[The audio version of this article is available on the Pondering Purple podcast. Click HERE to listen or find it on your preferred podcast platform.] In the years I’ve spent leading sessions about Third Culture Kids, I’ve referred to the traits we gain from growing up between worlds as our “Identity.” We tend to be […]
[This article also exists in podcast form. You can listen to it on Pondering Purple, HERE. NOTE: There is a bonus video at the bottom of this article!] “If you came back, you wanted to leave again. If you went away, you longed to come back. Wherever you were, you could hear the […]
[This article also exists in podcast form. You can listen to it on Pondering Purple, HERE.] LAURIE’S STORY: I’d seen her sitting slightly distant from the rest of the group for four days. It was a conference in Eastern Europe, and I was teaching on the topic of “Loving MKs Well.” The […]
[This episode is also available in audio format. To listen online, click this link—or find Pondering Purple on your usual podcast platform. For more content on all things MK/TCK, see this list of related articles and episodes.] You may have heard of FOMO—Fear of Missing Out. But if you’re anything like me, you could […]
[This article also exists in podcast form. You can listen to it on Pondering Purple, HERE.] I love being an MK. Some readers might wonder if that’s true, given the hard issues I tackle in my articles and podcasts, but my deep appreciation for the beauty of MKness is actually what motivates […]
[The audio version of this article is available on the Pondering Purple podcast. Click HERE to listen or find it on your preferred podcast platform.] A couple years ago, I wrote an open letter to victims of abuse that garnered some significant attention. It was based on my own experiences as a […]
[An audio version of this article is available on the Pondering Purple podcast. Click HERE to listen or find it on your preferred podcast platform.] This is a delicate topic—one that can elicit some pretty strong responses—but I’m taking a deep breath and delving into it today because of the number of conversations […]
I’ve mentioned this before: the incidence of anxiety in younger children—not just MKs—is on the rise in nearly every culture. With recent conflicts and tragedies across the globe adding to the already exacerbated fear and upheaval of the pandemic, we can only expect that cases of serious anxiety in kids will continue to increase. […]
[The audio version of this article is available on the Pondering Purple podcast. Click HERE to listen or find it on your preferred podcast platform.] I struggle with rest. More accurately, I battle the guilt I associate with rest. And I know it comes from two significant pieces of my identity: the MK […]
[The audio version of this article is available on the Pondering Purple podcast. Click HERE to listen or find it on your preferred podcast platform.] During several reentry retreats at which I recently served, I was astonished at the prevalence of trauma among the MKs in attendance. So many of them were […]