
Maya Frost is a lifestyle design expert for families seeking experiences abroad. She shows parents how to give their kids a stunningly advantageous global education without spending a fortune, and helps families find creative ways to thrive wherever they choose to live.
Maya's book is recommended as a valuable resource for families in the new revised edition of The Four-Hour Workweek, the breakthrough best-seller by Tim Ferriss.
Goodbye, Old School. Hello, Bold School!
Maya wrote a book (published by Random House in May) about how to completely avoid the angst and expense of the traditional path to college. The Boston Globe calls it "funny, innovative and meaningful--a how-to guide with heart." Maya and her husband paid for four college educations in the U.S. and Canada with the savings they accumulated while living abroad with their family for three years on a mid-five-figure annual income from their virtual (non-tech) business.
(But don't worry--you don't have to move abroad to benefit from the great advice in this book!)
Learn more about The New Global Student: Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International Education
Maya has been exploring opportunities to live abroad since spending her senior year in college in nine Asian countries. After five years in Japan followed by fifteen years in the United States (with a sabbatical in India and Nepal), Maya moved with her husband and four teenage daughters to Mexico for a year and then to Buenos Aires, Argentina for three years. She is currently writing about her new adventure: Maya and her husband just moved to a small farm in Uruguay.
Read New Globals, Maya's blog about bright ideas and bold moves,
Maya and Tom have been happily married for 24 years and have worked together for most of them. These days, they are considered the lifestyle design experts for families. They're the real deal: they've launched four daughters--all college grads within the last four years, all happily employed and debt-free--in nontraditional ways. They know the value of humor and offer lighthearted assistance and very valuable advice to parents who are considering a sabbatical or move abroad.
Learn more about Smart Education Design™ and the Bold School Group.
Tom writes a blog for those who are interested in learning about expat life. He's not one of those lifestyle design gurus who just talk about living abroad--he's spent over eight years living in four different foreign countries at different stages of his life. While Maya is writing her realistic but fictionalized accounts, Tom's blog offers real stories from expats themselves about why they moved, where they choose to live, and how they are making a living abroad.
Learn more by reading ExpatAlley: True Confessions of Expat Freelancers and Entrepreneurs
It all started with mindfulness. Maya has taught thousands of people how to pay attention. Her signature eyes-wide-open approach to everyday awareness has been featured in over 150 media outlets worldwide. She credits mindfulness with giving her the tools to see (and seize!) what matters most in her own life, and she teaches others how to leverage everyday awareness and leap into full engagement.
Learn about her secular and surprisingly playful technique for getting calm, clear and creative.
   
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Are you a parent
of a middle school
or high school student?
Maya offers this important message just for you:
Dear Thoughtful Parent,
It's a brand new era in education.
Are you letting old ideas block your student's best path to success and happiness?
Here's some great news: Preparing students for their most thrilling and fulfilling opportunities in the 21st-century global economy does not require elite preschools, state-of-the-art elementary schools, high-tech middle schools, international high schools, or Ivy League universities.
Those with their eyes wide open are stepping away from the practice of picking prestige over personal development. In fact, the savviest parents are watching their kids soar by letting go of limiting ideas about what it takes to "get ahead" in the global economy.
If you're looking for a more expansive view of education and you're ready to focus on what kids really need to be skilled, knowledgeable and recession-proof, you're in the right place! |