Living abroad can be a dream come true, but it’s not all croissants by the Eiffel Tower or sunsets on the beach. In this honest and vulnerable conversation, Arielle Tucker, EA, CFP® and tax attorney Sasha Young da Silva open up about the real challenges of expat life: the emotional trade-offs, cultural confusion, raising a family far from home, and the moments of loneliness no one talks about.

Yes, it’s a privileged life, and we’re grateful, but the hard days are real, too. If you’re considering moving abroad or already living far from where you grew up, this video is for you.

🎙️ In this episode of Passport To Wealth™:

-The emotional cost of raising kids in a different culture
-How expat life can feel isolating, even when it looks perfect on the outside
-Why acknowledging the hard stuff matters
-A reminder that you’re not alone in feeling overwhelmed, lost, or homesick
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Transcription:
There are trade-offs to being an expat and living somewhere different than you grew up and raising (0:07) your kids and your family someplace different than how you were raised. And some parts of it are, (0:12) you know, sad and scary and you're like, it's bewildering. And so it's nice to be able to, (0:18) like, talk about it without it being met with, like, the look at the bright side all the time, (0:23) because obviously there are many bright sides, not the least of which is, like, her 45 passports.
(0:30) Yeah, it is a privilege life, but just like anything, there's a lot of days that are really (0:36) hard and lonely. And I completely agree. Like, it's good to acknowledge that because I think (0:40) of people, especially people who are, like, listening to this and thinking about moving (0:44) to the US.
It's not all, like, every day is not just, you know, croissants and coffee next to the (0:49) Eiffel Tower. There are other things that have to get done as we navigate, you know, life and (0:55) bureaucracy in a different country and different system that we're not used to.