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The Seven Lies of Repatriation
Ahhh “Repatriation” It’s one of those words that you don’t even look up in the dictionary until you start going through it yourself. For those less traveled it may not even…
4 Things You Should Know About Reverse Culture Shock
You can’t prepare for the culture shock that hits you when visiting your passport country. You go, excited to reconnect with friends and supports, but something feels off. Things …
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Burn Up or Splash Down: Surviving the Culture Shock of Re-Entry
Just like a space shuttle struggles and strains to re-enter the earth's atmosphere, so those returning from living overseas can find themselves confused and in a state of panic at coming home. Whil...
Leaving well when leaving well is not possible
Leaving well for expats is all well and good as long as things go well . . . and good. But sometimes they don’t. Sometimes the final weeks of your expat experience get blasted by circ…
When Re-Entry is Hard
No one can prepare you for re-entry, not even your closest friends and family who have walked alongside of you through this season. Neither can a countless number of books and podcas…
Think Home: A Reentry Guide for Christian International Students
This popular workbook helps Christian international students think through the challenges they will face upon returning home. It includes thought-provoking questions, exercises, Bible studies, comm...
Re-Entry Challenges
Survey results In August 2013, I used Survey Monkey to find out more what challenges repatriates face on returning “home.” In this article I am summarising my findings, so if you’d like more inform...
Why Missionaries Can Never Go Home Again
When a new missionary first gets to the mission field, it is obvious where home is. It is that place where you just left. It is the place where you grew up, went to school, got an education, discov...
What to Know About Reverse Culture Shock
You’ve heard of culture shock, but what about when your child returns home from abroad? Here’s what your kid wants you to know about reverse culture shock.
The Re-entry Roadmap: Find Your Best Next Step After Living Abroad
Are you returning “home” after living, working or studying abroad? Warning: for most people, re-entry (repatriation) is the hardest part of the entire abroad experience.That’s why the Re-entry Road...
Before you return: thoughts on preparing for re-entry.
The last couple months I’ve chatted with a half a dozen friends who are preparing for their reentry or are just beginning to find themselves navigating the unfamiliar familiar of the USA. Eve...
6 Things No One Tells You About Reverse Culture Shock
The changes that cause reverse culture shock and how to deal with the disconnection you may feel by letting go of certain ideas.
NOTE: this is a coaching website, but there are some pract...