Valérie Besanceney
The Moments in Between
It’s mid-January and 2024 is settling in. There has been ample time to reflect on the past year and set aspirations for the year ahead....
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Valérie Besanceney
Dec 19, 202217 min read
The Narrow Definition of Success
The Illusion of Thriving What is your definition of success? And more importantly, how does your definition of success affect the next...
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Valérie Besanceney
Mar 24, 20206 min read
Homeschooling During Covid-19 Tip (just one)
As a parent of a family having walked the homeschooling path for a few months, and now suddenly watching friends and family setting out...
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Valérie Besanceney
Mar 14, 20205 min read
Homeschooling Tips During Transition
At the end of last summer, our family started homeschooling for various reasons. Until last week, we were the only family in our...
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Valérie Besanceney
Sep 1, 20195 min read
Top 10 Ways to Help New Students Transition at Your International School
This time of year means Back-To-School for most kids, but for internationally mobile children it often means Start-A-New-School. A...
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Valérie Besanceney
Jun 23, 20194 min read
Grateful Goodbyes
"Before diving into this new adventure, she needs to make sure she can properly say goodbye to this part of her life.” B at Home: Emma...
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Valérie Besanceney
Apr 20, 20186 min read
Top 10 Ways to Help Your Students Say Goodbye
During this time of year many of our students are faced with a move. For some it is yet another move of many. Teachers and administrators...
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Valérie Besanceney
Feb 22, 20188 min read
Top 10 Ways To Help Your Staying Students
…It is the first day of the school year and I am going back to the same school where I have been for five years now. It is the same...
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Valérie Besanceney
Jan 12, 20184 min read
FIGT18 and Why You Should Join Us
If you are on the fence about attending the upcoming Families in Global Transition (FIGT) conference, please take a moment to think about...
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Valérie Besanceney
Jul 19, 20167 min read
A Series of Lessons from FIGT 2016 – Lesson 4/4: We Bond Where We Are Broken
The internet can be a scary thing, especially when advertising is ‘knowingly’ targeted to your interests. While browsing through my...
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Valérie Besanceney
Jun 28, 20164 min read
A Series of Lessons from FIGT 2016 – Lesson 3/4: Dreams & Hopes
School is out, and like most teachers, I am ready to tune out for a few weeks. However, before completely tuning out, I always like to...
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Valérie Besanceney
May 20, 20165 min read
A Series of Lessons from FIGT 2016 – Lesson 2/4: Rockstars and the Stories That Shape Us
Earlier this month I was back in the Netherlands, my passport – oh, wait, scratch that – my former passport country before I became...
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Valérie Besanceney
Apr 3, 20167 min read
A Series of Lessons from FIGT 2016 – Lesson1/4: Nakedness, Empathy, and Letters Never Arrived
Last year, it was only four weeks after FIGT 2015 that I finally found the time to write about what I had learned from the conference....
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Valérie Besanceney
Mar 6, 20161 min read
In Anticipation of Inspiration
Three. More. Days. FIGT 2016: Moving Across Cultures: Bringing Empathy and Expertise to the Global Evolving Family. The keynote speakers....
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Valérie Besanceney
Apr 3, 20159 min read
FIGT 2015 — Trying to Recapture It All Under the Tuscan Sun
It’s been almost four weeks, but I am still basking in the afterglow of FIGT 2015. Lucky for me, I am literally writing this under the...
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Valérie Besanceney
Oct 9, 20145 min read
Third Culture Friendships
“Where are you from?” the girl behind the ‘International Orientation’ desk of the University of Vermont asks as she looks slightly...
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Valérie Besanceney
Jul 4, 20144 min read
On Leaving and Saying Goodbye
June has always become the ‘leaving month’ in my head. Like most teachers, I don’t think in calendar years, but in school years. We start...
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Valérie Besanceney
May 18, 20143 min read
Sharing and Feeling Inspired
In the past ten days, I had two opportunities to speak on the topic of ‘Third Culture Kids and Relocation’ and promote my book. After so...
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Valérie Besanceney
May 3, 20142 min read
Sacred Objects
This week, together with two fabulous experts on relocation, I will be giving a presentation on how to support children during...
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Valérie Besanceney
Apr 9, 20141 min read
B at Home now available online!
It’s a been a big week of celebrating milestones! Exactly one week ago, our youngest daughter turned one and what an amazing year it has...
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