Expat Life

Seven countries. Forty-odd years of packing boxes, learning new currencies and languages, getting things gloriously wrong, and figuring it out anyway. After all that, I've come to believe that home isn't a place — it's a feeling you learn to carry with you, and occasionally stumble into somewhere unexpected. Consider this one of those places. This blog is where I think out loud about culture, identity, leadership, and the endlessly entertaining business of being human across borders. Pull up a chair. Put your feet up. Disagree with me. Share what resonates. That's the whole point. And if somewhere along the way you find yourself wondering whether I might be useful to you — whether that's helping your team actually work across cultures rather than just survive them, speaking at your next leadership event, or joining us for something altogether different at our 17th-century palazzo in the Sabine Hills of Italy — the door is open. It usually is. No hard sell. Just a warm welcome. And perhaps a cup of tea. Come find me: helen@bannigan.com · bannigan.com Curious what Executive Cultural Coaching actually means in practice? Scroll down — I promise it's more interesting than it sounds.