Written by With 22 years an Eligible Family Member (EFM) Carla Gray has a lot of people to be grateful for. One thing they all have in common? They’ve recognized her strengths and boosted her confidence to try new things. In this episode, she shares a few of those stories. She has paid their support forward by … Continue reading “For Seeing My Strengths, A Thank You, from Carla Gray”
Unlike many State Department EFMs, Chris’s experiences are shaped by her husband’s role with DOJ. How did she break out of her comfort zone and find a community that is worth retiring into? Chris Lang has been an EFM at four posts now, and at her current age of 61, she has figured out how … Continue reading “Listening Out for Something in Common with Chris Lang”
Elizabeth Streett did everything right: going to college and becoming a diplomat. She met all the criteria for what anyone would see as successful. But success didn’t really end up being what she sought, and it turns out that was the wrong word to use…
After rave reviews of his debut novel, EFM Matthew Becker has two more books coming soon. In this episode, find out how an academic mathematician with a past work in missile tracking and COVID test kit distribution analysis became an EFM and followed…
When there’s an EFM who has turned what seems to be a location-dependent career into something globally portable, you know you’ll eventually meet them here on Available Worldwide.Â
In this episode, Amy shares what it was like to unexpectedly dine…
In this episode, Lauren meets yet another life trajectory twin, Janelle Meyer, who went to college with dreams of being a graphic designer, but who eventually came back to her true calling, work helping students succeed. Janelle is a special educator…
In this episode, meet Mikell Reed Carroll, an EFM with a job you probably couldn’t imagine being portable: pagentry!Mikell has been competing in pageants since she was around 20 years old, and has won numerous titles over the past 26 years. This June,…
After 3 years of producing the Available Worldwide Podcast, we’re celebrating by re-interviewing our first guests, each other. Lauren talks with Steph about what’s changed with Global Nomad English and how podcasting changed her work with clients and…
On the 3rd anniversary of the Available Worldwide Podcast, we chat with co-host Lauren Steed about her small business, Nomad Educational Services. Lauren shares how her students are changing, how she’s adapting, and what she’s learned more about the…
First time EFM Amanda Zelaya saw EFM life as the chance to finally go all in on her dream career. She describes life as an indie romance author and ghostwriter, her journey into self-publishing, the challenges of being an indie author, and how her…