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Through my own experiences, I also realised how often we romanticise life abroad. We talk about travel, new opportunities and exciting beginnings, but far less about loneliness, shifting identities, rebuilding relationships from scratch and the feeling that we're sometimes somewhere between two (or more) worlds.

And I became especially interested in what these changes mean for women.

Because moving abroad is about much more than adapting to a new country. For many women, it also means finding their place again in society, in relationships and in everyday life.

Sometimes we leave behind the circle of people with whom we felt known, accepted and safe. In a new environment, we build friendships again, learn unspoken social rules and search for people around whom we can truly be ourselves.

At the same time, we're navigating different expectations: those from the culture we grew up in, those we encounter in our new home and, perhaps most importantly, our own expectations of ourselves.

Some of us are building careers, others are building relationships or families, and others are trying to work out what they actually want from life. Many of us eventually wonder how much we've changed since leaving and whether we still recognise the person we used to be.

And even when it looks from the outside as though we've successfully built a new life, inside we may still be trying to find our place in it.

That realisation, alongside years of working with people and a desire to contribute to their growth in a more meaningful way, led me to coaching.

I discovered coaching first for myself and later chose to pursue it professionally.

Today, through one-on-one coaching, I support women building a life abroad, exploring who they are in new circumstances and creating a life in which they feel fulfilled, connected and genuinely themselves.

Living abroad can also be an opportunity to get to know yourself more deeply and build a life you truly want to live.