The beginning of the end
I'm probably going out on a limb saying this, but I don't really like autumn in Buenos Aires. Fewer daylight hours, the damp, and the...
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Alice Rossetter
- Apr 28
- 2 min
Guilty pleasures
So let me tell you about my day yesterday. I got up and took my son to school. And that is the only thing that I did that wasn't...
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Alice Rossetter
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Write your own story
On our recent holiday in Córdoba a new desire surfaced from deep within me - I wanted to go souvenir shopping. I was surprised because...
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Alice Rossetter
- Dec 10, 2021
- 2 min
Creating shared meaning
Last week I was musing about how nice it would be to put the Christmas tree up on Saturday (the 11th of December if you're interested). ...
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Alice Rossetter
- Dec 7, 2021
- 2 min
As time goes by
My son told me this morning that he wants to be a baby again. Without thinking too much about it I told him that time only goes forwards...
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Alice Rossetter
- Sep 14, 2021
- 2 min
Going home (part II)
Last time I wrote about the sense of loss we often feel as expats when our friends move on. But what about when it's your turn to leave?...
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Alice Rossetter
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
Going home
"Tis better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all." said Alfred Lord Tennyson wisely. However, us expats know that...
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Alice Rossetter
- Jul 13, 2021
- 2 min
Pride for life
Global pride month is over. Companies are removing rainbow flags and stickers from their store windows and websites. The parades have...
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Alice Rossetter
- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
Father's day away
Any seasoned expat will tell you that some days are more difficult than others. Some days we feel free, light, adventurous. But other...
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Alice Rossetter
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
We used to have it all
Recently I've been spending difficult sessions with clients trying to decide between 3 or more not very good options. Many expats are...
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Alice Rossetter
- Dec 7, 2020
- 2 min
Expat Stuck
This article is dedicated to my patients who are 'expat stuck'. Stuck reading and re-reading embassy websites, travel-news bulletins,...
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Alice Rossetter
- Nov 17, 2020
- 3 min
Single, Expat and Quarantined
Before I begin I have to confess that I don't have first hand experience of this so I'm looking forward to the comments from other more...
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Alice Rossetter
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
Multi-cultural coupling
Unsurprisingly after almost six months of quarantine I've recently had an influx of couples looking for therapy! When I sat down to...
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Alice Rossetter
- Aug 9, 2020
- 2 min
Can expats go back to normal therapy now?
From the third of August therapists in Buenos Aires could start working with patients face to face in their treatment rooms again. But...
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Alice Rossetter
- Jun 21, 2020
- 3 min
The expat COVID-19 parallel universe
As expats we're pretty used to switching constantly between different cultures, social conventions, time zones and social circles. ...
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Alice Rossetter
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
This changes everything...doesn't it?
I've often said that the expat experience is unique, and even as we connect with our global neighbours during the pandemic and share...
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Alice Rossetter
- Apr 9, 2020
- 4 min
Negotiating the healthcare system in Capital Federal de Buenos Aires
I remember when I first arrived in BA almost nine years ago now the healthcare system was completely indecipherable to me. This was for...
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Alice Rossetter
- Feb 26, 2020
- 3 min
What is a "psicotécnico" and how to survive one.
A psicoténico is a psychological assessment which forms part of most recruitment processes in Argentina. In Europe and the US we are...
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Alice Rossetter
- Feb 7, 2020
- 3 min
Ex-pat kids
I'm pretty sure I don't really qualify as an ex-pat parent, when my mate drinking two year old barks orders at me in Spanish I wonder if...
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Alice Rossetter
- Dec 29, 2019
- 2 min
Hot Christmas
A couple of months ago I read a post in one of the ex-pat Facebook groups asking fellow ex-pats about how they deal with the combination...
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