Insights & Perspectives

The Trailing Spouse: What No One Tells You About Moving Abroad for Someone Else's Career

Your nights lately look a lot like this:

Your partner comes home at 8pm. You cooked dinner because you felt like you needed something to do. You hear the new gossip from the office and learn about...

Self-Care While Moving Abroad: How to Rest Without the Guilt

Thinking about, planning, or actually moving abroad can be incredibly stressful. You’re holding a lot of different emotions at once: excitement and hope, but also grief, sadness, and hard goodbyes....

Expat Burnout: Why Living Abroad Can Exhaust You Even When Life Looks Great

Another day goes by, and you fall into bed exhausted - even though nothing out of the ordinary happened. It was a completely normal day in the city you now call home. You went to work, took care of...

Signs You Need Couples Counselling (And Why Waiting Makes It Harder)

When a couple joins their first session, I can feel it before anyone says a word. They sit further apart than they need to. One starts talking and within a few sentences they are already in a fight...

Imposter Syndrome: Why You Feel Like a Fraud (Even When You're Not)

You go to work, get through the day, come home completely drained. And it was not even a hard day. Just a regular one, full of the quiet fear that today might be the day someone finally notices. That...

High-Functioning Anxiety: When You Look Fine but Feel Anything But

High-functioning anxiety looks like success from the outside.

You deliver on time. You show up prepared. You manage the hard conversations. But underneath all of that, there is a low hum that rarely...

How to Find an English-Speaking Psychologist Abroad (And What to Look For)

Finding a therapist abroad is harder than it sounds and if you’ve been searching, you probably already know that.

The language barrier, unfamiliar healthcare systems, and uncertainty about what credentials...

How to Get Out of a Rut When You're Not Motivated: 5 Steps That Actually Work

Feeling stuck in a rut happens to almost everyone. The magic begins when you pull yourself out of that rut and start taking action, instead of staying where you are. Of course, this requires not only...

5 Powerful Ways to Recognise Emotional Overwhelm and Bounce Back Faster

You can only change what you notice. That’s why it’s important to recognise when you’re becoming emotionally overwhelmed. Once you understand what’s happening, you can use that overwhelm for personal...