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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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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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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Expats and change fatigue

Expat burnoutHave you had enough of moving house /country every couple of years or so?Do you feel tired all the time?Do you feel like you’re fighting a losing

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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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The circle of expat life

Adjusting to expat life Life is rarely a straight line. Despite my own neurotic push for things to be linear and collated, tidy and neat, most of the

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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 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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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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