The challenges of living in a foreign country don't begin and end with culture shock. If you're planning a move abroad, you need to prepare yourself for the unique pressures, anxieties and personal and family problems common to all expatriates, which are often difficult to anticipate and a challenge to overcome, including:

• Culture shock: what is it really?
• Long-distance relationships with friends and family
• Affairs and other marriage-stressors
• Raising third culture kids
• Being single overseas
• Business travel...