The Grounded Expat
Created by a licensed clinical social worker

Feel grounded, wherever you land.

Same path. Different journeys.

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 wherever you are.

Four guided journals — private to you, saved right on your device. Add your email once to open them, then pick the one that meets the moment you’re in.

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.

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The whole collection

Everything, in one place.

Free journals to start, deeper workbooks when you want them, guided kits for a whole chapter, and a circle for the long haul.

Free to start

The journal library

Journals and workbooks for every part of the move, from culture shock to coming home. Several are free to open right now.

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Save together

Bundles

Journals that belong together, paired for less than buying them one at a time. Every pair saves you $9.

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A whole chapter

The Kits

Everything for one moment of the move — the right journals, guided audio in my voice, and practical guides — on one private page.

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For the long haul

The Circle

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

Join the Circle →
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 journals.