Expat Republic Leiden

Feeling that end-of-year exhaustion, amplified by the unique challenges of life away from home? This 60-minute workshop offers a safe space to pause, release the weight you’ve been carrying, and leave feeling rebalanced.

What You’ll Experience

• Understand your fatigue as a signal, not a flaw.
• Release accumulated stress and what no longer serves you.
• Create a practical, gentle plan for a restorative reset.
• Connect with a community who “gets it.”

Led by Mena Eissa
A Wellbeing Counsellor, fellow expat, and former tech leader with 25+ years of experience. She personally understands the intersection of high-pressure careers and the very human challenges of creating a home away from home.

What’s Included

• A 60-minute live, interactive workshop
• Practical tools for immediate relief (“The Intentional Pause”)
• A reflective “Drop the Load” exercise
• A free take-home Gentle Reset Guide (PDF)

Are you considering renting out your current home or investing in a second property in the Netherlands but unsure where to begin? Whether it’s understanding mortgage requirements, legal obligations, or managing tenants, the process can seem daunting—but it doesn’t have to be.

Join our free webinar where Welocate, will break down the entire process step-by-step, from preparing your property to managing tenants. With our extensive experience managing rental properties nationally in the Netherlands, we’ll help you make informed decisions, ensuring a smooth rental experience.

What You’ll Learn:

• Understanding Market Conditions: Is now a good time to rent out your property? We’ll discuss the demand for rental properties in the Netherlands.
• Financial Considerations: Can you rent out your property with your current mortgage? We’ll guide you through the financial side of renting.
• Legal Compliance: What do you need to make your property rental-ready? We’ll cover the essential legal requirements.
• Finding the Right Tenants: Learn how to attract and select the best tenants to ensure a hassle-free rental experience.
• Choosing the Right Contract: Discover the different types of rental contracts and what will work best for you.
• Managing Your Property: Get practical advice on managing tenants and handling property-related tasks once the rental begins.

The Dutch Brainwash is an intensive Dutch course in the center of Amsterdam. It has a unique approach that is totally different from any other language course that you can think of. Thanks to a very special combination of powerful learning techniques and personal coaching, great results are possible within a very short time. Within 7 days you’ll notice how easy it is to speak about any subject that you like, in Dutch!

Bringing your Dutch to a whole new level is relatively easy. But… you have to know how to do it. Mainly, it only works if you can see that Dutch is a logical, consistent and funny language. Don’t worry if you are not convinced of this yet. Step by step you can learn how to construct your own sentences, how to explode your vocabulary while thinking in pictures and which mindset you can use so that you can achieve your goals even faster…

When most people think about learning, they think about retaining loads and loads of information. But… if you think about it, it is not true! Speaking a language is also about feeling at ease and having confidence. Therefore, a positive experience is one of the most important things, something that is easily ignored by most people. And yes, you will also learn many other things:

• A better pronunciation
• How to construct sentences about any subject that you like
• How to explode your vocabulary within seconds
• What to do if Dutch people switch to English
• How to talk about situations that are weird and crazy
• How to sound intelligent in Dutch (with little effort from your part)
• How to understand much much more
• How Dutch humor works (so yes, you’ll learn some filthy things too
• How to think in Dutch, so that everything becomes easier!
• Long after the Dutch Brainwash is over, you progress will still continue!

Just for your information, your progress will not stop after 7 days. Here are some extras!

• One free eCourse The Psychology of Speaking Languages
• One free eCourse 30 Days To Change Your Dutch
• Free conversation classes (10 times a year)
• A secret Facebook group where you can practice your Dutch every day
• Access to new advanced programs that are only available for Dutch Brainwash Graduates
• Access to personal coaching that is only available for Dutch Brainwash Graduates

Are you an international professional living in the Netherlands and wondering how to navigate the local job market more effectively?

Do you feel ready for your next professional step but unsure how the Dutch system really works?

If so, this free webinar is for you!

Many skilled internationals find themselves feeling stuck or uncertain in their Dutch career journey. You might be asking:

• Which industries offer the best opportunities for international professionals?
• How can I get noticed by Dutch employers?
• Does not speaking Dutch limit my chances?
• How can I align my international experience with the local market?