third culture kid

There were several observations that John Bowlby, a British psychologist famous for his work in child development, made on attachment theory. One of these was the following scenario consisting of three stages: A primary caregiver leaves his or her infant […]

If you’ve lived in another country and returned to your home country of America then you know the difficulties that happen when you moved back. From driving to eating, American culture has to be re-learned again. Reverse Culture Shock Flickr: […]

    In today’s episode Karissa discusses how she learned to be comfortable with herself despite having felt like a chameleon for a big part of her life. She is an ESOL educator, writer and parent. I absolutely love her […]

Today I had the pleasure of talking to Adam Hacker an entrepreneur who grew up partially in Tokyo and has used his experience to fuel his business and personal life. You can follow him on Twitter and check out his company at […]

In this episode I share how I gained my global identity and learned to use it to my advantage. I essentially share my biography and you will learn how: I used sports to make friends Found myself in the midst […]

It’s a familiar story in the U.S. to hear about immigrants from Central and South America emigrating illegally and legally in the hopes of having a better future. Many of these migrants flee poverty and violence, or are simply in […]

Third Culture Kids (TCKs) come in all shapes, sizes, colors and nationalities. Mawule, a new musical artist, was born in Ghana, Africa and moved to the U.S. with his family at age 10. Though he cherishes his origins, the U.S. […]

According to the TED Global Blog, writer Pico Iyer is a man without a land.He is 100 percent Indian in blood and ancestry, but he was born and grew up in England; he has lived the last 48 years in the U.S., […]