15. October 2018
How to escape the boredom trap – Expat Partner Podcast – E15
onExpat Partner, PodcastBoredom is something that most expat partners don’t like to talk about even though they experience it. There are two kinds of boredom: the good and the bad boredom and most of the time expat partners are trapped in the bad boredom. To escape it you need to do some work and in this episode, […]
Boredom is something that most expat partners need to deal with. But there are different kinds of boredom. I call them good and bad boredom. Most expat partners experience bad boredom and that is something they need to get out of because it can lead to depression, anxiety, and different addictions. How to overcome boredom […]
8. October 2018
How to deal with grief as an expat partner – Expat Partner Podcast E14
onExpat Partner, PodcastGrief is something that we always feel when we suffer a loss. This doesn’t have to be a person but can be anything that is important to us. Expat partners lose a lot when they move abroad and most of them encounter grief along the way. But there are ways to overcome grief faster. In […]
8. October 2018
How expat partners can overcome grief – 6 tasks you can use
onDream life, Expat PartnerRepatriation is a topic that most expats don’t think about until they are back. But this might already be the moment when the reverse culture shock hits. But there are ways to prepare. And maybe you will do it better than me, who only learned that repatriation and reverse culture shock is a thing once […]
Repatriation is a topic that most expats don’t think about until they are back. But this might already be the moment when the reverse culture shock hits. But there are ways to prepare. And maybe you will do it better than me, who only learned that repatriation and reverse culture shock is a thing once […]
2. October 2018
How to survive repatriation – Interview with Tina Busch – Expat Partner Podcast E13
onExpat Partner, PodcastRepatriation is the one thing expats think rarely about while they live abroad. But when they come back reverse culture shock might hit them. In this interview, I am talking to Tina Busch about this topic. She was also an expat partner and lived in the U.S. for five years. She is experienced in intercultural […]
17. September 2018
How to create your emotional first-aid kit
onDream life, Exercises, Expat PartnerWhenever an emotional emergency arises – and let me assure you, at one point in your life, the negative feelings will hit you – a first-aid kit for your emotions is something can make all the difference. In this post, I will show you, how you can prepare it and what should go into it. […]
A first-aid kit for your emotions is something you should prepare for because emotional emergencies can arise as quickly as medical emergencies do. You learn here which exercises you can put in your emotional first-aid kit. You shouldn’t put any pressure on preparing that emotional first-aid kit but do it very lovingly and full of […]
The blues hit me twice. The first time I had no emotional first-aid kit. The second time I did. And that was such a relief. I created it myself and in this article, I will teach you how to make yours. The first time the storm of negative feelings hit me when I had just […]
A first-aid kit for your emotions is something you should prepare for because emotional emergencies can arise as quickly as medical emergencies do. You learn here which exercises you can put in your emotional first-aid kit. You shouldn’t put any pressure on preparing that emotional first-aid kit but do it very lovingly and full of […]