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Expat Culture Shock
Loneliness, Homesickness, and Burnout After Moving Abroad: Make Friends, Learn to Like Your New Country, Feel Like Yourself Again, and Decide Where to Live When Your Partner Won't MoveBy Imad Muratspahic
Length3h 49m
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Loneliness, Homesickness, and Burnout After Moving Abroad: Make Friends, Learn to Like Your New Country, Feel Like Yourself Again, and Decide Where to Live When Your Partner Won't Move
Audiobook details
GenreTravel
Length3 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 30, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Expat Culture Shock
2Important Notice
3After the Boxes Are Unpacked
4Chapter 1: Why Year One Feels Like This: The Adjustment Curve
5Chapter 2: The Losses Nobody Warned You About
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6Chapter 3: Decoding the Unwritten Rules
7Chapter 4: So Tired of Being a Different Person: The Effort Tax and Your Second-Language Self
8Chapter 5: Language Guilt: How Much of the Local Language You Really Need
9Chapter 6: Lonely Abroad: Empty Weekends, Evenings, and Birthdays
10Chapter 7: Making Friends Abroad: Locals, Internationals, and the Leaving Problem
11Chapter 8: Homesick: Family Far Away and the Life Going On Without You
12Chapter 9: When It's More Than Adjustment: Protecting Your Mental Health Abroad
13Chapter 10: Hate It Here? Sorting the Country From the City and the Season
14Chapter 11: The Partner Who Followed: Career, Identity, and Balance
15Chapter 12: Whose Country? Deciding Where to Live as an International Couple
16Chapter 13: The Dream Job Abroad Your Partner Won't Move For
17Belonging Without Pretending
18Expat Culture Shock Quick Reference: Tools, Crisis Numbers, Glossary, and FAQ
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