A blog about the good expat life

Repatriation is the phase no one prepares you for!   To begin with, the emotional and psychological aspects of expatriate life are finally receiving the attention they deserve. Today, many organisations recognise that international assignments succeed not only because of the employee’s performance, but because partners and children are able to build meaningful lives abroad.   Yet one phase is still consistently underestimated: namely, coming home!   Returning is expected to b

Living abroad can look exciting from the outside: new places, new languages, new people, new possibilities. And it truly can be all of that. But having lived abroad myself for many years, I also know how quietly heavy expat life can feel. One of the things that surprised me most was loneliness that didn’t always look like loneliness. I could be busy, productive, surrounded by people – and still feel deeply unseen. Not because anyone was unkind, but because connection often ta

I's taken some time, but thankfully, there's now a lot of support to be had from companies, bloggers, and books as well as from...

And then, one day, reality comes crashing! Just like that! The honeymoon is over, and what was experienced as charming, quirky or quaint...

We all know the exciting sensation of butterflies in our stomach when we have met someone who may be the one; the special one we could...

Not an extensive list, but a few things to consider when discussing the prospect of moving to another country. As with many things in...

Is it the ultimate dream to live in another country? To experience it from within, to live alongside another people often practising a...