396. Homesickness
The Psychology of your 20s
iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Homesickness is more than just “missing home", it's a deep sense of nostalgia, grief, longing and also, as psychology will tell us, a unique kind of stress response. In this episode, we break down the psychology of homesickness: why our brains react so strongly when we leave familiar places, how place attachment shapes our sense of identity, and why nostalgia can make the past feel more perfect than it really was.
We explore:
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What happens to your body and mind when you're away from home
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The psychology of place attachment and why certain locations feel like part of us
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Why homesickness often is delayed
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When homesickness is something to listen to ... and when it’s not
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7 practical strategies to help you feel more at home in a new place
Whether you’ve just moved across the world, across the country, or you’re feeling unexpectedly nostalgic for a life chapter that’s ended, this episode is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed human. |
| 0:08.5 | Hello everybody. I'm Jemma Spike and welcome back to the psychology of your 20s, |
| 0:13.7 | the podcast where we talk through the biggest changes, moments and transitions of our 20s |
| 0:19.8 | and what they mean for our psychology. |
| 0:27.0 | Hello everybody. Welcome back to the show. Welcome back to the podcast. It is so great to have you |
| 0:33.5 | here back for another episode as we of course break down the psychology of our 20s. |
| 0:39.7 | Before we get into this episode, I just want to say a huge thank you for all of the support |
| 0:44.6 | and the love and the kindness that you guys have shown the podcast and our video episodes |
| 0:51.2 | being on Netflix. I'm going to be brutally honest and say that transition |
| 0:57.1 | hasn't been all that easy for me emotionally and mentally. And I've definitely been experiencing |
| 1:04.7 | a lot of self-doubt, a lot of panic, a lot of anxiety, a lot of pressure in the past few months. |
| 1:09.8 | And I feel like I have to be |
| 1:11.1 | honest with you guys about that as, you know, the people who have been here since day one, |
| 1:15.9 | I know it's very easy to see like big accomplishments like the one that the podcast has gone |
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| 1:25.4 | And a large part of it has been spectacular, but's also also been very hard and you guys have just been the silver lining and have continued to make it so special every time you guys tag me in your Instagram stories watching an episode on Netflix or message me saying you've seen it message me saying like when is it coming to my country or you |
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| 1:50.5 | the podcast. Thank you for making this so special for me. And if you haven't watched an episode yet on |
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| 2:03.5 | Hopefully it will be in many other countries soon. |
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| 2:07.9 | Without further ado, let's get into today's episode. |
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