Episode 021 - Culture Shock - Part 3 of 3

In part 1 and part 2 of this 3 part series we have discussed how culture shock is the accumulated disorientation from culturally stressful events and explored the difference between culture shock and culture stress.

This week, we use some of the questions from Stephen Jone’s Cross Cultural Transition Handbook to help the Jone’s process the culture shock they are experiencing after moving to Berlin in July. This process of reflection - both self-reflection and taking time to dialogue with others is an important part of healthy cross-cultural adjustment.

If you are currently in a situation where you are experiencing some of the symptoms of a cross-cultural transition and do not have someone to process with, please reach out to us through email or by joining our discord server.

Resources from this episode:

Stephen’s book Transitions Across Cultures: Bookshop.org or Amazon (As Amazon Associates, we receive a small proceed of books purchased using this link.)

Videos and other resources for transitions. Be sure to watch the video on Culture Shock, which contains the chart we referred to in this episode: traxcultures.com

Follow Stephen and Jennie on Instagram: @thejonesesinberlin

Visit liminal edges on Instagram: @liminal_edges

Blog posts from Stephen at iamintercultural.com

Contact I Am Intercultural about customizing the Cross-Cultural Transitions Handbook for your cross-cultural ministry organization.

Join the conversation on Discord

Email us at [email protected]

William Bridges Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes. 2nd. Ed. 2004 (As Amazon Associates, we receive a small proceed of books purchased using this link.)

About the host and guests:

Bio from Stephen

Bio from Jennie

Bio from Mike

Credits:

Regular Theme music by Mike Picconatto

Unterwegs is recorded and produced in a partnership with Envision Berlin

Cover art: Rachel Norton

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