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As part of The Homesickness Series, I am exploring how friends and partners can help their loved ones when they are feeling homesick, Continue reading A Guide for Friends & Partners: How to Support Someone Feeling Homesick
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I am excited to share the launch of a new series of articles on homesickness. Stay tuned for tips on how to combat it, how to support your loved ones if they are feeling homesick, and how to turn your house into a home. Continue reading Introducing ‘The Homesickness Series’
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On 21 March, InterNations published its Expat Essentials Index, revealing the 52 countries that make life abroad easiest – and the ones that make it the most difficult. Continue reading Expats reveal the best (and worst) places for starting out
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For the fourth time in twenty-four years, I have moved abroad. The first time I moved abroad, I was only six years old and I did not have much of a say on the matter. To be frank, I did … Continue reading Relocation: through the eyes of a 6-year-old and a grown woman
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Sip of Culture conducted a survey to find out how it feels to be an expatriate and woman in Bulgaria. Continue reading Expats reveal what it is like to be a woman in Bulgaria
Repatriation refers to an expatriate’s return to their home country. While most people have heard of the culture shock which accompanies moving to a new country, the reverse culture shock is rarely spoken of. The psychological, emotional and cultural aspects … Continue reading Repatriation: What is reverse culture shock?
“Where do you call home?” — a question that should elicit an immediate and simple response. You expect to hear a one-worded reply: the name of a country, city, town or village and yet, the number of individuals who struggle … Continue reading Where do you call home?
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