Coping with an unexpected repatriation

Moving home during a pandemic Every goodbye calls for preparation, but most times, life takes us by surprise. ~ Elisabetta Gnone There hasn’t been much global movement in

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Expatability Chat – my new podcast

Introducing the new Expatability Chat podcast! I can’t believe I’ve done this, but I have. I’m going to hide away for a while now to recover. I’ve started

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Repatriation struggles

Which is harder: moving abroad or coming home? I asked the question above on my Facebook Page, exactly one year after my repatriation to the UK having lived

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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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How an expat child experiences life in their home country

Moving home after living overseas as a child In response to the articles about of self-harm in TCKs and expat teens, Rianne Cornelisse wrote the succinct and perceptive

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Can you survive reverse culture shock?

How repatriation affects you Everybody knows about experiencing culture shock when you visit a country with different customs, cuisine or language. But sometimes the worst culture shock of

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6 things no-one tells you about reverse culture shock

Changes that cause reverse culture shock When you’re an expat or traveling, you’re focusing on processing new information, building new references. You’re dealing with culture shock and all

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Repatriation and the reality of going home

Repatriation can be more difficult than expatriation Having successfully moved a family abroad, the idea of the return journey can seem like a relatively straightforward one. It is

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An unsettled but very happy Third Culture Kid: Part 2

A TCK life – part 2 After her nomadic upbringing described in the previous post, it’s time for Cecilia to move back to her ‘home’ country. Repatriation Cecilia

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