The life of a Third Culture Kid therapist
Rachel is, amongst many other things, a Third Culture Kid therapist specialising in Life Story Interview and Accompaniment, an approach she developed from her Sociological doctorial research into TCK identity, belonging and relationship to place. This podcast is a place she comes to contribute her ponderings on personal growth, working with pain, and the transformative change that comes from a better understanding of our own stories. For more information about Rachel’s therapeutic work, please visit: www.explorelifestory.com or drop her a line at [email protected]
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- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 161
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
160 - Sabotage... or Resistance?
Back after a long summer gap - but reflecting on the processing there and on a theme showing up a lot this week - self-sabotage! This is an exploration of what are the stories we might be in when we …
00:32:20 |
Fri 12 Sep 2025
159 - I finished the to-do list... and it feels weird
Reflections on how things actually going to plan - life doing what we wanted - can actually trigger anxiety in TCKs! Even finishing my to-do list...
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00:23:44 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
158 - TCK Creatives
Introducing a new online group for TCK creatives! If you are a TCK who loves working creatively, join us via Facebook (just search 'Third Culture Kid Creatives') and discover how many TCKs are explor…
00:17:56 |
Fri 04 Jul 2025
157 - Grief Sticks
Inspired by a conversation with another TCK, I've decided to make tangible representations of all those losses that have felt so hard to name - especially the loss of things that we never had - and i…
00:11:52 |
Fri 27 Jun 2025
156 - The Focus on Arrival
What happens with perfectionism collides with a short internal timeline? This episode I'm exploring the way in which our TCK experiences can shorten our sense of timeline, keeping our focus on achiev…
00:17:14 |
Fri 20 Jun 2025
155 - Are you allowed to be happy?
So in this episode I'm exploring the ways in which we absorb different cultural ideas about what kind of life is supposed to make us happy - aka, are we allowed to be happy with something outside of …
00:18:39 |
Fri 13 Jun 2025
154 - Sit with me and be
A shorter one today - This is me just finding myself wanting to sit and be, so I thought I would do it with you - pondering what it is to be still in the midst of spinning between the different face…
00:12:05 |
Fri 30 May 2025
153 - Now that I'm 40...
I've turned 40! So cue reflections on aging, the ways in which our cultures and places contribute to our perspective on age, and a poem. Thank you so much for being with me for so long, and I'm so gr…
00:20:09 |
Fri 23 May 2025
152 - Tolerating the Awkward
Good at smoothing out social glitches? Feel desperately uncomfortable being 'demanding'? Welcome to the club! I hear so many of us struggling to tolerate the awkward...
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00:18:38 |
Fri 16 May 2025
151 - Control and Decision-making
I hear so many TCKs characterise themselves as 'control freaks'. Here I unpack what control might mean to us, given our TCK stories, and how our experience of control impacts our confidence around de…
00:19:36 |
Fri 09 May 2025
150 - Behind Our Own Eyes
As TCKs we can spend a lot of time in other people's heads - looking at ourselves from their perspectives. What happens when we get back behind our own eyes?
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00:20:19 |
Fri 02 May 2025
149 - The Cycle of Change, and Staying
It's that time of year I get restless... actually, more like that time every four years...
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00:18:03 |
Fri 25 Apr 2025
148 - Frustrated with myself...
This episode is born of frustration - and I know it's frustration I share with other Third Culture Kids. This is my meandering offering this week - a honest glimpse at the process of making choices …
00:24:30 |
Fri 14 Mar 2025
147 - Holidays... there and back again
So I missed talking to you all last week - because I was away on holiday! The most wonderful time, but also a good moment to reflect on themes that come up a lot for Third Culture Kids - travel, holi…
00:16:53 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
146 - Concentrated Identities
Do you struggle with feeling not-enough? Confused about which of your identities you are supposed to focus on and do 'properly'? We aren't alone - and I'm seeing these sensations show up for many of …
00:21:10 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
145 - A Space to Grieve
So many Third Culture Kids are dealing with deep reservoirs of grief. Present day loss has a habit of pressing the bruises of losses felt earlier through our story, and it can be devastating to our s…
00:22:37 |
Fri 07 Feb 2025
144 - TCKs and Helplessness
How big a part of your identity is 'helper'? And what happens when we find ourselves unable to help others, or even ourselves? What happens when we encounter helplessness? This episode ponders the wa…
00:22:15 |
Fri 31 Jan 2025
143 - Is being a TCK a good thing?
How many of us have been confronted with the question, "Is being a Third Culture Kid a good thing?" It's a question that feels to me to miss the point - and in this episode I explore why, and how we …
00:21:16 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025
142 - Identity by Association
As TCKs, many of us are aware of the nature of our representational or ambassador identities growing up. In this episode I explore how this early experience of identity by association could be impact…
00:21:28 |
Fri 17 Jan 2025
141 - Exceptionally Ordinary
In January, many of us are reflecting on various ways to improve ourselves. In this episode I'm exploring how often I hear TCKs struggling with the need to be extraordinary, and the fear of identitie…
00:18:02 |
Fri 10 Jan 2025
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