Posts tagged community
A Take on TCKs and Attachment
A Take on TCKs and Attachment

We need to repeat these 5 truths purposefully, intentionally, and repetitively to ensure healthy relationships—both romantic and platonic...

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In LoveBy Megan Norton (From the United States, South Africa, South Korea, Germany, Japan, Israel, Austria, Greece, Hungary, and Poland. Living in Michigan)LDR, TCK, TCK TOWN, relationship, relationships, romance, romantic, self love, self care, pain, understanding, identity, healthy, love, community, actions, commitment, upbringing, adulthoodComment
A Community of Outsiders and Misfits
A Community of Outsiders and Misfits

Some swore allegiance to Pakistan, others to Australia and others were in an existential crisis. There was a strange sense of community, which was dynamic and syncretic

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CommunityBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)TCK, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture kid, Pakistan, Pakistani, Australia, Australian, university, community, friends, relationships, Peshawar, North, Karachi, languages, language, outsider, boundaries, public, foreigners, foreign, culture, cultures, migrants, migrant Comment
Hope and Healing in Flores de Villa
Hope and Healing in Flores de Villa

As a child who grew up in a suburban bubble in Minnesota, coming to Flores de Villa was shocking. I was unaware of the poverty that existed, and to see it first-hand changed me forever...

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Woman, Community, RelationshipsBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)tck, Tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, third culture kid, Peru, Peruvian, women, woman, culture, cross cultural, community, mother, mom, Mum, family, poverty, Lima, Spanish, TOP TENComment
Return to Rural Life
Return to Rural Life

People of such areas are deprived of basic facilities. They have no easy access to big cities, roads are damaged, and elected assembly members visit every five years, never to return within their tenure. But still, they live happy lives...

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Where Are You From?, CommunityBy Arshad Ali (From the Sobho Khan Zaunr Village. Living in Hyderabad)TCK TOWN, TCK, Tck, Hyderabad, Pakistan, village, city, urbanisation, school, illiteracy, The Citizen Foundation, welfare, community, economy, poverty, ancestral, rural, local, traditional Comment
The Pains And Joys Of Moving To A New Country
The Pains And Joys Of Moving To A New Country

If you have ever picked up everything you own and moved to another country, then maybe there’s a few things in here that you can relate to…

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GuidesBy Abigail Hannah (From Hyderabad, Banglore, Ooty & Auckland. Living in Aotearoa)TCK, Third World, Third Culture Adult, third culture kid, Guide, pain, joy, moving, community, experience, emotions, new country, new, exploration, growth, thrive, thriving, sadness, grief, stageComment
A Tale Of Two Cultures
A Tale Of Two Cultures

After realizing his cultural identity as a TCK, Peter faced a new inner conflict as he traveled between America and Korea: Should he stay true to his TCK identity or “take sides” with a single cultural identity?

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ConflictBy Peter Inho Nahm (From Iowa, Daegu, Indiana & Nebraska. Living in Texas).TCK, TCA, TCK TOWN, culture, cultures, Korea, South Asian, American, America, East, West, USA, United States, moving, travel, traveling, community, airport Comments
Rediscovering Myself as a TCK
Rediscovering Myself as a TCK

Am I Korean or American? Am I more Korean or more American? Which side do I belong to? Who am I?—I kept asking until last night, the night of the TCK student organization meeting and the night that changed my perception of my own personal and cultural identity forever…

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Where Are You From?By Peter Inho Nahm (From Iowa, Daegu, Indiana & Nebraska. Living in Texas).TCK TOWN, TCK, Tck, Korea, USA, Daegu, Indiana, meeting, awakening, Iowa, Texas, belonging, identity, community Comment
Sunny Side Down
Sunny Side Down

I find it hard to reach out to my colleagues. In my Australian culture, grief is largely seen as a private affair, punctuated by long and absent silences. Needing a national ‘Are you OK’ day says a lot about us, and how hard it is to have conversations outside socially acceptable boundaries...

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Resilience, Mental HealthBy Farah Beaini (Living in the land of the Kulin nation)TCK TOWN, tck, Tck, TCK, third culture kid, Australia, grief, tears, death, loss, culture, Lebanese, community, Lebanon, Australian, time, missing, communal, grieving, resilience, love, cultures, cultural Comments
Why Live Abroad?
Why Live Abroad?

I am Dutch, grew up in Germany and went to an American international school. My husband is Japanese, grew up in Ecuador and went to both Japanese and American international schools there. We often joke that our family is like the UN with all its different cultures and languages…

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Where Are You From?By Jessica Tsuchiya (From the Netherlands, Germany & Seattle. Living in Rwanda)TCK TOWN, TCK, tck, transition, leaving, Dutch, Germany, international school, Japanese, Ecuador, New York, cultural references, entitled, closed minded, Washington State, community, the States, monolingual, bilingual, multilingual, Rwanda, friendship, transientComment
Self-Worth, Strength and Stripping Away The Rest
Self-Worth, Strength and Stripping Away The Rest

How much of my self-worth comes from my being a TCK? Some of the major strengths that I have gained are tolerance, a wider worldview, broader experience, empathy, and resilience...

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Self WorthBy Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)tck, TCK, third culture kid, self-worth, tolerance, resilience, travel, growth, adult, adulthood, Identity, independence, survival, strength, worldview, world, planet, community, view, perspectives, actions, empathy, experience, life experiences, storytelling, storyComment
The Grass is Green Wherever I Am
The Grass is Green Wherever I Am

I was surrounded by music and swing-dancing and prayer and a community of 400 people that attended the wedding. In my Dusty Rose dress in line with the other girls I felt like I was playing dress-up, assuming my part in an American wedding movie...

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FriendshipsBy Alexa Shearer (From the US, France, Germany, Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria & Italy. Living in Florida)tck, TCK TOWN, third language, third culture kid, Alabama, Siberia, wedding, dancing, community, church, Russia, US, USA, Moscow, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Trans-Siberian RailwayComment