris-based writer, GenXer, and community builder. My work has appeared in Fodor’s, The Independent, The Washington Post, Glamour, and more.

  • Theresa Conroy

    I don't post here. See my posts at YoFrance! From Philly. Newspaper Reporter turned Yoga Therapist. Beer Judge. French resident. Lover of dogs, crows and otters.

  • Asia Dawn Simonelli

    Single mom abroad, coparenting in Spain, doing things unconventionally after divorce. Writer and relationship coach exploring what happens when life doesn't go according to plan.

  • Heather Afar

    From Florida to Portugal at 50. On mindful immigration, empty nesting abroad, and finding new ground—geographically and personally. If you came here from TikTok, yes, I am @mindfulmigrant.

  • Pamela Clapp

    French culture. Parisian style. The art of living well. Weekly essays from Paris.

  • Kay Fabella

    Writing for people 5+ years abroad who are outwardly settled and still carrying something they can't name · Essays on migratory grief and the "no longer new, still not home" phase · Fil-Am 17 yrs in Spain · Counsellor-in-training (CPCAB)

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