Thank you, friends, for clicking on this episode of the Pondering Purple podcast, a source of information, insight and inspiration for those who love MKs and those who are MKs.

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This episode is based on an article by the same name: Understanding Trauma in the Lives of MKs

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More of my MK-related resources can be found at the following links:

1. My most-read articles listed on my website.

2. My playlist of video "nuggets" on Youtube.

3. My novel about a missionary family, Of Stillness and Storm.

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The title of the podcast is a nod to the complex, beautiful, sometimes confounding, always life-shaping and ideally life-enhancing effects of growing up in the color swirl of cultures and worlds.

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Music: Bethany J. Dueck.