Counterweights: The Quiet Balancing Acts of Cross-Cultural Life
YEAR-END REFLECTIONS FOR YOUR LIFE OVERSEAS by Amber Nicole Steffen, Communications & Design As another year draws to a close, how would you sum up the last 12 months? What defined this year for you? Exhaustion or wonder? Profound joy or unresolved sorrow? For those of us living out our calling
WE ARE NOW SCHEDULING CLIENTS!
Hello from Olive Tree! We are thrilled to announce that after nearly a year of active transitioning of our office from Antalya, Türkiye to Budapest, Hungary, we are officially opening our calendar to schedule clients for the first half of 2025! Renovations on our new office buildin
2024 WAS A YEAR OF TRANSITIONS
HERE’S WHERE WE ARE NOW What a year it’s been! A myriad of highs and lows have cropped up for us since we announced last December that we were moving our office from the beautiful Mediterranean coast of Antalya, Türkiye to the banks of the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. Here we are a year lat
Transitions Part 2
Last month, we began our 2-part series on transitions as a cross-cultural worker by talking through the major different international moves workers face in their journey abroad. From the first move overseas, planned or unplanned moves on the field, to repatriating at the end of your journey overseas
Advent Week 1: Accepting the Task Before Us & Breath Prayer Exercise
Read Luke 1:26-56 “Nothing is impossible for God. Then Mary said, ‘I am the Lord’s servant. Let it be with me just as you have said.’ Then the angel left her.” Luke 1:37-38 While most of us haven’t had an angel show up physically to announce what grand plan God has for our
PREPARING FOR SUCCESS
by Nick Steffen, LMHC Attention is costly The primary mechanism of our computer’s ability to multitask is something called “context switching.” Essentially, the processing unit saves a task off to memory in a way that it can later retrieve and then shifts over to another task. Each context swi
SUPPORTING YOUR TCK
by Lisa Green, LMFT When thinking of the worker and expat community in which many of us live, we often think of the men and women that have picked up and moved from a place that is familiar, comfortable, and “home,” to a place that is decidedly less familiar, less comfortable, and takes a long [
MANAGING TRANSITIONS
by John and Rebecca Leverington INTRODUCTION Transitions bring with them the paradox of opportunity and danger––opportunity for change, and apprehension and uncertainty regarding the future. The sooner we begin to expand our thinking, focusing on specific kinds of opportunity and how these can b
TRANSITIONS
by John Leverington, LMFT, LPC, LCSW We all experience transitions in many ways: when we travel to a different country and experience a new language and culture, get a new computer and learn a new program and operating system, or even have a birthday and move into a new phase of life. I have p