The life of a Third Culture Kid therapist

By Dr Rachel CasonSociety & Culture Alternative Health Health & Fitness Mental Health

The life of a Third Culture Kid therapist episodes

October 23 204 - When Differences Scare Us
This title feels like an odd one - after all, aren't TCKs supposed to be good at difference? As with so much, yes, and... Yes, we can be amazing at working with diverse experiences and viewpoints. Also, finding ourselves at odds with the people closest to us can feel deeply unsettling... In this episode I explore my experiences with this apparent paradox.
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26 min
October 16 203 - Third Culture Kids and Neurodiversity
This episode topic was requested recently, and I'm so glad it was! I've been circling around talking about Third Culture Kids and Neurodivergence for a long time now, and it took a push to do it. It can be a challenging and vulnerable topic, but it's so important to explore both how often it seems to come up alongside TCK stories as well as how identifying neurodivergence can be complicated by that very same TCK story.
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37 min
October 09 202 - When Sadness meets Hope
I recorded this while holding a lot of sadness - sadness for the pain in hear in so many TCK stories. In this episode I wonder about how much the stories of these sadnesses have to tell us about who we are - and my own experience of the hope this can bring.
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25 min
October 02 201 - When we don't feel safe...
In this episode, I wanted to reflect on how complicated it can be to work with safety. It's what so much wellness work is focused on - generating a bodily experience of safety, regulating our nervous system and reaching for calm and trust. But what do we do when we simply don't feel safe - and have good reason for that?
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30 min
September 25 200 - A Manual of Me
200th episode! Eeeep! So good to look back and celebrate getting here!

This episode is a revisit of a short workbook I developed a while ago - My Optimal Functioning Manual - because I am feeling the urge towards a check in around noticing what is going on when I feel most functional! It can be complicated for TCKs to explore their own personal preferences after a life of 'rolling with it' and high adaptation demands. Explore this with me today!
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25 min
September 18 199 - How do we do... Joy?
Today I'm pondering how Joy works for Third Culture Kids - why it can be hard to access, why our experience of it can feel complicated and how we can expand our story of Joy. Thanks for joining!
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29 min
September 11 198 - My Loft, Shared
New season here in the UK, but I'm pondering the wonders of the last - specifically summer visits that had me enjoying anew the magic of having a loft - this time to share... Settledness as a TCK still feels new; but the idea that I could offer settledness? Brand new!
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23 min
August 21 197 - TCKs and Fear of Inadequacy
A sense of inadequacy pervades for so many TCKs, and this week I'm reflecting (having had my own bruises triggered) on what pieces of our story make us sensitive to this - and how a sense of "good enough" matters...
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25 min
August 14 196 - When doing well feels bad
Have you ever found yourself having finally achieved a goal or sitting in a chapter of life that you've been longing for... only to feel a sudden slump of mood, even a sense of dread? I have, and in this episode I ponder how it makes sense to me in the context of my TCK story...
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24 min
August 07 195 - Powerlessness as a TCK
Powerlessness is a theme that shows up a lot in TCK stories. In this episode I'm exploring why this is and the difficulty of owning the power we gain as adults.
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22 min

About The life of a Third Culture Kid therapist

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Rachel is, amongst many other things, a Third Culture Kid therapist specialising in Life Story Interview and Accompaniment, an approach she developed from her Sociological doctorial research into TCK…