- Posted by: adminlemonberry Posted on: May 30 2013
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0What I find fascinating about living in another culture is discovering how things are done differently than in my home or other countries. An example is when people are required to wait in line. One culture will queue up neatly – with near military precision [...]
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Have you ever tried to explain something to your children in the hope they would just listen and take your word for it? That they wouldn’t have to find it out the hard way by actually experiencing it? Welcome to a parental treasure trove. In writing this book, Linda Janssen takes us under her parental wing and invites us to do just that: listen. Browse this book before you move. Flip through its pages while unpacking boxes. Open it randomly in the fall, winter, and spring. When you reach the end, start all over again.
These pages contain a well-written harvest of wisdom, both Janssen’s own and that of many wise others, gleaned from many fields of human experience. As with any food rich in nutrition, this book is best sampled regularly and digested slowly. If Janssen had had a book like this at her disposal, she might not have had to write this herself, meaning we wouldn’t be able to read it. Go figure. That must be the power of emotional resilience.
Drs. Douglas W. OtaNIP Psychologist, NMI Mediator, Family TherapistThe topic of emotional resiliency is near and dear to my own heart, and in The Emotionally Resilient Expat: Engage, Adapt and Thrive Across Cultures, Janssen has written a comprehensive guide to help expats navigate the multiple challenges and stresses that come with living overseas. Reading this will help parents to become more aware of the experiences their children and adolescents might face, and find tools that will help their families to become more resilient. School personnel and therapists who work with Third Culture Kids will also benefit from reading this book if they want to truly understand the joys, as well as the tribulations, of life outside one’s home culture and country.
Rebecca Grappohttp://rnginternational.comThe original premise of this book, even the need for this book, comes from our time in history. We are today a world which is indeed global and wanting to be resilient, happy, and engaged. Linda A. Janssen reminds us we can maintain, enhance, restore and renew our levels of resiliency. It may take time, effort, energy, persistence and mindful attention, but it is possible. We can only look forward to more from her.
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