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PONDERING PURPLE — 66 episodes

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Chapter 8 - Audiobook (Mental Health)

2

Chapters 6 & 7 - Conversation (Grief and Trauma)

3

Chapter 7 - Audiobook (Trauma)

4

Chapter 6 - Audiobook (Grief)

5

Pt 3 - TCKs & NEURODIVERSITY: TCKs Tell Their Stories

6

Pt 2 - TCKs & NEURODIVERSITY: Treasures Among Us

7

Pt 1 - TCKs & NEURODIVERSITY: A Conversation with Jenilee Goodwin

8

Chapter 5 - Conversation (Flipsides)

9

Chapter 5 - Audiobook (Flipsides)

10

Chapter 4 - Conversation (Missionary Culture)

11

Chapter 4 - Audiobook (Missionary Culture)

12

Chapter 3 - Conversation (Passport Culture)

13

Chapter 3 - Audiobook (Passport Culture)

14

Chapter 2 - Conversation (The Adoptive Culture)

15

Chapter 2 - Audiobook (The Adoptive Culture)

16

Chapter 1 - Conversation (Purple People)

17

Chapter 1 - Audiobook (Purple People)

18

Transition Wisdom from a Sage Called Pooh

19

STORYTIME! Ripped from the MK Headlines

20

Attachment Styles and the Faith of MKs

21

BOOK RELEASE DAY!

22

The Incredible Power of Positive Childhood Experiences

23

GPS - Transition Stress in Children: What Does Normal Look Like?

24

GPS - Eight Ways to Help Your TCK Grieve

25

GPS - To My Adult TCK Self - I See You

26

A Loving Letter to Missionary Parents

27

MKs & Sarcasm: Wielding Our Wit Wisely

28

BOARDING SCHOOL - PART 2: Preparing and Parenting

29

BOARDING SCHOOL - PART 1: Making the Decision

30

How Churches & Missions Can Love MKs Better

31

MKs, Christ, and Core Identity

32

Exploring "Home" and Six Forms of Belonging

33

FIMO - Fear of Insufficient Ministry Output

34

Leaving the Field for the Sake of a Child

35

The Immeasurable Gifts of Growing Up MK

36

Preventing, Recognizing, and Responding to Abuse

37

MKs & the Occult

38

MKs, Missionaries and Disordered Work Ethics

39

Understanding Trauma in the Lives of MKs

40

Hearing Jesus' Voice in the Chaos of Our Pain

41

The Tyranny of Shoulds

42

Seven Lessons (from missionary parents) on Loving Well

43

MKs IN A NUTSHELL: Interview with Amplify Podcast

44

DECONSTRUCTION – The Crucial Questioning of People Raised in Christian Environments

45

How Imprecise Language About Pain Harms Faith

46

Ten Helpful Practices for Parenting MKs

47

MKs and Faith Distortions

48

PLEASE DON'T WALK AWAY: An Open Letter to the Rightfully Cynical

49

It's an INTERVIEW!

50

MKs and Mental Illness

51

TCKs - The Cluster Busters

52

For MKs Who Have Suffered Abuse

53

GUILTITUDE: The Guilt of Having in a World of Sacrificing

54

MKs & The Risk of Need

55

TRANSITION PART III - Top Ten Most Valuable Mindsets for MKs & TCKs (Transition Part III)

56

TRANSITION PART II - Entering Well

57

TRANSITION PART I - Preparing to End Well

58

MKs & Marriage

59

Four Tiny-Small Questions for the Quarantine-Weary

60

Six Permissions [Most] MKs Need

61

MKs and Relationships - The Time/Depth Dilemma

62

Nine Suggestions for Living Well in a Season of Grief

63

BONUS EPISODE: The Emotional Impact of Campus Closures

64

MKs and the Ache of Unbelonging

65

The Five Cs That Define [Most] MKs

66

INTRODUCING: The Pondering Purple Podcast