Mindfulness & Compassion for Living Abroad
Life abroad is harder than it looks, and you can learn to ride its waves
Is This You?
You live abroad as an immigrant, refugee, temporary resident, student, trailing spouse, digital nomad, or other similar status.
You’re struggling to navigate it all: new language & culture, losing proximity to loved ones, finding a home/job/community from scratch, shifts in identity, endless admin, uncertainty, and discrimination.
Even after you sorted the visa, learned the language, found the apartment, and made the friends, you still feel overwhelmed, exhausted or stuck.
Not one person holds the whole picture of you, and you don't fully belong anywhere. You are caught between worlds: the country you left isn't fully home, and the one you live in now isn't either.
Your struggles aren't seen or validated by loved ones. People back home don't get it or say 'well, you chose this life'. People here don't know you well enough. Your partner is navigating their own adjustment. Your therapist/coach has never lived abroad or is steeped in the dominant culture which doesn't quite translate to yours.
You're navigating a big change on top of living abroad, completely alone: a break-up, family estrangement, infertility, parenting, trauma, burn out, career change, aging, sickness, death, or the loss of democracy in your home country.
You are experiencing anxiety, depression or other mental health challenges.
You have some mindfulness & compassion experience, or are open to exploring it.
Welcome! You're in the right place.
About Me
I’m a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and Coach shaped by many homes, and 14 years abroad. I bring in depth-training from renowned teachers like Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield and Oren Jay Sofer, as well as personal experience with being caught between worlds. Mindfulness & compassion practices changed my life. I hope they support you, too.
My Approach
Testimonials
Resources
Free resources on mindfulness & compassion for all levels of practitioners.
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness meditation is the practice of being aware of what is here and now in a kind, non-judgemental way, rather than being somewhere else like we often are - in the future, in the past, in our to do list, in our pain or in our stories. It is simple, but not easy. Like any sports or music practice, mindfulness is a skill we learn and it strengthen over time.
Hundreds of scientific studies show that mindfulness:
- decreases symptoms of stress, depression, anxiety, pain,
- improves sleep, focus, memory,
- decreases illness related distress,
- decreases the use of abusive substances,
- slows down cellular aging.
Practitioners report that a regular practice helps them:
- find an experience of inner safety, stability and resilience,
- be more present, positive and joyful,
- slow down and find an inner calm in the midst of chaos,
- get to know ourselves, and like who we are.
My Meditations
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