Christmas, Covid and expat life

Coronavirus Christmas Well, it’s December… what a truly dreadful year 2020 has been. There is no denying that it’s probably been the most difficult year most of us

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Shaking off the ‘Expat Blues’

Feeling a bit ‘flat’ after the holiday season? We ALL feel like this after the excitement of the Holiday Season, regardless of our location: living abroad or not.

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Expat homesickness

How to cope with feeling homesick as an expat Moving to another country can be an incredibly rich experience, offering opportunities to immerse yourself in a different culture,

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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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A cure for homesickness?

Missing things from home?Whether you've already left the UK and have settled in your new home, or if you are thinking of taking the plunge and emigrating for

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Homesick expatriates

Homesickness and how to cope with it What is homesickness? Experiencing a longing for one’s home during a period of absence from it. Judging by the number of

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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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Home is where the heart is…

Home is where the heart is… …which for me is a bit all over the place, so I suppose I’m a citizen of the planet (cue Paul Simon

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Homesickness when there’s no ‘home’

Homesickness quotes When I posted a short piece about the word hiraeth, I included a list of quotes about homesickness. A sharp-eyed reader, Marilyn Gardner, pointed out that

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Quotes on homesickness

Quotes on homesickness and home The post “Where is Home?” prompted a comment from the Expat Archive Centre which mentioned the word hiraeth. They kindly linked to this

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