Having moved country several times and experienced many of the emigration challenges, Louise has a good understanding of what you are going through. She has a personal coaching diploma and is a member of The Coaching Academy (UK). Previous to her career as a emigration and expatriate consultant, she was the National Laboratory Manager for an international construction company, and held several senior management positions within the construction industry.
Louise's Emigration Story
I originally emigrated to Canada with Pete, my husband and
Oliver our 18 month old son in 2003. We applied under the
skilled worker category with me being the main applicant as my
work experience in IT and age gave us more points.
We submitted our application in August 2000, and received our
visas in March 2003. Oliver was born in that time and it did
change our motivations and reason for emigrating.
We wanted better business opportunities for ourselves, to be able live a better lifestyle, have a bigger home, to enjoy a more active outdoors lifestyle, to be in the company of optimistic, pioneering attitudes where opportunities still abound.
Six weeks after we arrived my only brother was killed in a motorbike accident. We are a very close family and it was a very difficult time. We did manage a week back for the funeral, but it was quite surreal and didn't feel like it had really happened.
I became homesick for periods on and off, and then felt fine for a while, but it got worse. Having a young child, being away from family support and running my own business it was difficult.
In 2005, after a trip to the UK to visit family I was offered a good job and we decided to return to the UK as the new job offered us a lifestyle we previously had not been able to afford. Pete was settled and happy in our new life but knowing how I felt agreed to return to the UK. We stayed for 2 years, and then decide enough was enough and moved back to Canada.