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Over 70 friends and relatives gathered in Aurora, Ill., U.S.A. this summer to celebrate the 80th birthday of Third Culture Kid author, Families in Global Transition Co-Founder and Alchemist Award honoree Ruth Van Reken.

The Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine celebrated the unveiling of its third print edition during its Launch Party on October 15, 2018, in Denver, Colorado. With countless globally mobile guests with hidden diversity, the room was filled with an in-between population. […]

Ruth VanReken is a second generation Third Culture Adult.  Though she lives in Indiana, it was a long time before she called it home. Co-Author of Third Culture Kids: Growing up Among Worlds, and Author of Letters Never Sent, she […]

Lived outside your passport country growing up? You’re a Third Culture Kid (TCK), and it’s a must that you read Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, a fantastic book written by Ruth Van Reken and David Pollock.  They argue that […]

I’m on a BIG mission to help military & expatriate families around the world have easy access to experts and resources to help transition from feelings of loss and overwhelm to flourishing in the life they  deserve!” Dr. Paulette Bethel, CMC This […]

As the lyrics of one of Jay-Z’s many famous song says “It’s a hard knock life for us,”  living the nomadic life as a TCK (Third Culture Kid) is “a hard knock life for us.” Some people look at TCKs […]

When we refer to ourselves as a TCK, the people listening to us could give us a confused look. So for those with the confused look, what is a TCK? TCK is an abbreviation of the term Third Culture Kid, […]