S8E7 - What Nobody Tells You About Moving Abroad. The Life of an Expat: Belonging, Culture Shock & Finding Community

Have you ever felt like you belong to two countries but don’t fully belong to either? This week we talk about the real life of an expat: the opportunities, the personal growth, and the loneliness, identity crisis and culture shock that nobody prepares you for when you move abroad.

Our guest is Juana Silva Puerta, a Colombian-born literary translator who moved to Ely in the UK five years ago. Juana shares what moving abroad was really like: the visa and bureaucracy hurdles, the housing shock, and her first dark winters. She also explains ho...