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Inside Out
From the imaginative minds of Disney-Pixar comes a major "emotion" picture beyond compare. Experience the hilarious and heartwarming film Peter Travers of Rolling Stone calls "a flat out masterpiec...
Why Missionaries Need to Know Their Own Wounds
But I Did Anyway - Mock Funeral
Mock Funeral There was no funeral.No flowers.No ceremony.No one had died.No weeping or wailing.Just in my heart.I can’t…But I did anyway,and nobody knew I couldn’t.I don’t want to…But nobody else s...
The Trouble with Third Culture Kids | Children's Mental Health Network
~ Morning Zen Guest Blog Post – Nina Sichel ~ You may not notice her. At first glance, she may appear perfectly comfortable — these kids are chameleons, adept at taking on the colors of each ...
Kaleidoscope for TCKs’s Instagram post: “For the third episode of TCKs 101 we’re tackling the big one: grief. Disenfranchised and accumulated, TCK grief is unique...except for when…”
”What does Corona Quarantine and TCKs have in common? For the third episode of TCKs 101 we’re tackling the big one: grief. Disenfranchised and accumulated, TCK grief is unique...except for wh...
The Beautiful Art of Goodbyes: A Missionary Kid’s Perspective
In a life of constant transition, coping with farewells is a familiar but painful feeling for MKs.
Third Culture Kids: A Gift to Care For
Third Culture Kids are Global Nomads who have moved in between cultures many times and therefore are a part of many cultures. Their beauty and challenge in life is to integrate and embrace all thei...
Living Between Worlds – A Post on TCKs
For as long as I can remember I have lived between worlds. My first memories of life are from a rooftop in the southern area of Pakistan. The high, flat roof surrounded by walls was a perfect place...
The Long-Term Impact of Boarding School
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.
Good Grief: Helping TCKs Navigate Their Unresolved Grief
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...
7 Thoughts for Graduating TCKs
Dear Graduating Senior, This spring I hugged you. I cried with you. I said goodbye to you. And then I looked into the faces of your parents as they said goodbye too. How can I express the depth of ...
To the Churches Whose Missionaries Have Come “Home”
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...