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Available Worldwide

By: Lauren Steed and Stephanie Anderson
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  • An interview-style podcast by, for, and about the accompanying partners of the US Foreign Service. In each episode, we’ll talk to diplomatic spouses who have discovered superpowers they never knew they had and found success in unlikely places. We highlight voices that will inspire and encourage you as you explore what it means to be “available worldwide.”
    Hosted by Lauren Steed and Stephanie Anderson

    foreign service, diplomacy, diplomat, trailing spouse, EFM, expat, abroad,
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Episodes
  • Stephanie Anderson | Global Nomad English - 3 Year Update

    Stephanie Anderson | Global Nomad English - 3 Year Update
    Apr 24 2024
    After 3 years of producing the Available Worldwide Podcast, we're celebrating by re-interviewing our first guests, each other. Lauren talks with Steph about what's changed with Global Nomad English and how podcasting changed her work with clients and pushed her into developing skills she never knew she'd need.


    Steph's Bio:

    Stephanie loves helping people tell their stories.

    In 2018, she started Global Nomad English, building on her English language teaching background, to offer global professionals online writing coaching, editing, and interview prep services. She now primarily works with hopeful Foreign Service applicants to help them write strong, concise personal narratives and practice telling compelling work experience stories in oral assessments and interviews.

    Stephanie is a passionate supporter of the accompanying partners of the US Foreign Service, from co-founding the Available Worldwide podcast to launching the Available Worldwide Network. She firmly believes that by sharing our stories we not only inspire each other but can build solidarity leading to lasting change for the EFM professional community.

    Stephanie recently secured a position as an Adjunct Faculty DETO (domestic employee teleworking overseas) for the Foreign Service Institute. As an LE Staff Training Instructor, she facilitates online and in-person classes on Communication Skills, Team Building, and Supervisory Skills. Her goal is for LE Staff to feel heard and to help them build skills to find greater fulfillment and success in the workplace.

    Stephanie enjoys bike touring and traveling with her IRM spouse. Together, they’ve served at Posts in Moscow, San Salvador, and Berlin. Since being posted to London, she’s reentered the rowing world and trains/competes with a Thames women’s rowing club.
    • Learn about Steph's English and Writing Coaching Services at Global Nomad English
    • Find Steph on LinkedIn or Facebook
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    32 mins
  • Lauren Steed | Nomad Educational Services

    Lauren Steed | Nomad Educational Services
    Apr 9 2024
    On the 3rd anniversary of the Available Worldwide Podcast, we chat with co-host Lauren Steed about her small business, Nomad Educational Services. Lauren shares how her students are changing, how she's adapting, and what she's learned more about the value she adds in the process. We also touch on the stress of PCSing while running a business, plus the AW Podcast and Network.
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    BIO

    Dr. Lauren Steed has over 20 years of experience in test prep, classroom and college teaching, and student mentorship at all levels of education.

    She started Nomad Educational Services in 2017, building on past work as a college prep consultant and executive functioning coach in Northern Virginia, and as a freelance writing and essay coach for expat undergraduate and graduate student applicants.

    Dr. Steed works with families looking for a low-stress, high-confidence mentoring approach for their college-bound students. Families can feel confident that their student:
    • will be fully supported along their path to college,
    • will apply to schools that match their academic history and interests and will help them succeed, and
    • will submit applications they are proud of.


    Nomad Educational students apply to all kinds of schools — from the Ivy League to art school, from hands-on, career-focused schools to those specializing in the classics, from small and supportive to massive and athletic, and every type and size of school in between. All of Dr. Steed's students are excited about the schools where they end up.

    Find out more about Nomad Educational Services:
    • nomad-ed.com
    • https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-steed-phd/
    • https://www.facebook.com/NomadEdServices/
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    This episode is sponsored by the Available Worldwide Network.

    Are you looking for a safe and supportive online community where you can connect with other Foreign Service spouses who just get it?

    The Available Worldwide Network is a community-led platform providing professional development, personal connection, and social support for the accompanying partners of the US Foreign Service.

    Our goal is to help EFMs and MOHs who are trying to maintain or build careers abroad or at home to feel connected, valued, and empowered; to share our challenges and celebrate our successes, and to work together to find solutions through solidarity.

    You can join the Available Worldwide Network today to participate in co-working sessions, LinkedIn and resume workshops, professional development book clubs, small business masterminds, and monthly member match-ups to expand your network.

    Find all you need to know at https://availableworldwide.net/available-worldwide-network/




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    27 mins
  • Amanda Zelaya | Indie Author and Ghostwriter

    Amanda Zelaya | Indie Author and Ghostwriter
    Mar 27 2024
    First time EFM Amanda Zelaya saw EFM life as the chance to finally go all in on her dream career. She describes life as an indie romance author and ghostwriter, her journey into self-publishing, the challenges of being an indie author, and how her writing career has evolved alongside her husband's Foreign Service posting. Hear her insights into the realities of promoting her "spicy" romance novels, navigating the world of BookTok and Amazon, and the importance of adaptability in the ever-changing publishing landscape.

    Amanda Zelaya is an Indie Romance author and Ghostwriter who has published over fifty romance novels spanning multiple genres. As a ghostwriter, she has written two novels that became Amazon Kindle best-sellers, and as a solo indie writer, she has had a book hit the Top 100.

    While ghostwriting started as a way to make extra money for her wedding and break up the monotony of teaching middle school English, Amanda discovered a passion for creating stories and developed a lucrative side hustle that has allowed her to support her husband as he follows his career dreams.

    She has taken a break from ghostwriting and exclusively writes spicy mafia romances under her pen name, Kennedy Slope.

    Check out her books on Amazon and

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    31 mins
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