(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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …