Moving Countries 101
Whether you’re moving for work, love, or lifestyle, one truth remains: relocating is about more than the destination. Host Clare Kay leads you on a quest to create a life abroad: the paradox of arriving in a new destination, yet discovering the real journey is the ongoing experience of making another country home.
Clare is your essential guide to navigating the complexities of moving countries and realising the benefits of a new lifestyle. Drawing on her extensive international experience, Clare helps you uncover both the dreams and the realities of relocation, from the logistics of settling in to the emotional and cultural shifts that shape daily life.
Through authentic guest stories and Clare’s solo observations, you’ll gain practical guidance and fresh perspectives to prepare you mentally and emotionally for life abroad. You’ll hear from global movers who have relocated for jobs, relationships, family, or lifestyle, and learn how they handled the challenges and opened up to the opportunities.
Their stories illustrate how moving unsettles us emotionally, physically, culturally, and spiritually, but each conversation shows how moving countries provokes growth, awareness, and possibilities.
🎧 Tune in for revealing insights, heartfelt reflections, and uplifting moments that inspire confidence, connection, and clarity as you create a fulfilling life abroad.
Resources
Join the conversation in Clare's Facebook Group: Moving Countries 101 with Clare Kay – A space for global movers – people creating lives abroad – to prepare emotionally, culturally, and practically, and to turn cultural differences into connections.
About the host
Clare Kay is a seasoned global mover with an international career spanning sales, customer service, personal development, and flight attendant work.
She has sold books and TV programs globally, taught English as a foreign language, and supported non-native speakers through proofreading.
Her own moves – from the UK to Zambia, China, Taiwan, Nigeria, and the USA – bring direct experience, while her global outlook allows her to support others in creating lives abroad.
Through her podcast Moving Countries 101, Clare inspires listeners with the confidence and courage to make their own move – and continues the cultural conversation in her Facebook Group.
Connect to Clare Kay
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Moving Countries 101
Whether you’re moving for work, love, or lifestyle, one truth remains: relocating is about more than the destination. Host Clare Kay leads you on a quest to create a life abroad: the paradox of arriving in a new destination, yet discovering the real journey is the ongoing experience of making another country home.
Clare is your essential guide to navigating the complexities of moving countries and realising the benefits of a new lifestyle. Drawing on her extensive international experience, Clare helps you uncover both the dreams and the realities of relocation, from the logistics of settling in to the emotional and cultural shifts that shape daily life.
Through authentic guest stories and Clare’s solo observations, you’ll gain practical guidance and fresh perspectives to prepare you mentally and emotionally for life abroad. You’ll hear from global movers who have relocated for jobs, relationships, family, or lifestyle, and learn how they handled the challenges and opened up to the opportunities.
Their stories illustrate how moving unsettles us emotionally, physically, culturally, and spiritually, but each conversation shows how moving countries provokes growth, awareness, and possibilities.
🎧 Tune in for revealing insights, heartfelt reflections, and uplifting moments that inspire confidence, connection, and clarity as you create a fulfilling life abroad.
Resources
Join the conversation in Clare's Facebook Group: Moving Countries 101 with Clare Kay – A space for global movers – people creating lives abroad – to prepare emotionally, culturally, and practically, and to turn cultural differences into connections.
About the host
Clare Kay is a seasoned global mover with an international career spanning sales, customer service, personal development, and flight attendant work.
She has sold books and TV programs globally, taught English as a foreign language, and supported non-native speakers through proofreading.
Her own moves – from the UK to Zambia, China, Taiwan, Nigeria, and the USA – bring direct experience, while her global outlook allows her to support others in creating lives abroad.
Through her podcast Moving Countries 101, Clare inspires listeners with the confidence and courage to make their own move – and continues the cultural conversation in her Facebook Group.
Connect to Clare Kay
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
For this episode, Clare is joined by her long-term friend Matthew Young, who decided to move from the UK to Dubai when inspiration struck him during a shopping trip in the country. He shares what it is like to live in such a diverse country, adapting to working with so many people who do things differently from you and how to take full advantage of the high level of connectivity with the rest of the world that Dubai offers.
Matthew explains how he simply packed a bag and moved to Dubai. He shares how he arrived using a tourist visa and turned that into permanent residency.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
“The whole place was wondrous.”
“Everything is set up for digital…even the visa application process.”
“They want businesses to be here, and they want people to be successful because that helps the economy.”
“You see a country one way as a visitor, and you see it entirely differently as someone who's living there.”
“Dubai is in the middle of all sorts of places, so it's kind of equidistant to London and Bangkok.”
“Once you get a job, then you can open a bank account, then you can rent a place.”
“I'd say that since COVID, Dubai has become, a lot more relaxed in all sorts of things.”
EPISODE RESOURCES
Moving to Dubai - https://wise.com/gb/blog/moving-to-dubai-guide
ABOUT THE GUEST
Matthew moved to Dubai in January 2019 requiring a change of scenery and a fresh start. He was 49 at the time. In the UK, he had a career in the City of London working in financial services before he set up his own property management business in 2004. He was married for 21 years and has one son. Other than his professional interest in property management, Matthew is an avid supporter of Chelsea FC and have been qualified as a football referee since 1990.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewsyoung
Matthew's podcast:
MY Proper Property Management
https://podcasts.apple.com/ae/podcast/my-proper-property-management/id1819489117
ABOUT THE HOST
Clare Kay is a seasoned global mover – with an international career in sales, customer service, personal development, and as a flight attendant. She has sold books and TV programs globally, taught English as a foreign language, and supported non-native speakers through proofreading. Her own global moves – from the UK to Zambia, China, Taiwan, Nigeria, and the USA – bring direct experience, and her global outlook has given her the growth and connections to support others in creating a life abroad. Through her podcast Moving Countries 101, she inspires listeners with the confidence and courage to make their own move – and deepens the conversation in her Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/movingcountries101withclarekay/
https://www.tiktok.com/@movingcountries101
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