Why I hated ‘Resilience’

I’ve been delaying writing this post. So much has already been written about Resilience, how to foster resilience in our children, how it’s a good thing, and a predictor of success. And I would cringe at the sound of it. As much as my rational brain knew...

PTSD: interviews with two specialists

Over the last few months I’ve focused on some new connections I’ve been making in how Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) might manifest differently for those who have been internationally mobile. Many Third Culture Kids, and other global nomads, have...

Terror, Fear… and Victory

I’ve never been frightened of the world around me. I grew up on airplanes, alongside scorpions and malaria. I grew up as a member of a minority group in my host country; a speck of White in a Black landscape. I grew up without fear. I knew nothing of hijacking;...