It is the time to pack again. But this time to come back to your home country. There are many things to plan for your return and, most importantly, prepare yourself mentally and emotionally. Because the place to which you are going back, although already known, has evolved as much as you did yourself. The more time you have spent outside of your country, the bigger the shock you will experience.
If you are already back and you feel lost, you feel the need to learn to live again in your own country, readapt to what you thought you knew.
The reverse cultural shock has an impact in you as…
Your personal and professional expectations don’t suit the reality you are facing in your home country.
You struggle to adapt to your environment and the work conditions of your new job.
You are starting to think about other work alternatives as you do not feel your expatriate experience is valued enough by your company, nor you can apply what you learnt.
After coming back to your home country, you feel “neither from here or there”. The environment and the people you knew have changed and today you feel like a fish out of water. This triggers frustration, stress and you feel a bit lost.
You feel isolated, confused and doubting your own identity.
You are wasting a lot of energy trying to adjust to the life in your home country, without losing the ideas and values you gathered while you were abroad. Your family, friends, colleagues are hoping you will behave as you always have, but you want to resist the temptation to go back to the “old you” to satisfy the expectations of others.
And to support you I have created the program “Return to a new future”.
With the intention to help you with the mental and emotional preparation that is required when coming back to your home country and accompany you in your process. You will minimize the impact of the reverse cultural shock and will feel more confident, relaxed and grounded in this new life transition.
Our sessions will be online. Together we will work on the areas that require attention to help you plan how come back to your home country.
I will help you adjust your expectations to the personal and professional environment that you will face once you are back.
I will accompany you to adapt to the changes that have occurred, supplying you with related tools.
I will teach you to manage your emotions during the process of coming back to your home country so that you will feel more at ease and in control.
I will help you combine the continuity of the things that have not changed and that you like with the development of your social environment to create a life that suits you.
Your life experience as an expatriate has transformed you. What you have learnt during that time abroad has become a part of your own identity. I will help you enjoy this new chapter of your life and the person you have become.
I invite you to a first strategic assessment session, free.
Having Patricia as a life coach was the best decision I have made! She is inspiring and took me from victim to winner. Our coaching program was very positive and had a great impact on me. Patricia is enthusiastic, very well prepared, caring and wants the best for the people she is working with. I recommend Patricia with no hesitation if you are looking for someone who is by your side to help you improve your life. She has all my appreciation as a person and as a great professional.
Eva- Full time mum
Working with Patricia was a pleasure. She is amicable, empathetic, motivating, very professional. She helped me analyze my past successes and my present and future objectives. We also set up an action plan for a difficult transition I was experiencing. I strongly recommend Patricia for any type of coaching related to life transition. My coaching program with Patricia was a great success for me. She guides you through clear and doable steps that you can implement immediately and check your progress against.
Wendy - Journalist
One of the best gifts I gave myself is to work with Patricia Rivas. She has been a constant fountain of inspiration, motivation, encouragement and support. When I started working with her I had been back for several months to my home country following 7 years abroad in 3 different countries and I felt totally isolated and with a rather low self esteem. Restoring my self value and my pride as well as learning to see with fresh eyes my life back at home have been the center of our coaching program. I am very happy with the results! Yet again, I am smiling, happy and enjoying a new phase of my life, I only have words of gratitude towards Patricia.
Sophie – Real estate agent
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