The Third Culture Kid drive to “be good”

The Third Culture Kid drive to “be good”

I’m currently sat at my desk in a mild slumpy grumpy space. It’s because I’ve eaten too much sugar, and drunk too much coffee and now I feel I need a good long lie down. I want to hide from myself, because I’m cross that I over-indulged....
Moving Furniture, Telling Your Story

Moving Furniture, Telling Your Story

I’m really excited to be sitting here at my desk, writing to you. I had a ‘TCK moment’ yesterday when I realised I needed to move all the furniture around in my office to get my writing mojo back – and a few hours of mess, one dismantled desk...
Third Culture Kids and the Winter Blues

Third Culture Kids and the Winter Blues

How are you doing? I mean, really? Something I’m hearing a fair bit of right now is how people are suffering from the ‘winter blues’. This seems to be a fairly common phenomenon in the northern hemisphere, and not a particularly Third Culture...
New Office, Old Me

New Office, Old Me

Hello beautiful people! It’s been so long since I last wrote… 3 months I think! July disappeared to packing and planning a Minecraft themed birthday party (!) – August went to The Move, and ALL the unpacking – – and most of September has...
I’m not traumatised… am I?

I’m not traumatised… am I?

“All it takes for someone to be traumatised, is for them to feel overwhelmed and alone in their feelings” I watched Gabor’s documentary on trauma, “The Wisdom of Trauma” (link below) last night. Late at night I found myself weeping at the...