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Managing Cross-Cultural Teams Here is the first lesson for managing people across cultures: don’t be a seagull. Seagulls are those big,...

You may not even realize it, but you might be grinding your teeth at night which can lead to all sorts of health issues. Dr. Clara Gibson...

“Stick with me, baby, I’ll take you places.” A truer prediction could not have been made: 23 years married, 16 years abroad, six...

I'm very excited about a new food sustainability initiative I helped launch recently in Singapore. I represent the “One Planet Plate”...

This year, American Association of Singapore is hosting an old-fashioned Fourth of July complete with a Dixieland Jazz Band, the New...

This year, the American Association of Singapore and Singapore American School are celebrating American Independence Day on July 2. Why?...

I was at lunch with somebody the other day who told me how it seemed like every American she knew in Singapore volunteers. Um. Yes. Of...

It seems counterintuitive really. You’re moving home. You know what to expect there and you probably have friends and family there. Heck,...

After two years with little or no travel, many people are ready to fly away as soon as they can. Travel for pleasure or business has a...

Global crises have a way of exposing truths. Through the COVID-19 pandemic, we learned how essential our “essential workers” truly are,...

Similar to Christmas, Easter is celebrated as a Christian holiday as well as a cultural one. It is characterized with church services...

Welcome to the Head Space column, where we’ll discuss all matters related to mental health and how it relates to our lives here in...

About two billion Muslims around the world will soon start the annual observation of the month-long Ramadan. Most non-Muslims, and even...

The past two years have been hard on us all, being so far away from family, unable to travel easily. This hardship includes helpers from...

The haunting images are hard to escape ... and impossible to forget. As adults, the news out of Ukraine is painful and hard to...

After a two-year Covid delay, it was wonderful to be back on the course and continue the Ambassador's Cup golf tradition started back in...

Life back home is complicated. People seem so angry and divided. So how then do you bridge the divide with family and friends who don’t...

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Living in Singapore chatted with several women entrepreneurs who have been running...

I was making my way through the perpetually bustling Shanghai Metro subway system when I spotted an elderly woman struggling to carry a...

Thanks to COVID-19, we’ve all been working from home quite a while—and it seems likely to continue for the foreseeable future. Regardless...