Third Culture Kids – Stone and Water Work

by | May 23, 2018 | Blog

I want to be like clear water. Still. Transparent. I, like many others, use water in my meditation space. I pour it from a clear vase into a decorative shallow glass dish at the beginning of my time in that space, and often I then place coloured stones into the water....

Third Culture Kids: Commitment in Relationship

by | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog

I’ve been reading Lijadi and Schalkwyk’s article, “Narratives of Third Culture Kids: Commitment and Reticence in Social Relationships”. It’s worth a read and presents some interesting insights around mobility addiction and adaptation...

Spinning and Centring… precipice or threshold?

by | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog

Hello, my name is Rachel and I’m a chameleon. Maybe you are too. Like many other Third Culture Kids, perhaps you developed early skills of observation and adaptation. You watch, you listen, to learn how to belong. You learn to ‘pass’ the multiplicity...

Love is… scary.

by | Feb 7, 2018 | Blog

I didn’t expect to write that title. It just came out as I began to type. The last decade of my life has been dedicated to the pursuit of deep, meaningful and (wait for it…) lasting relationships. I grew up as a Third Culture Kid, like many of you readers,...