Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Blogging, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Emotional Resilience, Expat Authors & Others, Identity, Riveting Expat Reads, Writing, tagged alienation, author, blogging, Catherine Transler, connectedness, cross-cultural, emotional wellbeing, ExpatScience.com, identity, isolation, Kiva.org, loneliness, meditation, mindfulness, neuroscience, psychology, resilience, social networks, Turning International, Turning International: How to Find Happiness and Feel at Home in a New Culture, visualization, writing on September 15, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Last month I mentioned that I was catching up on reading in the broad genre of expat life stories. At the time I was hopping between four distinctly different books: a memoir sharing insights and experience for those considering a mid-life move abroad, another about the journey back from the dark side of depression, still another filled with sweeping […]
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Albert Heijn, Change, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Life, Expat Transitions & Change, Family & Friends, First Year Blur, Light Bulb Moments, New to Nederland, Our Animals, tagged Albert Heijn, balancing act, bravery, cat, change, Charley, courage, expat life, expat transition, isolation, limbo, loneliness, Netherlands, new expat, tightrope, walk the ledge on April 28, 2012 | 20 Comments »
It was a chance encounter yesterday on a crowded street that sent me back in time. As I turned the corner onto our nearby shopping street affectionately known as ‘the Fred,’ I caught a snippet of conversation. The young woman was seated at one of the outside tables of a local restaurant, twirling her forefinger along […]
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