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Hidden in My Heart: A Tck's Journey Through Cultural Transition
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

When Taylor Murray arrived in Japan, she felt like she was on an adventure-an adventure that God had called her family to take. The unique food, the strange language and the foreign culture were ex...

5 Tips for Leaving Well With Teenagers
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

Moving overseas with teenagers can be daunting for both the teen and their parents. Having personally moved overseas as a young teen, I can speak to the challenges of uprooting and rerooting during...

Good Grief: Helping TCKs Navigate Their Unresolved Grief
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

I grew up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I only moved there when I was ten but had lived a few places before then.  So when we got there and stayed for almost eight years – all of middle and high s...

The Long-Term Impact of Boarding School
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

The long-term impact of boarding school can manifest itself as 'boarding school syndrome' - a condition counsellors need to be aware of and work with.

Don't Ask Where I'm From, Ask Where I'm a Local
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

When someone asks you where you're from… do you sometimes not know how to answer? Writer Taiye Selasi speaks on behalf of "multi-local" people, who feel at home in the town where they grew up, the ...

Breaking the Silence about Childhood Trauma | Dani Bostick | TEDxGreenville
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Most discussions of PTSD focus on veterans to the extent that many people who suffer from PTSD are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, especially among our children. Since PTSD can masquerade as ADH...

Living with Trauma Memories
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Dr. Diane Langberg presents an overview of phases one and two of trauma recovery to Rwandan counselors and NGO workers

By: Dr. Diane Langberg    Length 49:13

To the Churches Whose Missionaries Have Come “Home”
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

It was 2001. My family had arrived in Kazakhstan in 1996, the first American family in our town, and been joined by other Americans and Aussies over the next several years. It was a fairly isolated...

Burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder: Dr. Geri Puleo at TEDxSetonHillUniversity
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Dr. Geri Puleo, SPHR, is the President/CEO of Change Management Solutions, Inc., a boutique B2B consulting firm helping clients who are planning, implementing, or struggling with change. The creato...

Drowning in Empathy: The Cost of Vicarious Trauma | Amy Cunningham | TEDxSanAntonio
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Caregivers and emergency responders are empathetic individuals who risk suffering from Compassion Fatigue, a form of PTSD that is treatable using the steps described in Amy’s presentation. Amy Cunn...

Lori Anne Thompson
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Lori Anne is a Survivor/Storyteller specializing in Child Abuse and Clergy Abuse. Her second stream of emergent expertise( Registered Kinesiologist

Leaving well when leaving well is not possible
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Leaving well for expats is all well and good as long as things go well . . . and good.  But sometimes they don’t. Sometimes the final weeks of your expat experience get blasted by circ…