“I just want to think about it a bit more myself first,” was what a potential expat coachee told me in a discovery call last week. It...

A friend recently confessed that a conflict at work kept him up at night – whereas he normally was a good sleeper, he now found himself...

Every now and then, we need a change of scenery to: Step out of our autopilot daily routine Zoom out to see the bigger picture And view...

“Or maybe I should just move again?” A question I hear regularly in my discovery calls with high-achieving expats. There are so many...

"Do you miss your diplomacy career?" Even though I quit my diplomat job 2.5 years ago, I still get this question at least once a month...

Transform Your Expat Life by Tackling the Work You're Avoiding

One of my favourite months has begun, and that also means the unofficial start of my favourite season (in the northern hemisphere!)....

We often look to our outer circumstances (and especially: the lack of certain ones) to feel better in our lives, but truth be told: we...

My coaching sessions for expats can go deep, but I always help you translate your insights into practical, future-oriented steps -...

“Settling in here is a lot harder than I thought it was. Actually, now that I’m talking to you, I realise how tired I really am”. An...

“This is where you’re going to live for the next 3 months”, he said as I gave him a puzzled look. It was August 2017 and I had just...

How to find friends when living abroad as an expat? Before we get started: I also have a cheatsheet with 21 practical tips on how & where...

As a life coach for expats I often see globetrotters struggling with building a new life abroad. Some get paralysed by the overwhelm of...

Contrary to what most stay-at-homers think, expat life is not always rainbows and butterflies. After all, it’s still life - and life...

Recognise any of these? You say you want to settle down but before you know you’ve booked yourself another international adventure,...

I remember feeling a bit lost when I moved back to the Netherlands after having lived in Brazil for 3 years. I felt lost because my move...

As I was talking to some friends and clients, and reflecting upon some of my own recent experiences, I realised that we are often so...

“I have everything I wanted - but I still feel like there’s something missing. I’m wondering: is this really it?” Two of my coachees both...

Emotions just want to be felt - a hard lesson I learned in 2020. For years I looked for adventures abroad as a means of distraction. It...