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Guest article by Michaela Ray de Witters More than ever before, people struggle with finding their dream job. Merely working and paying bills, isn’t enough. In many countries it would be considered a luxury, but in Belgium, it is a real problem. Some people expect a...

If you are one of the lucky ones, you still have those same friends that you met during your childhood years.  The ones that you still see on a regular basis.  These people have become an extension of your family. For some (myself included), we left our childhood home...

Guest post by Michaela Ray de Witters   Feeling alone can be sad and overwhelming, whether you are literally alone or you perceive to be alone. Six years ago, I moved from US to Belgium for a job. This was supposed to be an exciting international opportunity, we...

Are we there yet? What did lockdown and what does the end of it mean to you as an international living abroad? What do you think when you reflect upon the last weeks? Maybe some of the following hits home for you. Being an expat/international during times of Corona,...

We have met Nikhitha during one of our workshops on “Going Independent” last fall looking for answers to find out whether working as a freelancer in Belgium makes sense for her. A few months earlier she came to Belgium with her husband who started a job here at one of...

This is the answer that I have used countless times when speaking to friends and family when they ask this question. For some time, I did not know how to answer it because I was not crazy about my new host country. I did not want to seem negative nor did I not want...