Here in Australia today it's R U OK? Day. It's a day when we are encouraged to "check up" on people we're worried about; it's a time when we are reminded that talking about mental health issues like depression and suicide is really important. Many Australian bloggers have got behind the cause by …
reverse culture shock
Getting past reverse culture shock: My Australian story
Long-term readers will know that every now and then I rave on about reverse culture shock - that awkward feeling you get when you don't quite fit back into your own country after spending an extended amount of time abroad. I do think it took me a good couple of years to really feel at home again …
Everyone’s talking about reverse culture shock
I've been living back in Australia for three years now - after spending five and half years abroad - and I'm amazed how often in the course of a day I still get flashbacks to little pieces of my life in Japan, Slovakia or Germany. Like today, for some reason, I kept thinking about the little train …