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Please stop fighting
Please stop fighting!
I heard a little boy shout this at his parents on a sunny terrace. I saw people tweet it when the middle east once more exploded in violence, and I heard my own prime minister ask it of the ukrainanian separatists so that we could bring home the bodies of the victims from flight MH17.

A lazy day
Lazy lazy, my brain is hazy
My energy low, and I'm moving too slow
It’s just one of those days, where not much is done.
Just messing about, just dozy, not glum.

Being anxious and afraid
However, what we have only just begun to understand is that the amygdala can't distinguish between an outside impulse or one that comes from within the brain. We are literally making ourselves sick with worry.

Perfectly imperfect internationals
When it relentlessly pursues us with its ‘must do and can do better’, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, something is out of balance. That's bad enough living in the comfort zone of your wn national identity, but for expats, who are already confused about the new cultural and linguistic paths they have embarked on, it can become a hinderance, rather than a help to settling in.

Another international relocation
For many expats their geographical location is more likely to…