The Expat Therapist: Navigating Mental Health and Dreams Abroad
Ariel Roberts
68 episodes
4 days ago
This year’s birthday was unlike any other — not because of where I was or what I did, but because I finally let myself be celebrated. For the first time, I didn’t avoid it or minimize it… I allowed myself to really experience it. And in doing so, I noticed something powerful: when you start celebrating and honoring yourself, others learn to celebrate and honor you too. But life lifed, and it had other plans woven into my day. My husband’s grandmother passed away — on my exact birthday. It was...
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This year’s birthday was unlike any other — not because of where I was or what I did, but because I finally let myself be celebrated. For the first time, I didn’t avoid it or minimize it… I allowed myself to really experience it. And in doing so, I noticed something powerful: when you start celebrating and honoring yourself, others learn to celebrate and honor you too. But life lifed, and it had other plans woven into my day. My husband’s grandmother passed away — on my exact birthday. It was...
064 Holding Space for the Heaviness: Immigration, Injustice & the Emotional Toll
The Expat Therapist: Navigating Mental Health and Dreams Abroad
26 minutes
4 months ago
064 Holding Space for the Heaviness: Immigration, Injustice & the Emotional Toll
As a therapist, expat, and human being, I'm sharing my reflections on the emotional toll of watching loved ones and communities suffer under unjust systems—particularly communities of color, immigrants, and refugees who have long called the U.S. home. You’ll hear: The emotional impact of the recent wave of ICE detentions and deportationsWhat it means to carry generational fear, grief, and displacementHow we can acknowledge what’s happening without becoming emotionally paralyzedWays to self-re...
The Expat Therapist: Navigating Mental Health and Dreams Abroad
This year’s birthday was unlike any other — not because of where I was or what I did, but because I finally let myself be celebrated. For the first time, I didn’t avoid it or minimize it… I allowed myself to really experience it. And in doing so, I noticed something powerful: when you start celebrating and honoring yourself, others learn to celebrate and honor you too. But life lifed, and it had other plans woven into my day. My husband’s grandmother passed away — on my exact birthday. It was...
