Belonging & Becoming Abroad

​A complimentary live workshop for expats who've already made the move, and are now facing the part nobody warns you about: belonging doesn't happen just because you arrived.

​You don't need to wait until your Spanish (or your target language) is fluent. You don't need to become a different person to fit in. What you already carry as an outsider:

• ​your perspective

• ​your questions

• ​the way you notice things locals stopped seeing years ago

​...all that is an asset. It's not something to hide while you catch up.

​In this session, we'll work through:

• ​What's actually keeping you feeling like a guest rather than a neighbor

• ​How to turn what makes you different into something your community values

• ​Real, concrete ways to get a foot in the door with your local community (even before you're fluent)

• ​Permission to experiment your way into belonging (instead of waiting to feel 100% ready)

​You'll leave with a clearer sense of what integration actually looks like for you and the next steps to take after the workshop.

Facilitator: Walter Freiberg is an ACC-certified (ICF) life coach and Advanced Neurolanguage Coach®, and the creator of The Multilingual Self, working with multilingual professionals and expats navigating identity across languages and cultures. Originally from Argentina, he's lived as an expat in Uruguay since 2022, and coaches in English, Spanish, German, Italian, and Portuguese.

​Date: Saturday, October 3
Time:

• ​11:00am-12:30pm (Argentina/Uruguay)

• ​10:00-11:30am EDT

• ​4:00-5:30pm CEST

​Duration: 90 minutes
Language: English
Cost: Complimentary