Heather was an expat in Sweden for four years. She describes herself as a non-trailing spouse because while she was there she mastered the Swedish language and attained gainful employment in a Swedish public school. After settling in so soundly, Heather's world was rocked apart when her marriage dissolved and her expat adventure came to an abrupt end, just one year before she, her husband and her recently-turned-18 adult daughter would have been eligible for Swedish citizenship.

Heather was shocked to return to the US with a robust CV and have all of her valuable experience, not to mention language skills attained, completely overlooked by employers in the US. She took off on another expat adventure, this time to China, but due to health issues from the extreme pollution, had to return to the US after just four months.

Heather has worked hard to re-establish herself in the US and reworked her resume and LinkedIn profile to achieve success. Heather is refreshingly open about the grief and loss of repatriation and the ways that she has struggled to repatriate and move forward.

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