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En blog om det gode expatliv
af Henriette Johnsen
Velkommen til min blog. Her finder du alt fra guider om forskellige aspekter af expatlivet til personlige historier fra andre expats – og vigtigst af alt, dybdegående artikler om nogle af de psykologiske aspekter ved livet i udlandet. Bloggen er skrevet på engelsk, og nogle poster henvender sig specifikt til udlændinge i Danmark, mens andre er generelle for expats.
Jeg håber, du vil bruge disse blogposter til at berige din oplevelse som udlandsdansker.
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Henriette Johnsen
7. okt. 20213 min læsning
What is Empty Nest Syndrome?
Part 1 of 3 posts! Not that long ago you held them in your arms for the first time, you nurtured them around the clock, taught them to...
Henriette Johnsen
12. feb. 20213 min læsning
Expat couples - co-dependency or dependency?
Co-dependency in an expat relationship is not necessarily the same as an unhealthy co-dependent relationship. And perhaps it shouldn't...
Henriette Johnsen
26. jan. 20214 min læsning
Expat spouse dependency - Anna's story
I met my Danish husband while we were both working abroad. The nature of our work was not such that we would stay there permanently. We...
Henriette Johnsen
21. jan. 20217 min læsning
Codependency in expat couples
One of the biggest challenges of the expat adventure and most vital to successful outcome of the expatriation contract is the wellbeing...
Henriette Johnsen
21. jan. 20213 min læsning
Expat spouse dependency - Camilla's experience
I love living overseas with my husband and our infant daughter. I’ve been an expat wife for one and a half year now and it’s one of the...
Henriette Johnsen
16. jan. 20214 min læsning
Divorcing abroad, and what is a stuck parent?
Expat life can be testing on any marriage, and studies show that nearly 70% of all failed international assignments are due to “marital...
Henriette Johnsen
25. okt. 20205 min læsning
How to care when mental illness hits
Caring for and supporting someone with a mental illness can be challenging. Many people feel they haven’t got the knowledge and as such,...
Henriette Johnsen
12. okt. 20203 min læsning
Depression in expats
According to the Danish Mental Health Fond every five or six of us will suffer from depression of varying degree at some stage throughout...
Henriette Johnsen
25. maj 20204 min læsning
Teenage life: friendship, freedom, efterskole, sex and alcohol
Friendships mean the world to children and teens. This is where they develop their sense of self and identity, they learn social coding...
Henriette Johnsen
23. maj 20203 min læsning
Student gradutation celebrations
Many international students finishing their IGCSEs go on to IB; and you may have noticed that upon graduation, they are rewarded a white...
Henriette Johnsen
21. maj 20201 min læsning
Danes can't help forming associations
For more than a hundrede years, Danes have established associations; for private as well as professional/business reasons. The Sports...
Henriette Johnsen
21. maj 20202 min læsning
Teenagers' spare time jobs
Lots of teenagers want to earn their own money. Many start out babysitting for friends' or have a news paper round before moving on to...
Henriette Johnsen
21. maj 20202 min læsning
Childcare facilities and schooling
In Denmark, all children from the age of 6 months , have the right to be looked after outside their home if needs be. Unlike some other...
Henriette Johnsen
21. maj 20202 min læsning
Baptism and Confirmation
Denmark is a largely Christian, protestant society with approximately 60% of all children born in Denmark being baptised into the Danish...
Henriette Johnsen
21. maj 20204 min læsning
Children's birthday parties
In Denmark, tradition is for school children to invite either all the girls, all the boys or the whole class around for buns and cake...
Henriette Johnsen
28. apr. 20204 min læsning
Advice for expats on grief: How to cope with grief whilst living abroad during the corona crisis!
Most people have seen their life change dramatically over the past weeks or months. Some have lost their jobs. Some expats don't know if...
Henriette Johnsen
27. mar. 20203 min læsning
The pandemic of loneliness - alleviate the stressors of social isolation!
In recent years, much has been written about loneliness in modern age people, in particular amongst the younger and the elder...
Henriette Johnsen
22. mar. 20205 min læsning
How do you keep your relationship fit to survive the lockdown?
With the Danish government having introduced a national lockdown, many couples and families begin to feel the strain of having swopped...
Henriette Johnsen
14. jan. 20204 min læsning
The importance of trust in a therapeutic relationship!
Each and every one of my clients is individual and has a unique story. If there’s a couple on my sofa, it’s the relationship between...
Henriette Johnsen
11. jan. 20203 min læsning
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...
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