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Talks with a TCK Friend

To Third Culture Kids out there who want to hear from a fellow TCK, I"m your girl! All about growing up as a TCK, self-awareness, cultures, and mental health. I just wanted to share my story and bring on other TCK friends who share their stories or the joys and struggles growing up in different cultures and learning embrace our roots. Join us on this journey and I hope you can learn and grow right alongside of us!

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00:50:37

Navigating Repatriation (ft. John Tamayo)

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2025/10/03

Fellow TCK, John, shares his research on Filipino TCKs coming back to their home country and what his personal experience has been like being a Filipino Cambodian TCK.John is a Fil-ATCK who lived in Cambodia due to his parents' missionary work starting at the age of 5. He stayed there and was homeschooled for the majority of his life until he was 21. Because of his experiences, he is now pursuing a Graduate degree in Counseling, driven by his passion to be an ear to people who need to be heard. He

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00:52:00

Friendship and Transitions part 2 (ft. Carmen Doerwald)

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2025/09/26

Fellow TCK, Carmen, gives us an update on her transition to Colombia from earlier this year. She shares some of the things she has gotten used to and some of the new challenges she is facing in this transition. Born in Germany, grew up and educated in Beijing and the UK, Carmen was exposed to a variety of cultures as a result of her multicultural upbringing to a German father and a Cantonese mother. At just 15 months old, Carmen and her family relocated to Beijing due to her father’s work

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00:50:05

Cross Cultural Ways of Showing Love (ft. Hiroko Bell)

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2025/09/08

Japanese ATCK , Hiroko, joins us as she talks about her childhood going back and forth between Japan and America. She shares how different showing love is in each culture and how she shows love to her own multi-cultural family. (Feel free to edit if too long)Hiroko is a Japanese ATCK and a mother of two CCKs living in New York City. She is the founder of UpTCK, where she provides TCK care for Japanese expat families in New York City, Tokyo, and beyond.Born in Japan, she moved back and forth between

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00:54:32

Connecting with Parents (ft. Ari Ali)

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2025/08/29

Yemeni-American filmmaker, producer, and fellow TCK, Ari Ali, joins us as she talks about her latest film, Ben Between Africa - a personal and historical film about her seven-year search for her late uncle's final letter. She shares her journey of making the film and how it changed the bond between her and her TCK mother.Ari Nasser Ali is a documentary filmmaker currently screening her film "Ben Between Africa," a personal and historical account of her seven-year search for her late

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00:51:04

TCK Generations (ft. Hannele)

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2025/08/25

President of the Board of Families in Global Transition, Hannele, joins us on the podcast talking about the difference in the generations of TCKs. Speaking from her experience growing up without the term TCK to this modern day and discussing the unique challenges of TCKs for each time period.Hannele Secchia is a TCK who grew up between Ethiopia, Kenya and the UK, although she has Finnish and German nationality. She has an HR background, but feels passionate about enhancing expats' quality of

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01:12:42

From Then to Now (Ft. Gabe and Gene)

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2025/07/25

For our 100th podcast episode as I bring back 2 of my fellow Diplomat TCK friends that I met when I first started my podcast! Join us as we talk about where we were then and where we are now and see how much we have grown in the last few years. Having other TCKs journey with you in life makes a whole world of difference!----------------If you would like to be a guest on the podcast or just want to connect, feel free to reach out!Insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mariesuazoauthor

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00:59:23

Finding a Career Path (ft. Christopher)

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2025/07/18

For TCKs, figuring out our careers its as endless as looking at the horizon. We aren't bound by one country, but we think of so many different opportunities around the world. So in this podcast fellow TCK, Christopher, joins us to talk about how he discovered his career path as a teacher, and the different lessons he learned along the way.After a childhood spent as an MK in France, Russia, and Wisconsin, Christopher attended college and began a 20-year independent school teaching career in the

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00:46:06

Caring for Globaly Mobile Families (ft. Elise Varela)

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2025/07/12

Missionary Kid, Elise, joins us as she talks about her MK upbringing and how it is now influencing her as a TCK mom raising her own family.Elise Reyes Varela is an TCK who grew up between Mexico and the United States. She and her husband work with UIM Aviation in Chihuahua, Mexico serving the indigenous people groups of the sierras. They have two little tcks who keep them laughing and thankful.Instagram: @parentingtcks----------------If you would like to be a guest on the podcast or just want to

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01:00:32

Post Pandemic Stories (ft. Tracy Vilanova and Melissa...

