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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Moving with kids: How to deal with homesickness

Help your children settle in their new homeHomesickness is a major worry for parents bringing their children on international assignments. Children thrive on stability and familiar environments, and

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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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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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First visit home after relocating overseas

Visiting home after moving abroad That first visit back to your home country after relocating overseas can raise a mass of emotions and is often approached with mixed

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Help your expat child to be happy

Not all expat kids are happy Previously, we looked at how to recognise that your child is unhappy. After identifying that your child is unhappy in their new

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