The Expat Therapist: Navigating Mental Health
"The Expat Therapist: Navigating Mental Health Abroad" is a podcast that offers insights, advice, and strategies for expats needing guidance with mental health struggles on their journey and guidance for individuals anticipating a move abroad. Hosted by a licensed clinical therapist and fellow expat, the show aims to help listeners overcome the unique challenges of moving and living abroad and achieve greater well-being and happiness.
Episodes
83 episodes
084 Avoiding My Finances (And What It Was Really About)
đ Join me live on Friday, June 19th for my free masterclass, Why You Donât Feel Like Yourself Abroad, where weâll dive deeper into the emotional, psychological, and identity shifts that happen after moving abroadâand how to begin ...
083 Your Body Remembers: Trauma, Identity Shifts & Living Abroad
Schedule your 30-minute Clarity Call with me here! And if youâre craving community and conversations around the emotional side of expat life, come join us insi...
082 The Netflix Movie Version of My Marriage Abroad
Schedule your 30-minute Clarity Call with me here! And if youâre craving community and conversations around the emotional side of expat life, come join us insi...
Why Surface Level Healing Isn't Working For You Anymore
Schedule your 30-minute Clarity Call with me here! And if youâre craving community and conversations around the emotional side of expat life, come join us insi...
080 Q&A from The FB Expat Women Community
I asked expat women in my FB Group Community (Join Here!) what theyâre really struggling with right nowâŚAnd the answers?
079 I LOVE MY LIFE ABROAD...so why do I feel like this?
â¨đ§ââď¸ Becoming Her Abroad - APPLY HEREYou built the life you once dreamed about.So why does it feel like somethingâs missing?In this episode, we dive into a quiet b...
078 A TCKâs Perspective: My Son on Living Between Spain and the U.S.
This episode is a little different⌠and one Iâve been really excited to share.Today, Iâm sitting down with my son for an honest, unfiltered conversation about what itâs actually like growing up between countries â specifically between Sp...
077 Why Expats Struggle to Ask for Help (and How to Change It)
â¨đ§ââď¸ Becoming Her Abroad - APPLY HEREAsking for help sounds simple⌠until youâre living abroad.In this episode, weâre unpacking one of the most common â and least talked ...
076 The Reality of a Bilingual Household as an Expat Mom
â¨đ§ââď¸ Becoming Her Abroad - APPLY HEREIn our home, I speak English, my husband speaks Spanish, and together we move fluidly between languages â with Valenciano layered in through...
075 I Lost My Confidence Abroad but Here's How I Got It Back
â¨đ§ââď¸ Becoming Her Abroad - APPLY HEREHappy FALLAS WEEK đ§¨đđFor anyone whoâs never experienced it, Fallas is one of the biggest and most iconic celebrations in Valencia, Sp...
074 When Expat Women Think They're Depressed
â¨đ§ââď¸ Becoming Her Abroad - APPLY HEREThereâs a quiet question many expat women ask themselves at some point:âAm I depressed?âLife abroad stops feeling light. You f...
073 Why Expat Life Gets Hard Around Year 3âand How Itâs Actually Growth
â¨đ§ââď¸ Becoming Her Abroad - APPLY HEREMost expat women donât move back home because they failed.They move back because they hit a phase no one prepared them for.Aro...
072 Why Self-Aware Expat Women Feel Disoriented Abroad â and the 3 Phases That Bring Them Back to Themselves
â¨đ§ââď¸ Becoming Her Abroad - APPLY HEREIf youâre a self-aware expat woman and youâve been feeling disoriented, expanded, or like youâve quietly outgrown the version of yourself wh...
071 I Almost Lost Everything⌠And Thatâs When I Knew I Was Home
Expat woman needing mental health support or guidance abroad? Schedule your free 30-minute consultation call here.In this episode, I share what it was...
070 The Guilt of Relief: Americans Living Abroad
Living abroad as an American right now comes with a complicated mix of emotions. Relief. Guilt. Fear. Gratitude. And a deep concern for the people we love who are still back home.In this episode, I speak honestly about what it feels like...
069 Why Youâre Stuck Abroad (And Itâs Not Because Youâre Doing It Wrong)
Feeling stuck, lonely, or frustrated in your expat journey? Itâs not youâitâs your support system. In this episode, I dive into one of the most overlooked challenges of living abroad: expecting your old friends, family, or familiar networks to ...
067 My Bittersweet Birthday đ
This yearâs birthday was unlike any other â not because of where I was or what I did, but because I finally let myself be celebrated. For the first time, I didnât avoid it or minimize it⌠I allowed myself to really experience it. And i...
066 Mental Health Guide to Thriving and Surviving
Moving abroad is one of the most exciting and life-changing decisions you can makeâbut letâs be real, itâs not all sunsets and sightseeing. As both a therapist and an expat, Iâve lived through the messy middle of culture shock, identit...
065 Permission to Rest
After two months away, Iâm back behind the mic â and this episode is all about permission to be tired.As expats, we carry so much: the stress of navigating a new culture, the loneliness of building life from scratch, the weight ...
064 Holding Space for the Heaviness: Immigration, Injustice & the Emotional Toll
As a therapist, expat, and human being, I'm sharing my reflections on the emotional toll of watching loved ones and communities suffer under unjust systemsâparticularly communities of color, immigrants, and refugees who have long called the U.S...
063 You Made It Abroad..So Why Does It Still Feel So Hard?
You did the thing. You moved abroad. You chased the dream, made it happen⌠and now youâre sitting in your beautiful new destination country wondering: Why does this still feel hard?In todayâs episode, I talk about the emotional ...
062 When the Lights Go Out..
A country-wide blackout hit Spain this weekâand instead of spiraling, I found myself surprisingly calm. This episode is about what that moment revealed: the peace Iâve built since moving abroad.I share the contrast between how I wouldâve...
061 What Happens When You Slow Down...
Let's talk about what really happens when the chaos quiets and youâre no longer running on autopilot. The emotions. The buried fears. The parts of you that hustle tried to silence.Weâre diving into: đ Why hustle is often a traum...