Expatitis

Top Ten Wellness Tips For Beijing Newcomers: Part Two

Top Ten Wellness Tips For Beijing Newcomers: Part Two

(Click here for part one, with tips #1-5…) Tip #6: To Every Thing, There Is A Season. Beijing has a surprising variety of all four seasons, which I think is a great thing. Spring and fall, the best times of year here, are unfortunately short, but in general you can expect the same seasonal variations

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Expatitis Spreads to China Daily, and Beyond

Expatitis Spreads to China Daily, and Beyond

I’m glad that my recent series of articles on expatitis has picked up some steam in the community. I’d like to give a big thanks to reporter Todd Balazovic at China Daily for picking up on this. In his article (It’s a wild, wild life for expats), he expands on the basic themes I laid out and

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Expatitis Can Hit Families Hard

I’m pleased that my recent articles on expatitis are striking a chord among my readers. Here’s an email I received from a reader in England that I thought deserved its own page. It’s a lovely and personal example of how an entire family can struggle when living abroad: I wanted to send a thank you

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Expatitis, Part 3: Baby Steps with Mr Indy Spensible

The following is part of the transcript of my first clinic encounter with uber-expat businessman Mr Indy Spensible, diagnosed with expatitis: Doc: …So, Mr Spensible… Indy: Just call me Indy. Doc: OK, Indy. Is that short for Indiana? Indy: No, for the racetrack. My mother thinks I was conceived there. Doc: Interesting. I’ll file that

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Expatitis, Part Two: Stress

Expatitis, Part Two: Stress

Yesterday I introduced the concept of expatitis, a syndrome of expat ill health. I also introduced my uber-expat businessman, Mr Indy Spensible, who was having panic attacks, among other complaints. Let’s focus first on stress, a vastly under-appreciated malady affecting expats. Stress Let’s face it, doing business in China can be very, very stressful. The demands

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Expatitis: Are You Infected?

Expatitis: Are You Infected?

Let’s jump into Case One: Mr Indy Spensible, a mid-50′s General Manager of a large company, comes to my clinic with “funny chest pains” for a month. He’s a stocky guy with a big belly; very outgoing but obviously exhausted, wistfully eyeing his beeping Blackberry as we talk. He gets about 6 hours of sleep

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