Failure: my greatest fear & my greatest gift

“So my name is Rachel Cason, and I’m a failure”. This was how I felt like introducing myself yesterday. Complete with aggressive self-loathing and topped with misery and embarrassment. I had failed my driving test. Halfway through it I failed to see...

Coming Home

A client recently sent me a link to Sigma and Rita Ora’s “Coming Home”. This song managed to express the inexpressible, the longing for a home that has never been known. The lyrics, “there’s a life I always knew but never had”, are...

Third Culture Kids: Allegiance to the Flag(s)

This weekend saw many Britons celebrate the 90th (official) birthday of our Queen, lining the Mall in London to watch the Trooping of the Colour (flag) and spilling over into street parties all around the country. The Royal family in Britain is variously viewed as...

A week of belonging…

I’m wrapping things up at my desk today in preparation for a week of learning next week… I’m in the fortunate position to be delivering a workshop for ACS International School in London the first part of the week, then to be attending (and doing a...