Tag: living overseas

A friend here in Paris was entertaining her in-laws recently, visiting from New Mexico, and I joined them for a ...

Here are 11 things I've learned from the school of hard knocks after four international moves across three continents with ...

"I just don't know what to do now. I mean... what do I do with myself at this stage? Where ...

Christmas In The Emerald Isle iStock/eugene_remizov Our seven Christmases in Ireland, we could never bring ourselves ...

What if you could go anywhere, do anything, and spend your time and your money any way you wanted? As ...

I made my first international move, from Baltimore, Maryland, to Waterford, Ireland, with the support of my longtime employer who'd ...

I meet thousands of our Live and Invest Overseas readers at conferences we host each year. And I love hearing ...

If Your Friends Don’t Understand, Maybe You Need New Friends "Why don't I own a four-bedroom, two-story country home in ...

Playing The Field Overseas I'm just back in Panama City after almost a month in Europe. Following a week on ...

I decided in high school that I wanted an international life. Of course, I wouldn't have articulated it that way ...

What will my new life really be like? As you prepare yourself for a move overseas, you probably ask yourself ...

For more than 30 years, "retire overseas" has been my beat... but it’s never been my personal agenda. These past ...

Every year, I speak with hundreds of potential expats at events and get thousands of emails from people considering moving ...

We are house-sitting in Tulum, Mexico, for an expat family from the United States. Two years ago I would never ...

This month we celebrate the four-year anniversary of our most elite level of Live and Invest Overseas service: Our All ...

When Lief and I decided to relocate from the United States to Ireland nearly two decades ago, we were early ...

As you consider locations for where you might reinvent your life overseas... comparing and contrasting one to the others... I ...

We’ve all read axioms about travel... "It’s not the destination, it’s the journey... " Or this from J.R.R. Tolkien: "Not ...

What Happens If Your New Life Overseas Doesn’t Work Out? When is the right time for you to retire and ...

Two Steps To Creating Your Ideal Plan B In my inbox this weekend, I had this email from a reader: ...

"Hello, Kathleen! I have been reading your letters for like forever. In fact, I was able to talk my husband ...

From High Stress In The UK To The Bliss Of French Country Living--One Family's Retire Overseas Adventure In 2006, two ...

"Kathleen, the situation I need addressed has to do with my home in California. It is an upscale home that ...

The Five Flags Approach I've been inundated recently with e-mails from readers asking, "Why not?" "Why not Honduras?" "Why not ...

Into The War Zone--On The Ground In Chiang Mai "Vicki and I arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand, a few hours ...

Too Much Stuff—Some Of It Will Have To Go Not everyone is interested in a life in the tropics...or at ...

"Kathleen, you are a Godsend. Though I am a successful business owner in Florida, you have shown me there is ...

Your Better Half Won't Budge? Here's the second most common reason I've heard over the past two-and-a-half decades from people ...

The Town Of Everlasting Peace "Greetings from Taiping," writes Intrepid Correspondent Vicki Terhorst this morning. "This place is an historical ...

A Tale Of Two Retirees Friends David Stubbs and Lucy Culpepper retired overseas early and haven't looked back since... "I ...

The Road To Someplace Greener After 12 ½ years living overseas, we feel like tourists now when we return to ...

Once Crazy, Now Genius…Just Ask Brian In the month since my new "How To Retire Overseas" book was published, I've ...

Just Dip A Toe Casco Viejo, Panama Adriane Berg of The Longevity Club interviewed me on her radio show this ...

Looking For Something Specific? Casco Viejo, Panama It's a big world, full of opportunity for fun, adventure, and a new ...

Back To Reality Harry and I returned to Panama Friday afternoon to be greeted by a heavy dose of reality. ...