121 - Acclimatised to Discomfort

121 - Acclimatised to Discomfort

What are the implications of a life lived in adaptation? One of them seems to be a familiarity with discomfort! This can impact different TCKs different ways - some of us get super sensitive to challenge, over-saturated as we have been in early chapters. Some of us identify so much with challenge that we continue to seek it out in our adult lives. Either reaction may be working with an acclimatisation with discomfort. We can become so attuned to discomfort as our baseline that we normalise it - either in ways that keep us in it, avoidant or unclear about what changes we could make to improve our experience, or in ways that avoid comfort by seeking growth to exhausting degrees. Either way, what happens when we get acclimatised to discomfort?

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148 - Frustrated with myself...

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 f...

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147 - Holidays... there and back again

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, holid...

28 Feb 202516min

146 - Concentrated Identities

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 u...

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145 - A Space to Grieve

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 se...

7 Feb 202522min

144 - TCKs and Helplessness

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 way...

31 Jan 202522min

143 - Is being a TCK a good thing?

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 c...

24 Jan 202521min

142 - Identity by Association

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 impacti...

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141 - Exceptionally Ordinary

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 identities...

10 Jan 202518min

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