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Moving abroad is one of the biggest life changes you can make - and it affects your mental health in ways most people don't expect. From loneliness and identity shifts to relationship strain and the pressure of building a new life from scratch, the expat experience brings its own emotional challenges. These articles are written from a psychologist's perspective, for people who know what it means to call more than one place home.
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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...
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 Stop People-Pleasing as an Expat and Build Authentic Connections
People pleasing abroad can feel like connection, but it often leads to burnout.
Most expats don’t suddenly become people-pleasers the day they move abroad. It’s often a long-standing trait that becomes...
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