The Grounded Expat Get the free journal
Created by a licensed clinical social worker

Feel grounded, wherever you land.

The inner side of moving abroad — culture shock, lost identity, starting over — is the part no one packs you for. The Grounded Expat is honest, clinically grounded tools made for exactly that. Workbooks first, then a community, then an app.

The same clinical depth behind Anchor Point Partners’ work with global employers — now made directly for you.

What’s coming

Three ways to feel steadier abroad.

Building in order — starting with the things you can hold in your hands and work through at your own pace.

First

Workbooks & planners

Self-paced guides for culture shock, identity, relationships, and starting over abroad — the kind of thing you actually finish.

$39–149 · one-time
Next

The Circle

A membership: monthly workshops, live Q&A, a growing resource library, and a community of people who genuinely get it.

$19 / month
Join the founding circle →
Later

Relocation companion app

An AI-guided journal and check-in for the whole arc abroad — mood, grounding exercises, and reflection that meets you where you are.

$15 / month
In the works

The first workbooks.

A handful of the titles taking shape now. Join the list and you’ll hear the moment each one is ready.

The Relocation Journal
The Culture Shock Workbook
The Moving Abroad Planner
Starting Over Abroad
The Reinvention Workbook
The Expat Marriage Workbook
Who it’s for

If you’ve built a life in a place that isn’t home yet — this is for you.

The relocating employee

Carrying a job and a whole life across borders at once.

The accompanying partner

The one who moved for someone else, and is finding their own footing.

The digital nomad

Free, mobile — and quietly looking for something steady.

Anyone starting over

Reinventing a life in a new country, on purpose.

Stephanie Johnson, LICSW — founder of The Grounded Expat
Who’s behind it

Hi, I’m Stephanie. I’m a licensed clinical social worker with nearly twenty years in human services — and I’ve spent the last three living the expat life myself, across Southeast Asia and South America.

I built Anchor Point Partners to help companies support the people they move around the world. The Grounded Expat is the other half of that mission — the same clinical depth, made directly for you.

Start with the free mini-journal.