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Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques That Will Strengthen the Global Family Kindle Edition

by Julia Simens (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
The only thing you can be sure you can move around the world is your child’s ability to increase his or her interpersonal skills. In today’s global world, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help our children to thrive.

Emotional Resilience for the Expat Child provides a step-by-step guide that is designed to increase a child’s emotional vocabulary and emotional intelligence. Doing this will enable your child to achieve his or her fullest potential. The bond between an adult and child is key to the psychological health of the child. For the expatriate child, this bond is more vital than ever. This workbook has been created for you to use together and will provide the perfect place to connect for you and your family. With easily understood and practical steps any parent can apply, you can start to create and enjoy your family’s ‘emotion stories’. This book will help you to develop the mutually respectful and loving relationships with your kids that you’ve always wanted.

Working on these ‘emotion stories’, all children can develop a strong sense of personal narrative; they will find their own ‘voice’ and in so doing will grow into confident, happy teenagers. When a child feels happy and confident, he will be more likely to construct and communicate his emotions. The richer his vocabulary is in emotions, the more competent and powerful he will be in reflecting on his behavior and how his actions and interactions are intertwined.

Well-written in an engaging, conversational tone, this book is sensible, straightforward and based on the experiences of expat families. It will give your child what he or she needs to understand and express today in order to grow into a caring, emotional intelligent adult tomorrow.


“Having worked with students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds for more than 25 years I believe that emotional literacy is a common language shared by all. Being able to read the emotions of others and express your own emotions enables you to interact positively and solve problems constructively. Having worked closely with Julia in a large international school, I have seen firsthand how her programs have helped shape the lives of many expat and local students and their families.”

Jacinta Webb, Education Consultant (English Language Learners), Brisbane, Australia


“Finally, the book I've been longing to reach for as a reference tool in my own practice and as a parent! Working with internationally mobile families, I see every day how important it is for our children and teens to have emotional resilience. A comprehensive guide to the often complex emotions children face as expat kids. It shows how the adults in their lives can help children to express their feelings in constructive ways so that they become emotionally healthy, happy, and resilient.”

Rebecca Grappo, M.Ed, Certified Educational Planner, Founder, RNG International Educational Consultants, LLC


“The definitive guide on the emotional effects of raising your children as global nomads and how to deal with the psychological effects of constant change. This book should be required reading for all expatriate families and international teachers and will become a valuable resource for my work with the employees of international corporations.”

Fiona Robertson-Crebo, MA. Specialist in International and Intercultural Communication
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After reading this book, I must agree that it is a "must read" for families traveling around the world. It addresses so many issues that are a huge benefit not only to the children but for the adults as well. There are the unseen emotional issues that you just don't see or noticed and those are the points that are covered in this book.

It is easy to connect with this book as it is written in a style that is very comfortable to read. It is as if you were having a conversation at the table over a cup of coffee. Not only is this book a benefit for families, I can see it as a useful guide for anyone working with children overseas such as teachers. This would help in helping children cope with being aboard and having to deal with a new, strange and different culture.

I highly recommend this book to any family considering moving aboard with children or for anyone dealing with children who have already moved aboard. This book is well written, very concise and very useful that can go a long way in reducing stress with the move. It is indeed a very thorough and comprehensive guide!

From the Author

My goal is to help parents connect with their own child or children and build on emotional vocabulary to help them enrich their lives. My passion for helping families thrive as they move around the world is the main driving force behind my work because my family has lived this lifestyle. Many branches of psychology embrace inherently optimistic views and have helped not only individuals but also informal groups and formal groups to get better at, and derive greater fulfilment from what they do. I wanted to give this ability to families. I wanted to do what I can do to improve a child's functioning within the context of his family and school.

My goal is to help parents create a family life conductive to learning, sharing and "mattering" to each other. If a family is able to communicate about their emotions they have less mix ups. Psychological maltreatments and miscommunications destroy marriages, friendships and parent-child relationships. Interactions between parents and young children are full of disruptions, miscommunication, and misunderstandings. We need to connect so we can repair.

As a counsellor, I operate behind the scenes, but often make the difference, for a child or a family, between a good transition or one gone awry. I assess problems that run the gamut from academic issues, socialization issues, general transition issues, isolation, to family break ups. I believe in the counselling connection and I believe in storytelling about your own life and situations to help your child understand. When a family has this connection with a counsellor it provides them the interpersonal opportunity to rework the narrative, to tell the details of their story and to plan if they want to make any changes.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AIR9GIC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Summertime Publishing
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 4, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.9 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 187 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1909193192
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A gold-medal global perspective on children and parenting. Navigated nine international relocations - Helped over 8,000 families on five continents. How can I help you today as you travel around the world with your little global nomads?

