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
120 - Coming Home
Today I'm reflecting on coming home. As TCKs, we can often develop sensitivities and strategies for managing the leaving experiences of our lives, but I'm noticing an area I want to work on - returni…
00:17:15 |
Fri 12 Jul 2024
119 - TCKs and Selfies
So I messed up the timing of this one! Got all organised, and recorded before going away last week on holiday - then never scheduled it to post! So it's going out this week instead :)
In this episode…
00:16:37 |
Fri 05 Jul 2024
118 - Different Modes of Me
After some creative scribbling, I feel like I've cracked something I want to now share with you - how I've seen myself privilege one version of my identity over others! This is something I hear us es…
00:18:00 |
Fri 21 Jun 2024
117 - TCKs and Aging
What do our TCK stories tell us about aging? And how does this impact our identities? This episode throws open this question and explores how we can use our stories as a resource to help us understan…
00:17:45 |
Fri 14 Jun 2024
116 - Initiating Change Protocol
This last week I hit a familiar feeling - low motivation, a sense of 'what's the point anyway?' and general resistance to the elements and rhythms of my daily life. As with all of my confusing feelin…
00:17:34 |
Fri 31 May 2024
115- Birthday Ponderings
So birthdays can bring up a lot for people, and for TCKs, these were often affected by mobility: Who do you invite to a party when you are the new kid? How do people celebrate here? And mine tends to…
00:21:27 |
Fri 24 May 2024
114 - The Secret of Happiness
I've just read Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist" and now I know the secret of happiness... and it's reminiscent of what I see Third Culture Kids doing every day in the tension they work to hold - betwee…
00:14:26 |
Fri 17 May 2024
113 - Where My Behaviours Make Sense
Am I bad at communicating my needs, or did I just learn how to communicate in an indirect, obligation-based culture? Am I over-bearing, or did I just learn that high-volume enthusiasm is how one comm…
00:23:15 |
Fri 10 May 2024
112 Third Culture Kids and Self Esteem
As with so many mainstream concepts, I find that Third Culture Kids often have a complicated and nuanced experience of "self-esteem", so it's definitely worth talking about! Some of us absolutely str…
00:14:58 |
Fri 26 Apr 2024
111 - Social Mistakes and Emotional Flashbacks
So many Third Culture Kids tell me how they can feel suddenly triggered or 'tugged' back into a previous chapter by the "smallest thing". This can be an amazing moment of nostalgic joy but often it's…
00:20:33 |
Fri 19 Apr 2024
110 - Rest, Productivity and Growing Pains
I've been wrestling with rest this week, and contemplating how my TCK story complicates my relationship with rest. Also explored, how hard and awful it can feel to change our narratives! Even when th…
00:25:40 |
Fri 05 Apr 2024
109 - Health and the TCK
Whether via health trauma or everyday cultural stories around body and wellness, health is a huge chapter in the Third Culture Kid story. Growing up with the classic, "Where There is no Doctor" book …
00:14:51 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
108 - The Renewal of Spring
When staying in place, seasonal change becomes a helpful access point to change and novelty for Third Culture Kids. Join me in this episode as I contemplate how we can review and renew our multifacet…
00:16:24 |
Fri 22 Mar 2024
107 - Room for all of Me
There are so many elements to our selves as Third Culture Kids it can feel stifling to feel stuck in one iteration of self for long. Moving to places that invite a different self forward is one solut…
00:20:42 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
106 - Third Culture Kids and Boundaries
Boundaries... we can have a very heavy relationship with this word. Fear of crossing them, of faux pas, and fear of setting them - this is the story for many Third Culture Kids. In this episode I'm e…
00:20:37 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
105 - Why can it be hard to feel good?
So many of us are struggling to learn how to overcome challenges, change thought patterns and achieve our goals. So why, just as we start to see ourselves make these hard won changes, do we sometimes…
00:22:49 |
Fri 23 Feb 2024
104 - am I a good learner as a TCK?
TCKs often grow up accustomed to the need to learn new skills quickly (with varying degrees of felt success!) and this can complicate our relationship to our identities as 'learners'. In some ways we…
00:14:16 |
Fri 09 Feb 2024
103 - When we don't want to need care.
I hear this a lot, "but I don't want to need to take care of me". It's often in recognition of how much you've been through, how much taking care of yourself has already cost you... and the pain of r…
00:16:01 |
Fri 26 Jan 2024
102 - Third Culture Kids and Reciprocity
How does being a TCK impact how we approach reciprocity in relationships? In my experience, it often leads us to want to heavily weight the experience towards us being givers, rather than takers...
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00:18:27 |
Fri 19 Jan 2024
101 - New Year's Resolutions - abandoned already?
It's the new year, and how are those resolutions coming along? Are you feeling motivated? Accomplished? Or, like me, are you wondering why your goals are now making you feel so judged?
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00:18:49 |
Fri 12 Jan 2024
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