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Guest articles on www.shewrites.com
A selection of articles on www.shewrites.com "Those five years in Kenya and Uganda included, among many other things, getting violently carjacked, bearing witness to cholera and ebola epidemics, the bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi, finding a way to apply my...
Writing is therapy, interview on Expat Info Desk
"Though you’ve been travelling most of your life, you’ve been settled in France for a few years now it seems, do you still have the chance or desire to travel? I have been in France for thirteen years now – 10 in Paris and 3 in Lyon. This is after five years in East...
The best memoirs that tell painful stories with eloquence and insight
"Something unexpected occurs when Kristin Louise Duncombe moves to New Orleans to begin her adult life as a psychotherapist: She falls madly in love with a Médecins Sans Frontières doctor, abandons all of her plans, and follows him on a medical mission to East Africa....
Coping with COVID & its impact on our lives
Interview on Listen Notes "In this show, you'll hear Melissa interview Kristin Duncombe a therapist and couples counsellor, life coach, and author. She’s based her career on working with international and expatriate individuals and families following her own...
In Conversation with Jo Parfitt – Writing about the tough stuff
"Kristin Duncombe has already written two terrific memoirs, Trailing and Five Flights Up. Now she is writing her third. A practising psychotherapist and expatriate, she understands many of the issues her clients battle with. But the difference is that she writes about...
Interview on Franceformation
"In this fascinating conversation, we also learn about: A dramatic moment Kristin experienced while living in Kenya and how France felt like an escape hatch after arriving in 2001How she prepared for a nightmare of a day when needing to register as a travailleur...
Interview on Tandem Nomads
"A journey from deep existential crisis to personal and professional fulfilment. Kristin Duncombe shares her story “trailing” with her husband in East Africa and why she insists on using this term “trailing spouse”. She explains in a very interesting way how she...
Guest article on tendayichirawu.com
"As the author of two memoirs, I have gotten accustomed to people being curious about how I manage to deal with the embarrassment/shame/guilt of recording such personal information about my life, for all to see. Why do I want to write all that stuff down? For...
Confessions of a chronic expat
Guest article on www.trailing-spouse.com "Disclaimer: I am a former trailing spouse. My husband and I separated a few years ago, shortly after our move from Lyon, France to Geneva, Switzerland. We are still very much a family, however, and my Ex lives up the street....
Interview on Thriving Abroad
"Reading “Trailing – A Memoir” I remember feeling a mixture of admiration for the adventurous American wife as she accompanied her new husband on a mission with “Médecins Sans Frontières” to East Africa and recognition and understanding. Whilst way more exciting and...
Interview on Geneva Family Diaries
"For the accompanying spouse, no matter how fabulous the new country is "trailing" often means struggling to set up the infrastructure of a new life and that includes re-discovering or redefining what provides a sense of meaning and purpose to one's existence." Read...
Inspirelle: a woman’s guide to life in Paris
A selection of articles written for the Paris-based online magazine, Inspirelle. Relationships, family and travel. Browse articles
Interview with Jo Parfitt, Summertime News
Jo: "I have now read both your memoirs - Trailing: a Memoir and Five Flights Up. I thoroughly enjoyed them both despite the fact that I read them in reverse order. Firstly, congratulations. You are a terrific writer, and for someone who is a Licensed Clinical Social...
Interview on Love Words Music
"Saturday, no work commitments; how does the perfect day look?Someone serving me coffee in bed (one after the other, super strong, with milk, and piping hot, three times as I am a three cup a morning type of gal). To clarify, this never happens and probably never will...
Interview with Janet Skeslien Charles
"A friend recently asked where I find such interesting people to interview. I learned about Kristin Duncombe through Lizzie Harwood, one of my favorite writers who also has a keen eye as an editor. Lizzie wrote to tell me how much she...