The Grounded Expat
Guided kits

You need help with this part.

Not every part of living abroad needs the same thing.

A Kit brings several ways into one specific stretch of the journey: something to read, something to listen to, and somewhere to work through what’s happening. It all lives on a private page that’s yours to keep.

Where are you in the journey?

Start with the moment that sounds closest. You don’t have to work through everything, and you don’t have to do it in order.

For deciding

Charting the Course

When the idea won’t leave you alone.

You keep imagining a life abroad, but every answer creates three more questions. This gives the dreaming and deciding somewhere to go.

For leaving

Casting Off

When leaving is starting to feel real.

The tickets are booked. Now there are goodbyes, guilt, and the strange grief of leaving a life you still love.

For arriving

The Grounding Kit

When you’ve arrived and nothing feels automatic.

For the first 90 days, when buying bread takes planning, homesickness arrives at 2am, and you’re building a life from scratch.

For the hard middle

Rough Waters

When the shine has worn off.

You’re lonely, tired of adapting, or quietly wondering whether this is a hard stretch or a mistake.

For life on the move

Open Water

When freedom starts to feel untethered.

You can go anywhere. You’re also wondering where home is, what the motion is for, and what might make you stay.

Not sure this is what you need?

Start with the situation you’re in, or choose one journal instead of a whole Kit.