Relocating to a new country is exciting and thrilling, with promises of new opportunities and adventures. But unfortunately, the inevitable differences in culture, rules and regulations, and general way-of-life, can stall this adventurous journey, leaving you feeling homesick and depressed. It is harder for tailing spouses who give up their careers to support their partners.
Apart from losing their jobs, they lose their social network, family support system, financial independence and identity.
Yes, it is an emotional journey, but there is a secret to making this journey positively memorable and enjoyable. It starts with finding yourself, your purpose, and your new goals for a new life. The good news is you don’t have to do it alone.
Know When to Ask for Help
- Sense of wasting your life and living in limbo
- Feeling stuck and frustrated as you can’t see a way out
- Easily irritable and constantly on edge
- Frequent spells of loneliness and helplessness
- Paranoid that the locals are against you or don’t like you
- Critical of local people, culture, and customs
- Excessive concern over appearing proper in an attempt to fit in
- Oversensitivity and overreaction to minor difficulties
- Overeating and sleeping long hours to pass time
CORE COACHING
Find a purpose that resembles you
A new and extraordinary life means different things to different people. Where one wants to run a marathon or climb a mountain, another wants to excel at their profession, and yet another wants to spend more quality time with their loved ones.
I deeply believe that success in anything is a by-product of emotional strength and wellness. My goal is to guide you through crafting a life that reflects you. I will help you work through your negative emotions, reconnect with your innate strengths, and find the purpose you will naturally pursue.
SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
Small steps towards big changes
A new and extraordinary life means different things to different people. Where one wants to run a marathon or climb a mountain, another wants to excel at their profession, and yet another wants to spend more quality time with their loved ones.
I deeply believe that success in anything is a by-product of emotional strength and wellness. My goal is to guide you through crafting a life that reflects you. I will help you work through your negative emotions, reconnect with your innate strengths, and find the purpose you will naturally pursue.
MindAid for Expat Women
At MindAid I work with expat women individually and in group sessions.
Private Sessions
Private sessions work best when the problem or issue is more of a personal matter. When you want to bring about change in yourself or your relationship. When you want to reinvent yourself, to find purpose and self-worth. When you want to be heard and understood. Schedule a free session and experience the lightness of expressing your thoughts and feelings openly.
Group Sessions
Group sessions are very beneficial to realise that you are not alone in this phase of your life. It also gives you an opportunity to learn how other women have navigated challenging situations. These sessions are a safe place for you to express your feelings and emotions uninhibitedly and receive understanding and empathy. Usually, the topics are generic yet specific to living in Switzerland- cultural shocks, psychological shock, loss of self and identity, loss of social connections, motherhood problems, relationship problems, etc.
Areas of Help
New Ventures
As a trailing partner you may not find the job you are looking for. Even when sometimes you are ready to take up anything available you simply may be over qualified. Look at this phase of your life as an opportunity in disguise. It is probably the right time to do something on your own.
If, this is the case and you think you have an idea you would like to explore, discuss its viability and sustainability, let’s talk. Sometimes an idea may just be good as an idea but sometimes it may be the next best thing everyone is looking for. It is difficult for a friend or a spouse not to show you support or think an idea is not worth your education or expertise. But this is your chance to break the mould and pursue something you always wanted to do.
Exploring an idea is like candy for your brains. It gets excited and rejuvenated. Take the time to enjoy the exploration process, it will prove to be refreshing and worth it someway or another, always. It may lead you down a path you never thought possible.
Motherhood
Motherhood is beautiful but hard. As a women you may have given up your career/ job to raise kids, though it was a decision made consciously, you did not realise how it would feel when you got there. No one introduces you motherhood, it just happens. For expat women it is a step harder, who are here in this country without any social support. They have to heavily rely on strangers, to care for their kids if they cannot do it themselves. can Losing your independence and identity can be overwhelming for many women who had enjoyed working. Women are known to have depression spells due to hormonal changes but the depression that one experiences due to lack of self-worth hits at the core – “who am I and what is my value?”.
To help women go through this phase with pride, confidence and happiness, she needs support and guidance. Support that everyone is in it together and guidance to find herself and find value in her life.
Mid-Life Crisis
Like many natural occurrences midlife crisis is not in your control. It just springs on you one day and poses questions that cannot be answered easily without cringing at several wrong decisions and turns you may have taken. But it is a natural way for your mind and body to prepare you for the rest of your life. It is your body’s way of telling you to stop and analyse your past to live the best future you possible can.
But the questions that it raises are daunting and very depressing. It forces you to look back on your youth and analyse your achievements and failures. So, when you get to you late 30s and you have begun to ask yourself some very tough questions, let’s talk. It is the right time to analyse your past and change your future.