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Given the current travel restrictions around the world, it would be difficult for expatriates to travel in case one of their relatives gets sick or passes away. Managing the situation remotely, being unable to say a last goodbye to a dear one isn't an easy task. To avoid serious repercussions on our psycho-physical state, here is some advice from Dr. Brusadelli. She has worked for many years in Italy, both in the public and private spheres, carrying out numerous collaborations with other mental health professionals. Today, she lives and works in Australia. Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Wollongong, a coastal city that is about forty miles from Sydney, Dr. Brusadelli is a member of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, the Society for Personality Assessment and the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology. She is a supervising psychologist in training and an expert in psychodiagnostics.
Spain
Expat.com meets Stefano, an Italian expatriate who lives in Valencia with his family. Let's talk about his routine between remote work and managing children during the lockdown.
When you open Facebook or Instagram, all you can see is bread-making, fitness challenges or people getting in touch with their creative selves but all you can seem to do is work and take care of your children or if you don't have children, re-watching Friends episodes on Netflix. Here are a few tips to deal with the pressure of being super productive during the lockdown.
Lockdown has allowed many households around the world to save money, but for others, the risk of being fired and having no revenue at all has become a serious issue. With the current economic downturn and the fragility of the global labour market, budgeting is a must today more than ever. Here are some tips to help you manage your finances after lockdown as an expat.
With more than 2.9 million positive cases around the world and more than 200,000 deaths, the coronavirus pandemic has forced many countries into lockdown. Having overcome the health crisis, these countries are now preparing for a gradual economic and social recovery. While this sounds like good news, post-lockdown planning is even more important to avoid resurgence. Here are some tips.
Economic downturn due to the coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on the global labour market – with shorter working hours for some and the risk of being laid-off for others. This situation is of much concern for thousands of students around the world, as well as working-holidayers. Here are some tips to guide you in case you go broke, until things get better.
The COVID-19 crisis shakes up couples' habits but also single people's lives. How to cope with being single and quarantined? How can one still search for love during lockdown? Suggestions from a single expat lady in her thirties.
For many, lockdown means complete isolation, bringing along a feeling of loneliness, especially when you have moved abroad. How can you keep in touch with your friends and family and stay informed about what's going on in your home country during the pandemic? We've got you some tips.
Despite the health crisis which seems to have brought the world to a halt, life is still running its course. How does one prepare for childbirth in the context of a global health crisis? Between working remotely, cooking and prenatal yoga, Julie, a French expat living in Mauritius, shares with us her daily life as a confined future mother.
China
While local authorities are taking strict measures to prevent a second wave of COVID-19 infections, life is slowly getting back to normal in China. Four expats in China talk to Expat.com about their experience during the lockdown and how they are expecting things to be in the coming weeks.
More than 63,000 coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded around the world, all nationalities combined. Nearly three-quarters of them happened in Europe. Add to that the growing number of new cases every day. Alarming right? What if your family was concerned during your stay abroad? Here are some tips to help you cope with this kind of situation.
For some, confinement means boredom and loneliness. Meantime, others are seizing the opportunity to do things they have always been dreaming of. What if you also started doing things you never find time for? Expats around the world talk to Expat.com about their achievements in spite of the lockdown in their host country.
A study run by Expat.com and aiming at uncovering the repatriation habits of expats has found 65% of working expats seek work abroad but only want to live abroad temporarily. Indeed, only 35% of them consider permanent expatriation. Out of which a certain amount ends up coming back anyway.
A survey run by Expat.com in November 2019 aims at uncovering the repatriation habits of expatriates. An important part of the survey was dedicated to understanding the approach of retirees to settling abroad. When they plan to live abroad, do they leave for a set duration or do they want to settle abroad permanently? And do they change their minds while abroad? The current survey shows that one in three retirees shorten their expatriation.
Does being an expat mean always being the outsider? Not quite at home in your host country and a little bit of a stranger to your home country. Stephanie discusses how she navigates this identity as a Brit living in Paris.
Moving abroad is a massive change. Uprooting your life to a whole new country is, in itself, no easy feat. And this can become even harder when moving into a country with a completely different way of life, laws and regulations that are the opposite of what you've always known like when you move from a liberal to a more conservative country. So how do you deal with this?
When we move to a new country, we hope desperately that everything will work out and that we'll stay for as much as we plan to and maybe more. But unfortunately, things don't always work out. Whether it's due to personal circumstances or the law, there comes a time when some expats may have to either move back to their home country or somewhere else. But when you're dealing with a difficult personal situation, how do you know if you should persevere just a bit longer, or it's actually time to move on? We discuss some important factors to base your decision on.
Netherlands
Recently, ECA International released its list of top 20 most livable cities for European expats. Four out of the 20 top cities were found in the Netherlands with The Hague, Eindhoven and Amsterdam all being in the top 10. Quite obviously, this country is a highly attractive destination for those wishing to relocate. But why? In this article, we'll dissect the good (and the bad) of the Netherlands so you can decide for yourself if it's a good destination to move to.
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