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 03, 2025 163 - Dancing on Social Convention
So I've just been to a wedding - and broke a few of my own self-imposed rules. Here I talk about the moment of choice - to sit back and wait and watch before acting, the context necessary for the risk I took, and the after-effects of the choice I made.
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27 min
September 26, 2025 162 - Feelings as Clues
In this episode, I observe the difficulty so many TCKs have with acknowledging their feelings - especially feelings of discomfort. Why is this, and what do these feelings have to contribute to our story?
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22 min
September 19, 2025 161 - Birthdays, Celebrations and Getting it Right...
So, I found this episode I recorded way back in July! Excited to finally bring it to you - meandering though how TCKs might navigate birthdays and other celebrations when belonging is so often tied into the shape of those modes of celebration and traditions.
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17 min
September 12, 2025 160 - Sabotage... or Resistance?
Back after a long summer gap - but reflecting on the processing there and on a theme showing up a lot this week - self-sabotage! This is an exploration of what are the stories we might be in when we watch ourselves deviate from our own goals and plans - TCK-style!
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33 min
July 11, 2025 159 - I finished the to-do list... and it feels weird
Reflections on how things actually going to plan - life doing what we wanted - can actually trigger anxiety in TCKs! Even finishing my to-do list...
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24 min
July 04, 2025 158 - TCK Creatives
Introducing a new online group for TCK creatives! If you are a TCK who loves working creatively, join us via Facebook (just search 'Third Culture Kid Creatives') and discover how many TCKs are exploring their stories creatively, using these creative outlets to process their experiences.

The link to the group on Facebook is https://www.facebook.com/groups/1431710724484174/

See you there!
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18 min
June 27, 2025 157 - Grief Sticks
Inspired by a conversation with another TCK, I've decided to make tangible representations of all those losses that have felt so hard to name - especially the loss of things that we never had - and invite you to do the same.
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12 min
June 20, 2025 156 - The Focus on Arrival
What happens with perfectionism collides with a short internal timeline? This episode I'm exploring the way in which our TCK experiences can shorten our sense of timeline, keeping our focus on achieving 'completion' even with those aspects of life that are just never going to be 'done'...
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18 min
June 13, 2025 155 - Are you allowed to be happy?
So in this episode I'm exploring the ways in which we absorb different cultural ideas about what kind of life is supposed to make us happy - aka, are we allowed to be happy with something outside of that?
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19 min
May 30, 2025 154 - Sit with me and be
A shorter one today - This is me just finding myself wanting to sit and be, so I thought I would do it with you - pondering what it is to be still in the midst of spinning between the different facets of self...
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13 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…