The Move Abroad Coach Podcast
You didn’t start your business to stay stuck in the same city, the same routine, and the same life you’ve outgrown. You built it for freedom — and now you’re ready to take that freedom overseas. The Move Abroad Coach Podcast is your space for real, unfiltered conversations about building a business and a life you love overseas. Hosted by Richelle Gamlam, founder of Move Abroad Coach who has been living abroad for twelve years, this show blends strategy, mindset, and identity work to help you create a step-by-step freedom plan and finally make your move. Here, we don’t do generic how-to lists or heavily edited episodes. Instead, Richelle shares the coaching, stories, and practical frameworks that help coaches, freelancers, and entrepreneurs move abroad with confidence and alignment. If you’re craving deeper conversations, personalized insight, and the real behind-the-scenes of creating a freedom life, you’ll feel right at home. Come learn how to build a business that supports your freedom, create a concrete plan you can actually implement, and step into the version of you who lives a life you don’t need a vacation from.
The Move Abroad Coach Podcast
#7 How Do I Move Abroad Without Ruining Economies and Making Locals Hate Me?
I really want to move abroad... but I've heard stories about how the locals hate us and want us to go home.
I don't want to gentrify an area, ruin housing prices, or make life worse for the locals! Is it possible to live abroad and not be problematic?
This is something that comes up time and time again, both from people who are concerned about their own impact and... in the form of angry comments on my social media.
So I figured I'd sit down once and for all and address this issue in depth.
Here's what we're going to cover:
- Are we ruining the local economy by driving up the prices?
- Is digital nomadism some horrible form of neo-colonialism?
- Is the word expat problematic?
- Do the locals all hate us??
- How can we lessen our impact?
Buckle up, it's a long one!
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