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Expat Guilt - A Feeling that Keeps on Giving
Chances are that even before you set a foot into your new host country, you experience expat guilt. It is this undeniable feeling that...

Annegret Bertsch
Jun 154 min read
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What If It All Goes Right? - Expat Edition
As expats, it’s easy to get caught in cycles of doubt and worry—wondering about everything that could go wrong. As a coach, one of the...

Annegret Bertsch
May 42 min read
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Guiding the Next Generation of Third Culture Kids: Interview with Chris Moyer
When we talk about Third Culture Kids (TCKs), we often hear perspectives from educators, researchers, and parents—but it’s not every day...

Annegret Bertsch
Mar 64 min read
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Trust in the Company as a Crucial Factor for the Expat
The Role of Trust in Employer Support during Relocation When a family decides to relocate to a new country, they are taking on...

Annegret Bertsch
Feb 143 min read
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Expat Reality - a Walk Alone
Being an expat often means to be alone. Learn more about this topic and the hidden treasure that comes with being on your own.

Annegret Bertsch
Nov 26, 20244 min read
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Expat Family: Finding the Right School for Your Child Abroad
Every family wants to find the right school for their child whether they stay at home or live abroad. However, if you make the decision...

Annegret Bertsch
Aug 15, 20244 min read
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Home Alone - Expat Edition
The holiday season is upon us and for most families this means visiting loved ones, eating a traditional dinner and spending time in a...

Annegret Bertsch
Dec 6, 20232 min read
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Expat Parent: Raising Third Culture Kids
Are you a parent living abroad? Do you have children who accompany you or who were born in the expat country? If yes, you have a TCK. You...

Annegret Bertsch
Jul 2, 20234 min read
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Once an Expat - Always an Expat
I miss my home country, but I don't want to move back. Does this sentence resonate with you? Are you an expatriate who is living in a...

Annegret Bertsch
Jun 5, 20232 min read
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An Electric Shock against Expat Loneliness
How would you react if someone were to ask you to sit quietly in a room without any distractions and to think for just 15 minutes? Sounds...

Annegret Bertsch
Apr 10, 20233 min read
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Expat Conundrum: Leaving (Aging) Parents Behind
For many expatriates it is hard to read this headline and not to have an emotional response to it, because here you are living the expat...

Annegret Bertsch
Feb 7, 20235 min read
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Stay in Your Comfort Zone...
...said no one ever. Quite the opposite is true. You probably all know quotes like: "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." N. D....

Annegret Bertsch
Nov 14, 20222 min read
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Culture Shock - the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Are you in the process of moving to another country for a few years? If yes, congratulations! You will soon be an expatriate. You are...

Annegret Bertsch
Oct 19, 20224 min read
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Expat Marriage Part 2: Worlds Apart
When a couple decides to move abroad, it is common that one partner has a job offer and the other the offer to come along. In most cases...

Annegret Bertsch
Sep 12, 20224 min read
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Broken Expat
Living the expat lifestyle often comes with the price of losing parts of your identity. Learn why that happens and what you can do about it

Annegret Bertsch
Aug 31, 20223 min read
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The Elephant in the Room
Have you had the experience that the expat lifestyle led to such a personal development that it is becoming more challenging to connect...

Annegret Bertsch
Aug 30, 20224 min read
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Expat Marriage Part 1: The Impacts of Moving
Sometimes google can be really harsh. When you type in: How does moving affect marriage? It will give you the following answer:...

Annegret Bertsch
Feb 5, 20224 min read
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The Expat and Newton´s Laws of Motion
We will look at Newton´s laws of motion for a second and realize what an incredible chance it is to be an expat, to move to a new country...

Annegret Bertsch
Mar 10, 20214 min read
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The Expat and Covid-19
This year has been difficult to say the least. If you are an expat in China, you had to deal with this pandemic early on. As a spouse,...

Annegret Bertsch
Aug 5, 20203 min read
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Look and See Trip
Are you moving to another country for a few months or a few years? This is a big step and even more complicated if you have children who...

Annegret Bertsch
Jul 10, 20203 min read
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