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Burn Up or Splash Down: Surviving the Culture Shock of Re-Entry

Just like a space shuttle struggles and strains to re-enter the earth's atmosphere, so those returning from living overseas can find themselves con ...

6 Things No One Tells You About Reverse Culture Shock

The changes that cause reverse culture shock and how to deal with the disconnection you may feel by letting go of certain ideas.

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Helping your child through reverse culture shock

If you’re perplexed by the changes in your recently returned traveller, the following comments from three young adults offer some helpful insights. ...

The Re-entry Roadmap: Find Your Best Next Step After Living Abroad

Are you returning “home” after living, working or studying abroad? Warning: for most people, re-entry (repatriation) is the hardest part of the ent ...

What to Know About Reverse Culture Shock

You’ve heard of culture shock, but what about when your child returns home from abroad? Here’s what your kid wants you to know about reverse cultur ...

Before you return: thoughts on preparing for re-entry.

The last couple months I’ve chatted with a half a dozen friends who are preparing for their reentry or are just beginning to find themselves naviga ...

Why Missionaries Can Never Go Home Again

When a new missionary first gets to the mission field, it is obvious where home is. It is that place where you just left. It is the place where you ...

Rocky Reentry: encouragement for global workers in re-entry.

Thoughts, encouragement, and resources for the global worker transitioning back to their home country. Help with expat reverse culture shock, re-en ...

Landing Well: 10 More Tips for Repatriating with Dignity

“The process of coming home after living abroad is simple and stress free.”   This is a quote from  NO ONE . . . EVER.   At least no ...

Life in Motion: Growing Through Transitions

Life is filled with transitions. Sometimes they happen in one geographical place. We move from childhood to adulthood, singleness to marriage, heal ...

Returning Well: Your Guide to Thriving Back "Home" After Serving Cross-Culturally

Do you want to return well? You can. Returning Well invites you into a guided conversation with your Creator that will reveal and apply invaluable ...

Mind the Gaps: Engaging the Church in Missionary Care

Mind the Gaps is intended to empower churches, to complement and enhance the efforts of the member care department of mission sending agencies, and ...