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Aman Singh was born into an Indian diplomat family and despite being Indian he doesn’t feel like an Indian and describes experiencing reverse culture shock in India. He spent his TCK upbringing in Spa...

6 Okt 202132min

I am delighted to announce that as the 25th episode of the second series, this is the 50th episode!! In this episode I had the pleasure of chatting with a former coaching client, Frank Nilsen. Frank g...

21 Jul 202131min

MaryAnne Camaiani is a Norwegian, Filipino, Canadian who grew up in Ethiopia and Nigeria and has Italian children. She was adopted at 9 ½ months and went to boarding school at the tender age of 6 year...

14 Jul 202130min

Marion Lougheed grew up in Canada (where she was born), West Africa, Belgium and Germany. She describes how it can be easier to be a foreigner in a country than a “local” (ie having been born in Canad...

7 Jul 202131min

Giulia De Mauro was born in France to Italian parents and grew up between France, Italy and Gabon. She describes the trauma of leaving people behind as a consequence of her childhood moves and how mov...

30 Jun 202133min

In this episode I chat with Myra Dumapias who has lived in the Philippines, China, Malaysia, Germany South Korea, Romania and the USA.Myra talks about fitting in, class consciousness and growing up be...

23 Jun 202131min

In this episode I talk with Jordan Kalondo-Lechien. Jordan grew up in Namibia, Kenya, France, Ghana, Switzerland and the UK. He and I share the same experience of having lived in Nairobi from the age...

16 Jun 202132min

Garon Wade is a transracial adoptee, having been adopted from Sri Lanka by a white American couple. He was raised in South Africa, Hawaii, Gambia, Jamaica, Louisiana and Jordan. Now based in Fort Laud...

9 Jun 202132min