Expat life support that's as unique as you are!

About Me

Hi! I'm Carole, Expat Lifestyle Mentor and Independent Consultant, founder of ExpatChild.com and Expatability

Moving abroad changes more than your address – it changes your family, your identity, and your sense of home. And so much more!

I work with you to help you leave well, settle well, and make your expat life a success from before you even leave.

No fluff. No sales pitch. Just honest, experienced support. You won't get any BS from me and I do use straight, honest talking - you have been warned!

If you can't find a time that suits you, please drop me an email and we'll work something out. Time zones can be tricky.

Also, please take a quick look at my FAQs as your query may be covered there.

Products & Services

Expat Espresso

1 hour

Feel clear in 60 minutes - no fluff, no sales pitch, just calm clarity from someone who's lived...

£250.00GBP

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Expat Ristretto

30 minutes

A 30 minute, 1-1 chat with me to work through one challenge you're facing right now. With this...

£150.00GBP

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Testimonials

"I chose to work with Carole as I listened to her podcasts, read her articles and was impressed by her experience, knowledge, professionalism, and also her down-to-earth, matter-of-fact style, which I resonated with."

“I felt very overwhelmed, unsure, lost, scared, worried. The biggest issues I was facing were a long list, having a complex situation I was trying to work through the overwhelm of relocation, removals, education, medical, jobs, housing. Uppermost was the issue of uncertainty; of whether it was the right thing to do or not.

And then I found Carole! I had been searching for an expert to consult with and came across Carole and her websites. I chose to work with her as I listened to her podcasts, read her articles and was impressed by her experience, knowledge, professionalism, and also her down-to-earth, matter-of-fact style, which I resonated with.

After working with Carole, I felt a sense of direction, reassurance, confidence, and connectedness. She helped me with a range of topics we discussed and helped me with contacts, links, direct information, and also her guidebooks and lists, which are invaluable.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, at a loss, in limbo or alternatively know what you want but don’t know how or where to start, I would highly recommend contacting Carole. She is approachable, friendly, factual, professional and has a wide range of experience with an abundance of resources. You will not be disappointed.”

M M

Expat Espresso Client

"Carole is a warm and easy person to speak with. She has tremendous experience in the challenges of living and moving overseas and moving back to the UK."

“I was homesick, feeling isolated and missing everyone and everything about London and the UK. Covid made expat life even more difficult in a new country where I was unable to make new connections.

I was seriously considering moving back which would have had a massive impact on my family, particularly my children who are teenagers. Carole helped me appreciate that what I was feeling was not unusual, and in fact, was quite common when combining a major international move with a pandemic.

With Carole’s personal experience of living overseas in many locations for many years and then returning to the UK she was able to remind me that there are nearly always options. And her honest assessments on the practicalities of moving children of exam school age were invaluable.

Carole is a warm and easy person to speak with. She has tremendous experience in the challenges of living and moving overseas and moving back to the UK. She can give practical insights and to help you think of problems in new ways and potentially see things more objectively.”

Brendan S

Expat Espresso Client

"After chatting with Carole, I felt more hopeful, optimistic, excited and knew that everything would be OK."

"Carole just gets it - she can relate and has such a wealth of knowledge and life experience in being an expat; relocating many times, having kids, and relocating them, and a partner who works away, not taking the traditional route and so being different to those around her.

I found this very comforting, intriguing, and reassuring - she is very strong, independent, positive, happy, encouraging, optimistic and this energy was exactly what I needed when I was feeling stressed with the weight of the world on my shoulders.

She made me feel excited for the future rather than scared.

Before speaking with Carole, I had really bad expat anxiety and it was manifesting as expat depression too.

I felt stuck, trapped, alone, scared, so incredibly stressed and I really didn’t know what to do. I was having trouble with dating abroad and thoughts of the future, being homesick and missing my family, struggling to like my new city. It was all a lot, and I really needed some guidance at that time.

After chatting with Carole, I felt more hopeful, optimistic, excited and knew that everything would be OK. That I’d look back one day and be proud of myself, and this made me feel more excited to adventure and explore rather than having a fear mindset.

I felt that all the pressures I had put on myself were quite irrational and were black or white thinking. I learnt that life isn’t so simple, but it is a fun journey which you can never predict! This made me feel more at peace with things not being ‘perfect’."

E B

Expat Espresso Client x 2

“I felt like I had a million questions (although in reality, these all boiled down to a few key concerns) and Carole answered all of them.

After speaking to her, I had a positive game plan and felt confident moving forward, and have now been living my overseas dream for several months!”

Danielle Hayduk

Expat Espresso Client

Hi Carole, Thanks so very much for the call and it was so helpful to get your experienced counsel on this topic! Indeed, the experience, tips and solutions which you shared are looking as very positive steps to take. I’ll start implementing a few of those right away.

Sanjeev K

Expat Espresso Client

"Thank you very much for the Information you sent me. I will check them out!!

I really enjoyed our conversation. Just speaking to you without having to explain my thoughts and feelings was a rare occurrence. This put me at ease straight away, making me feel understood, which allowed me to open up to you easily.

I really appreciated your Kind remarks and valuable insights. I will definitely book another conversation very soon as I have more questions and topics for your advice.

I will be happy to stay in touch."

Alan A

Expat Espresso Client

“I was completely overwhelmed. The decision between choosing a local school and an international school is complicated, especially as when you don't know where you will go next. As an expat, I had heard many different opinions, but really needed someone to be frank and someone that had similar expat experiences.

Carole reassured me that what I'm doing is what is the best option for my kids. She also gave me very valuable tips that I had not thought about.

I have already recommended her to a friend as a good person to contact before making another international move, or if you needed an unbiased opinion outside your family on issues related to expat life.”

Krystal P

Expat Espresso Client

"If you are like me, an expat navigating these weird times and you can put an hour to talk to Carole, I urge you to do so"

“The year is 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic is doing its rounds around the World and taking my chosen country to live on, pretty harshly.

It’s just me, my 9y.o daughter and her father and I was suffocating. “Am I going to see this thru?” “Am I going to survive?” If not in the real sense, but in the emotional sense of it.

In order to cope, I booked myself in to an Expat Espresso meeting with Carole; someone who has always been there for me even though she didn’t even know I existed.

Sometimes, the only thing we need, is someone to mirror our feelings back at us, feed us those things that are at the back of our minds but at the same time we don’t know yet.

Carole was a balm to my feelings, a calm and soothing voice that nailed 5 of my major struggles without me actually saying them out aloud.

How does she even do that?

That was exactly what I needed and now I am actually googling some stuff and reading more about it and I can feel those knots of anxiety losing themselves by the minute.”

Karina L

Expat Espresso Client

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