Reverse Culture Shock After Being Abroad Got You Down?

Reverse Culture Shock After Being Abroad Got You Down?

Whether you’re a career expat, a Fulbright scholar, high school or college study abroad student, Peace Corps volunteer, perpetual nomad, intern, volunteer, international school teacher, etc, your return home will likely be THE hardest part of your entire living abroad experience!  You wouldn’t think that returning home, to the familiar, would be so difficult, right?…

The Moment Everything Changed in Re-entry (spoiler alert: it had nothing to do with reverse culture shock)

The Moment Everything Changed in Re-entry (spoiler alert: it had nothing to do with reverse culture shock)

A few days into my first re-entry after living abroad for a year, I happily joined my parents and brother for a family dinner. While growing up, we each sat in one particular spot at the dinner table, and at that first post-abroad family dinner I quickly noticed that my younger brother was sitting in…