The Expat Therapist: Navigating Mental Health and Dreams Abroad
Ariel Roberts
65 episodes
2 months ago
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...
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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
10 minutes
2 weeks ago
065 Permission to Rest
After two months away, I’m back behind the mic — and this episode is all about permission to be tired. As expats, we carry so much: the stress of navigating a new culture, the loneliness of building life from scratch, the weight of leaving behind family and familiarity. And yet, so often we guilt ourselves for needing rest. In this episode, I share why I stepped away from the podcast, what living in Spain has taught me about slowing down, and how giving myself permission to rest didn’t set me...
The Expat Therapist: Navigating Mental Health and Dreams Abroad
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...
