The Grounded Expat
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 — starting with free journals you can open and write in right now.

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

Free · open right now

Start where it hurts today.

Four honest, guided journals — private to you, saved right on your device. Add your email once to open them, then pick the one that meets you where you are.

The first week

Your First 7 Days Abroad

A gentle, day-by-day companion for the overwhelming first week — one small page a day, the kind you actually finish.

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Around month three

The Month-3 Dip

For when the shine wears off and you quietly wonder if you made a mistake — the most normal, least talked-about part of the whole arc.

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Missing home

The Goodbye Journal

For airport goodbyes, the guilt, and loving people from far away — a gentle place to set the heavy feelings down.

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Starting from scratch

Making Friends in a New Country

For the lonely, brave work of building your people from nothing. You’re not cursed — it’s just genuinely hard, and this softens it.

Open it now →

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When you’re ready to go deeper

More on the way.

The free journals are yours to keep. When you want to go further, there’s a deeper workbook line and a membership taking shape — join the list and you’ll get first word, and the founding price, the moment each one lands.

Available now

Workbooks & planners

Deeper, self-paced guides for culture shock, identity, relationships, and starting over — five titles, plus a complete bundle.

From $19 · founding price
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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
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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.