Expatriates, immigrants, émigrés, exiles and other world travelers who have made the Bay Area your home, this group will enable you to meet fellow journeyers in a spirit of openness, support, encouragement and, yes, vulnerability. We will explore the hopes, dreams, regrets, pitfalls of this journey; the loss of ties with family and friends, as well as all the many moments of feeling personally, socially, or culturally misunderstood, embarrassed, humiliated, isolated or rejected in this new life in a foreign land. At the same time, we will also work on building self-esteem out of the very "otherness" that makes you stand
out; and explore strategies for reaching a sense of personal balance and harmonious social integration.