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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Serving As Senders Today: How to Care for Your Missionaries

Serving As Senders: How to Care for Your Missionaries While They are Preparing to Go, While They are on the Field and When They Return Home. The ti ...

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