Organizations hire me for my experience. Parents seek me for my heart. Kids benefit the most when I use both.

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  • Vera Cruz
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Thorough and Comprehensive Guide
    Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2012
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    After reading this book, I must agree that it is a "must read" for families traveling around the world. It addresses so many issues that are a huge benefit not only to the children but for the adults as well. There are the unseen emotional issues that you just don't see or noticed and those are the points that are covered in this book.

    It is easy to connect with this book as it is written in a style that is very comfortable to read. It is as if you were having a conversation at the table over a cup of coffee. Not only is this book a benefit for families, I can see it as a useful guide for anyone working with children overseas such as teachers. This would help in helping children cope with being aboard and having to deal with a new, strange and different culture.

    I highly recommend this book to any family considering moving aboard with children or for anyone dealing with children who have already moved aboard. This book is well written, very concise and very useful that can go a long way in reducing stress with the move. It is indeed a very thorough and comprehensive guide!
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  • leelee momma
    1.0 out of 5 stars Could Have Been a Pamphlet
    Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2015
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    I was really disappointed with this book. For an adult with even a small amount of knowledge regarding child development, this is a painfully obvious book. So much ink and paper is wasted to explain the benefits of reading to children, and how emotions are important and should be expressed and accepted. Really???? Also, many pages are spent defining emotions from happy to anticipation. I'm pretty sure the average parent doesn't need to buy a book to know how to explain fear or anger. The "stories" are painfully predictable and without a plot so that only the 3-5 age range might endure them, and yet the vocabulary and lack of pictures makes them inappropriate for even 3-5 year olds. I don't know a single child who would enjoy these "stories" or working through this "workbook." I bought it hoping it would help our family with our upcoming move overseas, but very little is said about the needs specific to such a life change. Please save your money and buy Third Culture Kids instead, it's amazing and MUCH more helpful.
    8 people found this helpful
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  • Mark
    4.0 out of 5 stars A practical guide
    Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2021
    Format: Paperback
    The Emotional Resilience book provides a rich overview of the research surrounding emotions, practical tips to unpack these emotions with young children, as well as stories which illuminate how a parent could respond to their child facing these different emotions. The detailed chapters provide guidance on how to help children name and unpack emotions. Living overseas for the last 20 years with my children I understand that while there are many benefits of experiencing different countries and cultures, there are also many experiences that are hard to process. This book is a practical addition to your broadening understanding of how to support your child while living overseas.
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  • Rass
    2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
    Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2018
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    After reading the foreword, I was truly expecting to find some groundbreaking information in this book. I was genuinely excited to read it! However, as other reviewers have noted, there’s really nothing new in here. I definitely found certain bits of information useful and enjoyed the lists of useful resources (books and websites) the author included at the end. However, after reading a book like Third Culture Kids (which I highly recommend) or even taking some college level psychology classes, most of the information in this book just seems like basic knowledge. Unless you’re totally clueless when it comes to emotions or how to begin talking to your children about them, I would not recommend this book. Also, this may seem minor, but I was extremely distracted by the huge inconsistency of spacing between words and sentences throughout the paperback book I received. Some words were so close that there barely appeared to be a space between them, and others had such large gaps between words that it was hard to tell they were even a part of the same sentence. There are various errors that, in my opinion, appear to be result of quick, careless printing.
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  • Messages For The Soul
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and much needed guide
    Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2015
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    I grew up as a child who both moved a lot and spent a considerable amount of time in foreign countries due to my father's work. While I was told that I was lucky, and I believe that I was, I didn't realize the particular toll that this lifestyle took on me until later in life. Now, as someone who gets to interact with children who are expats, I have found author Julia Simens' book to incredibly useful on several fronts. First, it has given me a lot of insight into the things that I went through as a child and didn't know how to express. Secondly, this wonderful book is also helping me to relate so much better to the expat children that I am blessed to be associated with now. What a wonderful read that has so much to offer. Highly recommended.
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  • Simone Costa Eriksson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child
    Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2011
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    It is quite common that expat parents are so overwhelmed with all the practical side of relocating that they often underestimate the impact on children. Children's perception of moving abroad is different from ours, so understanding and dealing with this emotionally-rich experience is a key to success. They are fully capable of making this experience a positive one, however it depends on how parents guide and support them.

    Julia Simens in Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child has done a good job in emphasizing the importance of considering both attachment styles as well as emotional resilience in this process. Being close to children and being attentive to their struggles to adapt to this new situation is essential to transform a stressful situation into personal and emotional growth. Thanks Julia Simens for explaining to parents and giving practical, the step by step guidance on how we can do that.
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