Hi, I’m Catriona Turner, author of Nest: a memoir of home on the move. I’m Scottish, and I’ve spent the last fourteen years living abroad with my family, between France, Uganda, Congo, and Denmark.
Now back in Scotland, we’re dealing with repatriation. Will it be our hardest move yet?
Click here to read the first three chapters of Nest – FREE. You’ll also get the exclusive story of how this journey began: the bookish meet-cute with the man who is now my husband.
Watch my TEDx talk
In November 2024 I stood on stage at the Music Hall in Aberdeen and delivered my TEDx talk: Find Your Main Character Energy.
What happens to your identity when people keep labelling you as the love interest? This is my story of feeling stuck with outdated expat wife tropes, and how a simple shift in language helped me step into my own main character energy.
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I’d love to know what you think! Please get in touch via catriona@thefrustratednester.com and let me know how you got here, tell me your own experiences, or to ask me anything.
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PSA: you can let go of something once it’s served its purpose
It’s that time of year when the air turns from autumn crisp to winter bite. For the last couple of years that’s felt like the flicking of a switch – literally one day I’m appreciating bright skies, orange leaves, and jackets without gloves; the next, I’m navigating frost or a snowfall in hat and boots.…
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Welcome to my bug soup
Dive in and have a taste. Warning: it’s not comfort food. Did you know that when caterpillars go into their cocoon, they don’t just gradually change from one state to another? If I ever thought about it, I’d have imagined the caterpillar becoming less furry, losing some legs, slimming down, and growing wings. But that’s…
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Canalsick in Venice
Yesterday I got back from a blissful Italian holiday which started with a few days in Venice. So it’s high time I bring you this piece I wrote the last time I was there, in 2019. I still think it’s one of the best things I’ve ever written, and till now it’s been hidden away…
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