The Plus One Life

The Plus One Life

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The Plus One Life episodes

  • Trailing Spouse | Who Are You When the Job Title Disappears

    The Plus One Life with former editor Austyn Allison

    What happens when you move abroad and realise your old career might not be waiting for you?

    A move to Bangkok as a trailing spouse gave Austyn a new life, but it also changed his relationship with work. We talk about stepping away from a career you’ve built, finding your feet again, making friends in a new country and learning to see success differently.

    30 min
  • Reclaiming Your Career and Identity Abroad as a Trailing Spouse

    The Plus One Life with NafisaWhat happens when you move abroad and realise your old career might not be waiting for you?You can be grateful for the life you’ve built and still grieve the one you left behind. In this episode of The Plus One Life, Nafisa shares what it’s like to move from India to the UK with her wife, leaving behind nearly two decades of building a career as an illustrator to start from scratch. Moving from a country where same-sex marriage is illegal, she talks about professional identity, job rejection, financial guilt, loneliness, and the pressure to be grateful when life abroad isn’t quite what she imagined.

    23 min

About The Plus One Life

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The Plus One Life is about building a life somewhere new as a trailing spouse. The work, friendships, relationships, identity and unexpected turns that come with moving abroad, especially when life takes you somewhere you never quite planned to go.