by guest blog | Expat identity
Tackling stereotypes abroad Blog by Kriti Toshniwal Stereotypes, we have all encountered them. And as expats abroad, we encounter them more openly and perhaps more often. As an Indian woman living abroad, I have encountered several stereotypes. Some of these were...
by guest blog | Expat identity
Expat repatriation: home again? Blog by Iemke Janssen – de Leeuw September, autumn is knocking at our front door. People in The Netherlands are confused and divided. On the one hand people are looking forward to the new season; less hot temperatures, leaves...
by Floor Franck | Expat identity
The identity struggles of an expat by Kriti Toshniwal ‘Do you feel more Indian or Dutch?’ a friend asked me recently. We were a company of six; two Dutch, two Germans, one American and me; blissfully tucking in a hearty meal laced with garlic and turmeric, at a...
by Floor Franck | Expat identity
Just being yourself How often do you get the advice to: “Just be yourself”? Whether it’s a job interview or the first visit to your mother in law, but what is “being yourself” exactly? I’m a different person when I’m at home than when I...
by Martine Hulsman | Expat identity
We are all open cosmopolitans? In addition to a coach, I am also, and above all, human. ‘That means lying awake again tonight, or eating cookies’, I thought with a sigh. The reason is really nothing serious, just messed up by authorities and people around...
