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Future investing: creating what we want

career

What we love most about this time of year is the view ahead…and our chance to own it.

Istanbul tips: local knowledge can be like visiting old friends

istanbul

expat+HAREM shows you how we’ve learned to love Istanbul.

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Expat Harem editors on NBC’s Today Show with Matt Lauer

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When America’s most popular morning talk show came to Istanbul, they asked Expat Harem to explain Turkey to five million Americans.

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Scots and risky: exploring a daredevil heritage

family

Risk-taking is in the blood of this Scot-American woman: bear wrestlers, sword swallowers. What role does risk play in the way you experience the world?

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Hybrid domesticities: an artist mixes the professional and the personal

borderlands

When an emerging American artist moves to Turkey and starts a family, she navigates new definitions of career and home life.

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Finding timelessness: a multitasking queen hits the pause button

American culture

A Californian’s perception of time changed when she changed cultures.

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Is that a pain cry? What we want to hear about death

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Can grief-illiterate Americans grieve in public — and out loud? Restricting who we talk to about death can cut us off from people unafraid to hear about it, perhaps those even able to console us.

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New year’s evolution: our metamorphosis chooses us

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New year’s resolutions are often based on what we already know, yet surprising facets of ourselves are evoked by novel situations. Our metamorphosis chooses us. This is especially true in the blogosphere.

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