So You Want to Move to Spain? | A Live Discussion
A behind-the-scenes look into long-term life abroad in Spain, from two people living here today.
Edgewalkers Collective
For global citizens 5+ years abroad — past the adjustment phase, still not quite home. Essays on the unnamed experience of long-term expat life: chronic liminality, migratory grief, and the edges of identity and belonging.
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On why some long-term expats, immigrants, and globally mobile folks feel more at ease in their host country than in the place on their passport.
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What long‑term life abroad does to your nervous system: why your baseline moves, why big crises feel manageable, and the whole picture I wish someone had given me before expat life.
The Interior Country You Build After Years Abroad
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You've Been Rehearsing Pre-Acceptable Answers for Years
A non‑clinical look at how long‑term life abroad shapes our nervous system: pre‑written answers, self‑translation, and the dynamics inside every room.
What I Didn't Expect in the Room Where I Shared Your Stories
A counsellor-in-training shares what it felt like to present migratory grief research to intercultural practitioners in Valencia — and the hug that followed.
What Long-Term Expatriation Does to Your Nervous System
On why things can still feel hard even when your life abroad works on paper and what long-term expatriation does to your nervous system according to our research.
Before You Land "Back Home"
On the disorientation that starts before you land back home after life abroad — and why it makes sense.
The Low-Grade Hum: What Long-Term Expats Carry That Nobody Names
A Substack live discussion with The Expat Diaries on migratory grief, the low-grade hum of life abroad, and what our research shows on long-term expat life.