It is not because I am wandering that I am lost ...

​It is not because I am wandering that I am lost ...

Expat life or a nomadic lifestyle is a funny one, it is full of paradoxes and it pushes you to leave the familiar and explore the unknown.
​People have often asked me the following questions:

• Why do you choose to leave your family, your friends and your country to go and live somewhere else?
• Why do you want to live in a place where you may not speak the language, not practice the religion or even eat the food?

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​As if there must be something wrong with me or surely I was running away from something? How can you possibly voluntary choose for a life in constant transition?
The answer is very simple: I love it! It sets things in motion.
I will not tell you transitions are easy but if you allow it to set in and you are prepared to become an absolute beginner, it might just be the best thing that has ever happened to you!
I lived in many different places around the world. What I liked most about this life style (apart from the meaningful work) is that beginners mindset.

​What I like so much about living abroad is that each time you enter a new country, a new culture, a new job challenge, meet new people, etc. you become an absolute beginner in that new place. Of course you have your expertise on which you further built, like a never finished work of art. But this new setting needs to be explored, providing a spacious awareness that allows the outer world to flow in freely through our senses. 
Maintaining a beginner’s mind means to be open to continuous growth and deeper understanding.

Although a new job or living in a new country can be quite scary it also gives plenty of opportunities to open yourself to explore and look at things with a beginner’s mind, having an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions.

But sometimes the unknown, the way forward looks so different, so untested, so unstable that it scares us. You might feel anxious, frustrated and unsettled: lost in transition. 
You might have the tendency to curl up, stay stuck, and follow the fear of unknowing. While this is actually the best time to be curious and stand still and listen very carefully to your most inner voice. You’re about to have a breakthrough, a new discovery, the path is about to open up, if you allow it to. As a beginner, we are encouraged to develop skills without comparing ourselves to others or seeking to be superior in any way.

Growth requires moments of stillness and anticipation, of simply not-knowing. Growth requires that you can be lost between these two states of yourself—the old and the new.

I offer coaching and training for people in between cultures like refugees or migrants. I provide coaching and training for expats or global nomads. These groups have a lot in common and they can easily get lost in transition.

• Do you feel the need to recenter your life?
• Is this last transition getting ahead of you?
• Do you need some time to listen to your inner voices?

Book your retreat and/or online-coaching session and make the most of your transition.
If you live in Belgium book a free intake at my inspiration room in Antwerp.
For global nomads, the following e-course might be interested and you can also book a retreat (with or without coaching) and make the most of your transition.
I have lived, studied and learned from this nomadic life style and would love to share with you.

​With love, 
Sarah