Why an international move can shake your professional confidence — and how to find your footing again. Moving abroad can open exciting doors, but it can also make you question everything you've achieved professionally. According to Eurostat, in 2025, around 30% of highly educated EU citizens working in another EU country were overqualified for their jobs, compared with approximately 20% of nationals. For non-EU citizens, the figure was even higher, at around 41%. Behind these

You know that moment on holiday when you're "supposed" to be relaxing... but you're not? I hear this a lot from clients or friends. Someone stretches out on a beach chair with a book, and instead of feeling calm, they feel restless — like they're wasting the day. Someone else plans a six-hour hike up a mountain, and their partner looks at them like they're crazy. "That's not a holiday, that's a workout." Here's the thing: neither of them is doing it wrong. They just haven't f

Burnout is not solely psychological. It is physiological. Prolonged stress activates the autonomic nervous system. When sympathetic activation (“fight or flight”) remains elevated without sufficient recovery, regulation becomes impaired. Polyvagal Theory (Porges, 2011) explains how chronic activation reduces cognitive flexibility, emotional resilience, and executive functioning. Many professionals continue performing at a high level while operating in a state of nervous syste