Wellbeing for internationals session 4

The Stress of Being International: Practices and Tools for Prevention & Recovery

Working and building a life abroad is exciting, but let's be honest, it can also be stressful. Being far from your familiar support network, navigating a new culture and language, and juggling work or a job search all take their toll. That is why International House West Flanders is running a four-part wellbeing series, created especially for internationals in West Flanders.

Across four online evening sessions, wellness practitioner and yoga therapist Liz Shuler shares practical, science-informed tools to prevent stress from building up and to recover when it does. Each session combines short explanations with guided practice, so you leave with techniques you can use right away.

You can follow the series as a whole - the sessions build nicely on each other - or simply join the sessions that speak to you. Each session stands on its own.

Session 4:Beyond Resolutions: New Year Practices for Rest and Renewal

The end of the year can be a strange time as an international: festive but far from family, reflective but rushed. And then January arrives with its pressure to set ambitious resolutions…

In the closing session of our wellbeing series, Liz Shuler offers a gentler alternative: practices for rest, reflection and renewal that actually last longer than the first week of January. Close your year with intention - and start the new one from a place of calm rather than pressure.

In this session:

• Why classic New Year’s resolutions often add stress instead of removing it

• Reflection practices to close the year with intention

• Rituals for rest and renewal you can carry into the new year

• A guided closing practice, Q&A and sharing with other internationals

Speaker: Liz Shuler, Wellness Practitioner & Yoga Therapist - volunteer IHWF