In today’s episode I chat with Elizabeth (Lisa) Liang. Lisa grew up in six countries as a dual citizen of mixed heritage and now resides in Los Angeles. She has a her multi faceted career that leverages her cross-cultural competence and has created her one-woman show which is now an award winning film: Alien Citizen – An Earth Odyssey.

Lisa talks about the moves of her childhood, some being harder than others. She also describes what home means to her, and how she comes from people rather than a place.

In this episode I chat with Louisa Pau who is a European TCK.  Louisa was born in Luxembourg to English and Sardinian parents.  She then moved to Brussels and then the UK, which has been her home for many years and she talks about the impact that Brexit has had on her.

Listen as we talk about how family is very important to Louisa's sense of belonging and how her European upbringing allows her to feel at home in countries in northern and southern Europe.

In this episode I speak with Mathieu Gagnon.  Born in Paris to Canadian parents, Mathieu went on to live in six countries during his early years before settling in Canada, although still moving within the provinces.  

To be in a French speaking country is what makes a place feel like home for Mathieu.  Listen as he describes the difficulties of navigating the differences between Canadian French and French French.

Mathieu explains why he prefers "Tell me your story" to the notoriously hard question for TCKs "Where are you from?"

In this week’s episode I speak with Anne Heijdra. Born in Bolivia to Bolivian and Dutch parents, Anne grew up in Bolivia, Peru and Nepal. She recalls the excitement of the promise of a new bicycle with one of her early moves.

Anne is now exploring her Dutch heritage and currently lives in The Netherlands. She describes her desire to buy a property and what stability and commitment mean to her.

Anne's TCK upbringing has certainly influenced her career as she works with the mission of helping today's TCKs to live a successful and fulfilling cross-cultural experience, and to grow up to be happy and thriving ATCKs.

Today’s podcast is very special to me. Not only am I interviewing a mother and daughter TCK pair, but the mum – Simone – was my best friend at primary school in Nairobi. We haven’t actually seen each other since I was 13, although we did communicate via letters. It was so lovely to chat to her after all this time (and neither of us has changed a bit!).  

Simone’s youngest daughter Ayla has also had a nomadic upbringing and it was so interesting to get the perspective of someone growing up as a  TCK in this much more interconnected world.

In this episode I speak with Dami Junaid. The daughter of a diplomat, Dami was born in Nigeria and then the moves began, which also saw her attend boarding school at a young age.  Currently based in Canada, Dami describes the mental strength that she has acquired from being a TCK.

Also inspired by her TCK upbringing, Dami has a new fashion line coming out in April. Listen to find out more!

In this episode I speak with T L Mazumdar, whose early years saw him living in India, Libya, the UK and Germany. He used to say London was home but now sees himself more at home in Germany.

Listen as we chat about how his TCK upbringing has influenced his life including his career in music which reflects his identity.

In this week’s episode I chat with Aushra Shivitskis.

Aushra was born in Lithuania then lived in Mexico and Canada before returning back to Lithuania again. She then lived in a few cities in Australia and is now back in Lithuania where she has been ice swimming during the winter!

Listen as we talk about how Aushra’s TCK upbringing has impacted her life to date.

In this week’s episode I chat with Philippe Messer. British by birth he then had a typical TCK upbringing of living in France, Spain, America, Canada and Japan. His chosen career as a teacher enables him to continue living in new countries and he and his (non TCK ;-) ) wife currently reside in Australia.

Although his plans were curtailed by the global pandemic, he has recently been able to set off on a driving expedition around Australia.

In this week’s episode I talk with Daniel Nguyen-Phuoc who is no stranger to the TCK podcast airways as he co-hosts Third Culture Talks on which I was his guest last year.

Dan is a Vietnamese American who spent his early years in the USA and Indonesia. He is a polyglot and is currently adding Polish to his list of languages, having recently relocated to Poland.

Listen as we chat about all things TCK including what makes a place feel like home.