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2025/07/04

TCK moms Tracy and Melissa, hosts of roundftrip stories podcast, joins us as they talk about transitioning back to their passport countries. They also talk about how the pandemic affected their families lives from the progress they already made when moving back. Tracy M. Vilanova is passionate about building bridges through education. She refers to our world as a neighborhood, and delights in crossing bridges, whether they be streets, borders, or oceans, to know her neighbors and connect neighbors

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00:35:44

Faith and Hope (ft. Joan Farley)

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2025/06/27

Fellow TCK, Joan joins us as she talks about growing up in the same generation as author of TCK bible, Ruth Van Reken, without the term "TCK" Joan was born in West Papua, Indonesia, when it was known as Dutch New Guinea. She lived there until she was 11 when her family was evicted from the country. After a year in the U.S., her family was reassigned to Trinidad. And she went to a boarding school on the western side of Venezuela. She and her family returned to the Chicago area of the U.S

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00:56:09

How Now, House? (ft. Tess Martin)

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2025/06/20

Fellow TCK Tess, artist and filmmaker, joins us on this podcast talking about her experimental documentary titled "How Now, House?" and how her childhood has impacted line of work.Tess grew up in Europe with US-American parents and is now based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands where she is an artist and filmmaker. In her work she often addresses issues of connection/disconnection, and seeing things in their larger context, something rooted in her upbringing. You can find her work at

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01:08:25

Friendships and Transitions (ft. Carmen Doerwald)

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2025/05/30

Fellow TCK friend, Carmen joins us to talk about her current transition to another country and the struggles of keeping our hearts open in relationships because of our internal TCK clock. Born in Germany, grew up and educated in Beijing and the UK, Carmen was exposed to a variety of cultures as a result of her multicultural upbringing to a German father and a Cantonese mother. At just 15 months old, Carmen and her family relocated to Beijing due to her father’s work assignment, a move that was

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00:44:44

Cross- Cultural Traveling Musician (ft. Sam Cronin)

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2025/05/27

Sam Cronin is a TCK singer-songwriter and full-time nomadic travelling musician. Originally from England, he spent just three years there in his childhood between Africa, Europe & the Middle East. Drawing from his experiences, he sings a lot about being a TCK and also draws a lot on elements of folk, world and ethnic music to tell stories of travel, migration and whatever inspires him as a citizen of the world.https://www.samcronin.co.uk/----------------If you would like to be a guest on the

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00:55:06

Attachment Styles (ft. Dr. Patricia H. A. Perez )

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2025/05/09

Dr. Perez an, international psychologist, consultant and speaker and fellow Adult Third Culture Kid joins us on today's podcast as we talk about communication among family, generational understanding between parents, and figuring out how to navigate that as globally mobile adults. Dr. Perez is an international psychologist, consultant and speaker. She is a third culture kid/adult (TCK/A), living during her childhood in the Philippines, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Dr. Perez is

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00:46:53

Family Communication (ft. Dr. Patricia H. A. Perez )

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2025/04/25

Dr. Perez an, international psychologist, consultant and speaker and fellow Adult Third Culture Kid joins us on today's podcast as we talk about communication among family, generational understanding between parents, and figuring out how to navigate that as globally mobile adults. Dr. Perez is an international psychologist, consultant and speaker. She is a third culture kid/adult (TCK/A), living during her childhood in the Philippines, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Dr. Perez is

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00:29:16

Mixes of Our Culture (ft. Urmi Hossain)

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2025/04/18

It is not always easy explaining our TCK upbringing who did not grow up in a similar way. Our guest Urmi joins us as she talks about how she navigated being Bengali by blood and Italian by birth as well as moving around different cities and countries growing up. Urmi Hossain is Bengali by blood and Italian by birth. She works in the financial services industry in Canada, where she is currently residing. She is a self-published author, speaker, blogger, polyglot, and mentor. She is the holder of the

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00:51:52

TCKs and Empathy (ft. Chris O'Shaughnessy)

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2025/04/11

How do TCK navigate empathy in their ever changing environment? That's a topic we will be discussing with our guest author, podcaster, and speaker Chris O'Shaughnessy.Christopher O’Shaughnessy is a passionate and versatile speaker, comedian, and author who uses a unique blend of story-telling, humor, and provocative insight to engage a wide array of people on topics associated with globalization and cross-cultural understanding. Chris is enlisted by organizations large and small ranging from

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00:37:00

Installation Art (ft. Josué Morales Urbina)

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2025/04/09

TCKs use different methods to express their up bringing in various ways. Josué, a fellow TCK & an award-winning installation and sculpture artist, shares his story and how his upbringing deeply influences his art. Based in the New York Metropolitan area, Josué Morales Urbina is an award-winning installation and sculpture artist, whose work primarily explores transcultural displacement and dépaysement. Among frequent themes that arise in his art are a pervading sense of foreignness and the

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01:11:37

Identity Formation of a TCK (ft. Chesed)

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2025/03/21

Transition educator, Chesed, joins us once again this time talking about the Identity Formation of a TCK and how transitioning from being with family to living alone can lead a TCK questioning their identity. Chesed is an adult third culture kid who grew up in Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. For the last 12 years she has been living in Virginia training college students how to navigate cross-cultural transitions in an emotionally healthy way. She is passionate about coaching emerging adults in

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00:32:04

Between Worlds: An Expat’s Quest for Belonging (ft....

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2025/03/14

Inga joins us to talk about her new book and her childhood as a TCK moving from one country to the next due to country's conflict. She shares her quest looking for belonging and how it led her to write her own memoir.

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