All Episodes
The life of a Third Culture Kid therapist — 196 episodes
193 - Showing Up in my Garden... and my Life
192 - Unpicking Our Limited Stories
191 - A Tiger & a TCK
190 - Tongue-Tied in a Good Story
Bonus - In Conversation with Lindsay!
Bonus - In Conversation with Mary!
189 - TCKs and Social Justice
188 - TCKs and the burden to lead
187 - Getting it right, or getting it good?
186 - Who Didn't You Get to Be?
185 - First the Grief, then the Change
184 - Let Them Love You
183 - A Birthday Safe and Well
182 - Third Culture Kids and Decision Paralysis
181 - Resourcing Mobile Selves
180 - Beyond the Map
179 - When We Are Stuck Where We Don't Want to Be
178 - Civic Spaces and TCK Belonging
177 - My week of pain, bees, sunshine and 'it's okay'
176 - TCKs and Maslow - Self-actualised... and grumpy
175 - TCKs and Maslow - Do you think you are interesting?
174 - Pleased with Myself
173 - TCKs and Maslow - Love and Belonging
172 - New Year, Old Me
171 - Seasonal Traditions - or Habits?
170 - TCKs and Maslow - Safety Needs
169 - TCKs and Maslow - Physiological Needs
168 - Incoherent
167 - The Rules that Find Us Wanting
166 - Now I Can Be Scared
165 - Art that Retrieves our Story
164 - Loneliness and TCKs
163 - Dancing on Social Convention
162 - Feelings as Clues
161 - Birthdays, Celebrations and Getting it Right...
160 - Sabotage... or Resistance?
159 - I finished the to-do list... and it feels weird
158 - TCK Creatives
157 - Grief Sticks
156 - The Focus on Arrival
155 - Are you allowed to be happy?
154 - Sit with me and be
153 - Now that I'm 40...
152 - Tolerating the Awkward
151 - Control and Decision-making
150 - Behind Our Own Eyes
149 - The Cycle of Change, and Staying
148 - Frustrated with myself...
147 - Holidays... there and back again
146 - Concentrated Identities
145 - A Space to Grieve
144 - TCKs and Helplessness
143 - Is being a TCK a good thing?
142 - Identity by Association
141 - Exceptionally Ordinary
140 - The Narrative Voice
139 - Frivolous Identities
138 - Making and Creating
137 - Cultural Icebergs and Meaning-making
136 - TCKs and Purpose-Seeking
135 - Look how far you've come...
134 - TCKs and Time
133 - Invisible Contracts
132 - Attachment Figures... and a poem
131 - The Money Narrative
130 - Feasible Alternate Realities
129 - Macro and Micro Identities
128 - If I make life work here...
127 - Guilt Triggers for TCKs
126 - Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Value
125 - The Courtroom of Feelings
124 - Decluttering Identity
123 - Red Flags, Green Flags
122 - Editing the Story
121 - Acclimatised to Discomfort
120 - Coming Home
119 - TCKs and Selfies
118 - Different Modes of Me
117 - TCKs and Aging
116 - Initiating Change Protocol
115- Birthday Ponderings
114 - The Secret of Happiness
113 - Where My Behaviours Make Sense
112 Third Culture Kids and Self Esteem
111 - Social Mistakes and Emotional Flashbacks
110 - Rest, Productivity and Growing Pains
109 - Health and the TCK
108 - The Renewal of Spring
107 - Room for all of Me
106 - Third Culture Kids and Boundaries
105 - Why can it be hard to feel good?
104 - am I a good learner as a TCK?
103 - When we don't want to need care.
102 - Third Culture Kids and Reciprocity
101 - New Year's Resolutions - abandoned already?
100 - Audiobook playtime and a big thank you
99 - A Year in Review
98 - You are a gift
97 - A Hallmark Christmas
96 - Other People's Stories of Us
95 - Third Culture Kids and Leadership
94 - Let's break a social rule... on purpose!
93 - Are they the right one for me?
92 My weird is showing on my walls...
91 - Power and Change
90 - I Belong Where I Want To
89 Dancing through our Story
88 Do I Need or Do I Want?
87 My Pet Peeve
86 Blocks to Journaling
85 Social Capital - TCK impact audit!
84 A loft of magical things
83 My Favourite Things...
82 Indicators Transition is Going Well (or Not)
81 Talking TCKs on BBC Radio Lincolnshire
80 TCK Romance and Relationships
79 Now or never, the impact of the truncated timeline
78 The Successful TCK
77 The "Fun" Self
76 My cat passed away. And so much remains
75 A Christmas Walk and Talk
74 A walk towards belonging
73 A conversation with Tanya Crossman - the TCK ACEs research
72 A language app and the hope it brings
71 Ambassadors of our Stories
70 Money as Identity
69 My Home Story
68 Comfort or Stuckness
67 You don't have to earn a good story...
66 Creating Sacred Space
65 My 24 hour tantrum
64 Third Culture Kids - risk takers
63 Change without Self Blame
62 Inner Child work and the TCK
61 Fear of being tired...
60 Uncomfortable feelings of Joy...
59 High Vigilent Independence
58 Parenting non-TCKs (and how this intersects with interactions with non-TCK adults!)
57 Old Scripts that Constrain Us
56 Continuity
55 Anxiety - to be avoided?
54 TCKs as Tourist
53 Parenting the Young TCKs in our Lives
52 Decluttering or the Importance of 'Stuff'
51 Sadness
50 Holidays and Everyday Life
49 Parenting as TCKs
48 Relative Wealth
47 Moving Home - Choosing
46 Anger
45 Memories, Places and Integration
44 Languages - loved and lost
43 Fear of Failure and Identity
42 Small Talk - are we scared of it
41 Meaning and Mattering
40 Boundaries
39 How are you?
38 Decisions, decisions
37 Blooming where we are planted
36 Transitions
35 Playing with Images to understand the story of Self
34 Limiting Beliefs
33 In Conversation Masterclass - expat author Jo Parfitt with Life Story Therapist Dr Rachel Cason
32 Life Audits & Hierarchies of Needs
31: Watch this space!
30: Cleanse and Declutter
29: Setting Goals & Celebration
28: A new year's meditation - walking through your house
27: Your Christmas Story so Far
26: Loneliness
25: Gift Giving
24: Divided Loyalties
23: When people leave
22: The Pets of our Stories
21: The Photos on my Mantlepiece
20: You and Your Body
19: Autumn and honouring what has been lost
18: When gratitude feels heavy
17: Gender and Identity
16: Thoughts on grumpiness and trying to be OK
15: Sameness and Change
14: Four things we need to hear - Yes it can get better
13: Home - Building a home in yourself
12: Introducing my new Settledness Course!
11: Four things we need to hear - All of you is acceptable
10: Home - How to feel at home where you live
9: Four things we need to hear - You aren't alone
8: Home - How can I feel more at home in my friendships?
7: Four things we need to hear - You aren't broken
6: Home - What does your home say about your life?
5: Stories (Part 4)
4: Stories (Part 3)
3: Stories (Part 2)
2: Stories (Part 1)
1: How to love yourself
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