Expat life vs Lockdown life

The culture shock of COVID19 and lockdown life I originally published a shortened version of this on LinkedIn on 9th April 2020 “Nothing is so painful to the

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The culture shock graph

Cultural adaptation Original article published 6th November 2012 Updated several times and republished 1st July 2019 Further to my generalised article about culture shock, I decided to expand

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How to cope with emotional overwhelm

Expats and emotional overwhelm Emotional overwhelm is a recognised and very real condition. It’s the state of being caught up in too many emotions all at once; when

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Culture shock is good for you!

How culture shock benefits you Commonly experienced by travelers, expats and exchange students, “culture shock” describes the impact of moving from a familiar culture to an unfamiliar one.

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Expat culture shock

Culture shock and reverse culture shock If you’ve never experienced culture shock, try imagining that you are Alice in Lewis Carroll’s books, ”Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and ”Through

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Expat child anxieties

“I am an expat child and I don’t like it” Originally published as two articles in October 2012, now condensed into one with tips on how to help

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Renaming culture shock

It’s not ‘culture shock’! Now that I have been in the midst of ‘Culture Shock’ for 8 months – I can confidently say we need to change this

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Culture shock in children

Kids experience culture shock too On the whole, most children are more resilient to change than adults. However, culture shock can strike children in its own special way. Depending

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Dealing with culture shock

Coping with culture shock Culture shock can be debilitating. As I mentioned previously, culture shock tends to hit the non-working partner harder than other members of the family.

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Minimizing culture shock in both parent and child

Coping strategies for culture shock Expat parents and children can experience culture shock on more than one occasion. The obvious time for culture shock to strike is when

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