Tag: culture shock
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Mindful Expat Episode 15: A Compassionate, Growth-Oriented Approach to Cultural Adjustment (With Guest: Sundae Schneider-Bean, MA)
Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Sundae Schneider-Bean! Sundae is an intercultural strategist and solution-oriented coach, and – as she says – she’s on a mission to help expats make the most of their lives abroad! Sundae is originally from the United States, from the state of North Dakota. Even before meeting her Swiss husband and…
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Mindful Expat Episode 14: Self-Compassion, the Two Arrows, & Learning to Surf
What you’ll hear in this episode: • How you can create a pause between your initial experience of an emotion and your reaction to it, and how doing so will allow you to cultivate more self-compassion and feel less out of control in your life. • About the differences between pain and suffering — and how our…
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Mindful Expat Episode 5: Introduction to Culture Shock & the Expat (Emotional) Rollercoaster
What you’ll hear in this episode: • A definition of “culture shock” and some of the ways it can manifest differently for different people. • Some theoretical models of cultural adjustment, including various phases of adjustment that people may experience as they adapt to a new culture (and some of the limitations of these models). • Some…
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Cultural Adjustment, Part 5: Wrapping Up & Food for Thought
In the last several posts, we’ve been discussing various aspects of the cultural adjustment process that many expats may experience when moving abroad. We’ve discussed the experience of culture shock, reviewed some models of cultural adjustment, looked into the experience of repatriation (moving back home after time abroad), and covered some topics specific to moving abroad with kids or teens.…
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Cultural Adjustment, Part 4: Moving Abroad with Kids & Teens
In the last several posts in this Cultural Adjustment Series, we’ve looked at the phenomenon of culture shock, the phases of cultural adjustment, and the experience of moving home after a time abroad. In today’s post, we’ll take a closer look at how culture shock and cultural adjustment have a unique impact on kids and…