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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 sum ...

Repatriating Normally: 10 Things That Make Coming Home Feel Weird

You’re going back to normal. Your normal. Normal normal. And there it is.  The reason that repatriating is weird.  Because it was suppose ...

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 ...

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 cultur ...

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.

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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 ...

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 naviga ...

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 ent ...

Helping your child through reverse culture shock

If you’re perplexed by the changes in your recently returned traveller, the following comments from three young adults offer some helpful insights. ...

Rocky Reentry: encouragement for global workers in re-entry.

Thoughts, encouragement, and resources for the global worker transitioning back to their home country. Help with expat reverse culture shock, re-en ...

Landing Well: 10 More Tips for Repatriating with Dignity

“The process of coming home after living abroad is simple and stress free.”   This is a quote from  NO ONE . . . EVER.   At least no ...

The Global Nomad's Guide to University Transition

Third culture kids/global nomads have typically interacted with two or more cultures during their developmental years - those years that shape who ...