Code Switch or Chameleon? Communication Collides

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 […]

Kerri Diamant is from Taiwan. Coming to America as a young girl not only gave her a language barrier but a health barrier as well. Diamant grew up around Eastern Medication, so when her mother became ill with colon cancer […]

  Eating disorders are gaining attention worldwide. Books, TV shows, and countless blogs have been created to address the issue and offer support and resources. People often don’t recognize the extent of a particular disease, and eating disorders are no […]

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 […]

At a young age Darrie Matthew Burrage was taught that being smart would get him nowhere. Only sports could get him recognized and turn him into the man his father wanted him to be. With this mentality, he went through […]

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 […]

  Photo Credit: Pixaby   On a sunny day at the local park in the United States, you might be lucky enough to see someone practicing an ancient art called Tai Chi.   Tai Chi is an ancient form of […]

Marriage equality is becoming more widespread around the world. There are now eighteen countries where same sex marriage has become legalized, starting in 2001 with the ever-liberal Netherlands. Two other countries have regional freedom for same sex marriages.   In […]