• Nobody told me that moving countries would bring up this many feelings. Homesickness. Loneliness....
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    Nobody told me that moving countries would bring up this many feelings. Homesickness. Loneliness....
  • I thought I was adapting. I was also slowly putting down armour. Some of these habits helped me...
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    I thought I was adapting. I was also slowly putting down armour. Some of these habits helped me...
  • You can be grateful for life abroad and still stop apologising for being human. Moving countries...
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    You can be grateful for life abroad and still stop apologising for being human. Moving countries...
  • Moving countries can change a relationship before either of you has the words for it. It is not...
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    Moving countries can change a relationship before either of you has the words for it. It is not...
  • When you move countries, you do not just change your address. You change the context where your...
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    When you move countries, you do not just change your address. You change the context where your...
  • I used to call it ambition. Now I can see I was trying to be chosen. The next title. The next...
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    I used to call it ambition. Now I can see I was trying to be chosen. The next title. The next...
  • The scariest part of sharing online was never the camera. It was being seen. For a long time, I...
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    The scariest part of sharing online was never the camera. It was being seen. For a long time, I...
  • Life abroad can look settled long before it feels settled. You can have the job, the house, the...
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    Life abroad can look settled long before it feels settled. You can have the job, the house, the...
  • You don’t always know when it starts. It happens slowly. You stop speaking as freely. You...
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    You don’t always know when it starts. It happens slowly. You stop speaking as freely. You...
  • Nobody told me how much unlearning was waiting for me on the other side of the move. I held onto...
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    Nobody told me how much unlearning was waiting for me on the other side of the move. I held onto...
  • When you move countries, you spend years waiting. Waiting for the visa. Waiting for the first...
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    When you move countries, you spend years waiting. Waiting for the visa. Waiting for the first job....
  • I thought losing that role meant I had failed. At the time, I was in total shock. With distance,...
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    I thought losing that role meant I had failed. At the time, I was in total shock. With distance, I...
  • I spent a long time thinking I was just bad at settling in. Turns out my body and brain were...
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    I spent a long time thinking I was just bad at settling in. Turns out my body and brain were...
  • Immigration can take a lot from you. It can also give you a wider life than the one you first...
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    Immigration can take a lot from you. It can also give you a wider life than the one you first...
  • Follow @hayleyimmigrantcoach if moving countries has slowly made you feel less like yourself....
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    Follow @hayleyimmigrantcoach if moving countries has slowly made you feel less like yourself. These...