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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 con ...

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 ...

When Transition Gets The Best of You

Ahh transition.  I teach this stuff.  I do seminars.  I write a blog for crying out loud.  So I hate it when it actually applie ...

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 c ...

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-p ...

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 ...

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 ...

Returning Well: Looking Back, Moving Forward

Re-entry. “Re” – meaning “again.” Meaning that you’ve done this before. This is not the first time. Sure, this time will have its differences. But, ...

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 ...

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: th ...

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. ...