Third Culture Kid (TCK)

I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with New York. 2015 was my seventh year in the concrete jungle and although at times I had felt the spark that would make me want to stay, it dissipated before I could fully […]

Fritzi Gros-Daillon is an ATCK and author and Certified Living by Design Specialist. She earned her Master’s at Fritzi’s company reduces the stress for adult children by making the practical changes to a parent’s home. During this call Fritzi discussed: […]

I have come across something quite troubling in the many training activities surrounding diversity. In these activities I am required to admit my struggles and my privileges.   The way that we focus on diversity, and how we talk about […]

As global nomads we all know that people change as they interact with new cultures around them, merging and morphing into a mix of all that they have been exposed to. Taking in what touches them, makes them stronger and […]

Crossing borders is difficult. TCK’s cross borders all the time, cultural, national and political borders. But there are also boarders for rights and equality. It’s hard to be a TCK and to have that travel itch, but it can also […]

Code switching is most often used in language and multilingual conversations. But I have found that while I do code switch in conversations with different accents and speech tactics, I also use code switching as a key communication tool between […]

In the first part of this three part series I discussed the general state of marriage equality around the world. For this article I have interviewed Elsa Bourdon, an ATCK living in Australia whose passport country is France. Elsa has […]

Culture shock sucks, especially because you never see it coming. There are things that you expect, like not knowing the latest music fad or who’s dating whom in Hollywood. But culture shock isn’t about petty ignorance of pop culture; it’s […]