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A blog about the good expat life

by Henriette Johnsen

Welcome to my blog! Here you’ll find everything from guides on various aspects of Danish culture to personal accounts from other expats - and most importantly, an in-depth look at some of the psychological challenges of expat life. I hope you will use these blog posts to enhance your expat experience.

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A different view on New Year's Resolutions!

Henriette Johnsen

Jan 11, 20203 min read

A different view on New Year's Resolutions!

Happy New Year! Not only have we started a new year, we have embarked on a new decade. And as with all endings, new beginnings arise and...

Enhance your relationship and expat life with couples therapy!

Henriette Johnsen

Sep 17, 20195 min read

Enhance your relationship and expat life with couples therapy!

Couples expat life challenges therapy counselling

Wanted: Emotional resilience for expats!

Henriette Johnsen

Jul 4, 20195 min read

Strength & resilience

Wanted: Emotional resilience for expats!

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and...

Building and applying strength

Henriette Johnsen

Apr 28, 20193 min read

Strength & resilience

Building and applying strength

Identity, PERMA model, recipe for happiness, expat life, trailing spouse, identity crisis

A personal account of loneliness & homesickness; from despair to hope, action and meaningfulness

Henriette Johnsen

Jan 20, 20196 min read

Trailing spouse

A personal account of loneliness & homesickness; from despair to hope, action and meaningfulness

An introduction to loneliness and homesickness An American existential psychiatrist Irwin Yalom, whom I find immensely inspiring,...

Post holidays blues

Henriette Johnsen

Jan 13, 20192 min read

Post holidays blues

It doesn't have to be a full blown depression to be challenging. Whether you celebrated Christmas or not, following a month with lights,...

Culture shock

Henriette Johnsen

Aug 5, 20188 min read

Phases of expat life

Culture shock

And then, one day, reality comes crashing! Just like that! The honeymoon is over, and what was experienced as charming, quirky or quaint...

Falling in love

Henriette Johnsen

Jul 21, 20182 min read

Phases of expat life

Falling in love

We all know the exciting sensation of butterflies in our stomach when we have met someone who may be the one; the special one we could...

Preparing for life abroad

Henriette Johnsen

Jul 21, 20185 min read

Phases of expat life

Preparing for life abroad

Not an extensive list, but a few things to consider when discussing the prospect of moving to another country. As with many things in...

Making the decision to live abroad

Henriette Johnsen

Jul 21, 20183 min read

Phases of expat life

Making the decision to live abroad

Is it the ultimate dream to live in another country? To experience it from within, to live alongside another people often practising a...

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