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En blog om det gode expatliv
af Henriette Johnsen
Velkommen til min blog. Her finder du alt fra guider om forskellige aspekter af expatlivet til personlige historier fra andre expats – og vigtigst af alt, dybdegående artikler om nogle af de psykologiske aspekter ved livet i udlandet. Bloggen er skrevet på engelsk, og nogle poster henvender sig specifikt til udlændinge i Danmark, mens andre er generelle for expats.
Jeg håber, du vil bruge disse blogposter til at berige din oplevelse som udlandsdansker.
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How to support your expat child(ren)!
“Where do you come from?” A perfectly normal question to ask first time you meet someone. As you get to know them and realise their...

Henriette Johnsen
8. mar. 20234 min læsning


Friendship isn’t a big thing
— it’s a million little things! - Paulo Coelho. Part of most expats' experience it that it's important to make friends! And preferrably...

Henriette Johnsen
25. feb. 20233 min læsning


Do you speak any love languages?
As a couple's therapist working with couples of all ages and genders, across many cultures, religions, and nationalities, I recognise...

Henriette Johnsen
12. feb. 20234 min læsning


The significance of mother tongue language in additional language acquisition
Since 1999 where UNESCO founded International Mother Language Day to promote awareness of language and cultural diversity around the...

Henriette Johnsen
5. feb. 20235 min læsning


Enhance the emotional connection with your partner
Couples meeting each other with criticism, defensiveness, contempt, stone walling as well as lack of positive emotional connection face...

Henriette Johnsen
9. jan. 20232 min læsning


Winter Depression - Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
With the lack of light and the ongoing short days, many people find themselves looking inwards and spend the darker time of the year being introspective. With that, or perhaps without the intended introspection, many lack energy, develop a persistent low mood, and become irritable. Some have feelings of despair and guilt, some feel worthless, and it's not uncommon to feel a change towards craving carbs, gaining weight, and sleeping more during the day. When suffering from SAD

Henriette Johnsen
6. jan. 20233 min læsning


Protecting your mental health when feeling fearful
How can we regulate our nervous system at such testing times? Read this blogpost to understand your emotional response to the war and for...

Henriette Johnsen
14. mar. 20224 min læsning


Talking with your child about the Ukraine war
Over the past two years, many children have been worried about covid: Will the virus come to Denmark? How might I be affected by it? Can...

Henriette Johnsen
2. mar. 20222 min læsning


How to deal with the challenges of Empty Nest Syndrome
Part 3 of 3 posts! The last two blog posts have defined empty nest syndrome and explored why it often hits expat parents harder. In this...

Henriette Johnsen
22. okt. 20214 min læsning


Why is Empty Nest Syndrome often worse for expat parents?
Part 2 of 3 posts! Last week's post defined empty nest syndrome; this week's post will look at why this experience often feels most...

Henriette Johnsen
14. okt. 20213 min læsning


What is Empty Nest Syndrome?
Part 1 of 3 posts! Not that long ago you held them in your arms for the first time, you nurtured them around the clock, taught them to...

Henriette Johnsen
7. okt. 20213 min læsning


Expat couples - co-dependency or dependency?
Co-dependency in an expat relationship is not necessarily the same as an unhealthy co-dependent relationship. And perhaps it shouldn't...

Henriette Johnsen
12. feb. 20213 min læsning


Expat Stories: spouse dependency - Anna's story
Story Time: hearing personal stories from other expats is a window to new worlds. Worlds of new meaning, understanding, and depth about...

Henriette Johnsen
26. jan. 20214 min læsning


Codependency in expat couples
One of the biggest challenges of the expat adventure and most vital to successful outcome of the expatriation contract is the wellbeing...

Henriette Johnsen
21. jan. 20217 min læsning


Expat Stories: spouse dependency - Camilla's experience
Story Time: hearing personal stories from other expats is a window to new worlds. Worlds of new meaning, understanding, and depth about...

Henriette Johnsen
21. jan. 20213 min læsning


How to care when mental illness hits
Caring for and supporting someone with a mental illness can be challenging. Many people feel they haven’t got the knowledge and as such,...

Henriette Johnsen
25. okt. 20205 min læsning


Depression in expats
According to the Danish Mental Health Fond every five or six of us will suffer from depression of varying degree at some stage throughout...

Henriette Johnsen
12. okt. 20203 min læsning


Teenage life: friendship, freedom, efterskole, sex and alcohol
Friendships mean the world to children and teens. This is where they develop their sense of self and identity, they learn social coding...

Henriette Johnsen
25. maj 20204 min læsning


Student gradutation celebrations
Many international students finishing their IGCSEs go on to IB; and you may have noticed that upon graduation, they are rewarded a white...

Henriette Johnsen
23. maj 20203 min læsning


Danes can't help forming associations
For more than a hundrede years, Danes have established associations; for private as well as professional/business reasons. The Sports...

Henriette Johnsen
21. maj 20201 min læsning
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