Happy Life Abroad Podcast

 This podcast is for people who are considering using NLP and it’s techniques to attain goals and aims

Contact Details:

Michael Hochberg’s contact details - [email protected]

John Ruane’s contact details – [email protected]

 This podcast is for people who are considering moving permanently to another country for work, marriage, or any other reason. It lists some of the more common difficulties there people face and gives advice on how to prepare for such a move.

Contact Details:

Michael Hochberg’s contact details - [email protected]

John Ruane’s contact details – [email protected]

Hello, I am Michael, your host, and today I switched roles and let Andreea interview me.

In today's episode, I am telling the story of my living abroad journey, that with me moving around into several U.S.  states, then getting to experience a kibbutz lifestyle, in Israel, back in the '80s, and then becoming an expat partner by moving to Finland to live together with my now ex-wife.

All of these experiences helped me to embrace my mission and become an Expat Coach, helping others embrace their new expat life and overcome its specific challenges.

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.

Happy Life Abroad is a podcast with and about expat stories told by expat spouses. 

The purpose of the show is to shine some light on what it means to be an expat spouse and how to adjust to a new country and their culture, what are the daily struggles in each stage of the moving abroad process, but also to create a community of like-minded expat spouses who inspire each other. 

For all our listeners I am offering a complimentary coaching session and then 30% discount on all my Coaching Services. If you feel like you are struggling to adapt and adjust to your new expat lifestyle, don't hesitate to contact me.
Find out more at www.highmountainproducts.com 

How much impact does moving abroad puts on the relationship for many couples after they move abroad. What changes and why? 
In today's episode, I am exploring the ups and downs of moving abroad as a couple how the move impacts the dynamic between the partners. 

Many couples that I had the chance to talk to saw the move as stressful and they noticed started more fights and misunderstandings and some of them even decided to move back home in under one year since the moment they arrived. In other cases, the move and its implications was so heavy that some even got a divorce. 

When couples move abroad, a great deal of attention is focussed upon the practicalities of moving overseas and settling in. 

So what are the extra strains that moving abroad puts on a relationship? Listen to today's episode as I am going through them, one by one. 

Hopefully, this will help you overcome them by detailing some practical tools and insights. 

‘Happy Life Abroad’ is a podcast about the expat lifestyle seen from the expat partner's perspective. 

The purpose of the show is to shine some light on what it means to be an expat spouse, but also to share with you some practical tools to help you to adjust to a new country and their culture, face the daily struggles in each stage of the moving abroad process, but also to breed healthier relationship while living abroad. 

Kara decided to take a leap of faith and move with her family of 5 to Guam, an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. They traded the typical American midwestern lifestyle from Tennessee with the island life for almost two years now and they cannot be happier for this decision. 

She shares with us how hard it was for them to make the decision and what impact it had over their life, what's a typical day on the island, what were and maybe still are the struggles of being an expat in a place so remote from the mainland, but also the amazing benefits and come with living on a tourists island, full of life and local festivities. 

 Other topics that we discussed:

• the local culture called the Chamorro culture 
• the similarities and differences between American midwestern habits and culture and the local culture 
• how she overcome the struggles and managed to adapt faster 
• her advice for people moving abroad for the first time

Happy Life Abroad is a podcast with and about expat stories told by expat spouses. 

The purpose of the show is to shine some light on what it means to be an expat spouse and how to adjust to a new country and their culture, what are the daily struggles in each stage of the moving abroad process, but also to create a community of like-minded expat spouses who inspire each other. 

For all our listeners I am offering a complimentary coaching session and then 30% discount on all my Cross-Cultural Coaching services. If you feel like you are struggling to adapt and adjust to your new expat lifestyle, don't hesitate to contact me.
Find out more at www.highmountainproducts.com 

Katie and Markus' story is like a fairytale. And if you didn't believe in destiny, you will after hearing their story. 
Even though she visited Austria and studied in Salzburg for her master's, she and Markus, who is Austrian, only met when he left to study abroad in Ohio, US, through the same master program. Then they've met at the ...surprize! October fest celebration that the program was throwing. 
They fell in love and because her heart was longing for Salzburg, they actually decided to move to Austria and lived there together for 4 years. 

Listen to the rest of the story to find out how it was for them to have an inter-cultural marriage and to live in Salzburg and then to move back to Ohio as well. 

Other topics that we discussed:

• Austrian culture vs. American culture and people
• How she adjusted to the new lifestyle
• Austrian lifestyle and pace and the reverse culture shock moving back to the US
• Advantages of living abroad 
• Advice for other expat spouses or partners 

Happy Life Abroad is a podcast with and about expat stories told by expat spouses. 

The purpose of the show is to shine some light on what it means to be an expat spouse and how to adjust to a new country and their culture, what are the daily struggles in each stage of the moving abroad process, but also to create a community of like-minded expat spouses who inspire each other. 

For all our listeners I am offering a complimentary coaching session and then 30% discount on all my Cross-Cultural Coaching services. If you feel like you are struggling to adapt and adjust to your new expat lifestyle, don't hesitate to contact me.
Find out more at www.highmountainproducts.com  

Going from the developing world to the developed world. The struggles and successes.

On today's show, we had an amazing guest with such an inspiring story. 
Tania was born in Kenya, from an English father and a Malagasy (Madagascar) mother. She moved to several African countries throughout her childhood and teenage years and then moved to Germany 5 years ago together with her life partner. 

Her biggest cultural shock was coming from the fact that the European lifestyle, the one associated with a developed country lifestyle, and the African lifestyle were so different. We discuss in detail those differences on the podcast, so listen in to find out how she managed to adapt. 
Other topics we touched: 

• Tania's life story
• her expat life struggles and how she managed to overcome them
• the differences between European and African mindsets and lifestyle, as well as the people
• advice for expats moving from a different continent to another
• Tania's travel business

Happy Life Abroad is a podcast with and about expat stories told by expat spouses. 

The purpose of the show is to shine some light on what it means to be an expat spouse and how to adjust to a new country and their culture, what are the daily struggles in each stage of the moving abroad process, but also to create a community of like-minded expat spouses who inspire each other. 

For all our listeners I am offering a complimentary coaching session and then 30% discount on all my Cross-Cultural Coaching services. If you feel like you are struggling to adapt and adjust to your new expat lifestyle, don't hesitate to contact me. 
Find out more at www.highmountainproducts.com 

Ksenia and her husband met in Cyprus, fell in love, and moved to Scotland to live together. That's where the cultural shock came in as they moved in in an established Turkish small community where everyone spoke little English and she didn't know Turkish either. Listen to her entire story and she managed to adapt in today's episode. 

Ksenia was born in Russia, studied in Petersbourg and while on a holiday in Cyprus she met her soon to be husband. In today's show we explore the differences and similarities between the Russian, Turkish and how they all come together with the local English culture. 

Other topics we touched: 

• Ksenia's life story
• her expat life struggles and how she managed to overcome them
• how she managed to integrate into the local culture
• differences between English and the Russian people
• advice for expat partner moving abroad for their partner 
• their business and how it got affected by the pandemic 

Happy Life Abroad is a podcast with and about expat stories told by expat spouses. 

The purpose of the show is to shine some light on what it means to be an expat spouse and how to adjust to a new country and their culture, what are the daily struggles in each stage of the moving abroad process, but also to create a community of like-minded expat spouses who inspire each other. 

For all our listeners I am offering a complimentary coaching session and then 30% discount on all my Cross-Cultural Coaching services. If you feel like you are struggling to adapt and adjust to your new expat lifestyle, don't hesitate to contact me. 
Find out more at www.highmountainproducts.com