Articles
“Navigating Language and Culture: The Journey of Third Culture Kids”: The Upstream Collective, November 2024
“Helping TCKs through Re-Entry”: The Upstream Collective, December 2023
“Defining Key Terms: Third Culture Kids“: The Upstream Collective, December 2023
“Belonging Beyond Borders: How to Cultivate a Sense of Togetherness”: A Life Overseas Blog, February 2023
“Part of Your World: A Longing for Status and Belonging”: Velvet Ashes, January 2023
“Transition to College: Supporting Third Culture Kids’ Mental Health”: The U.S. Foreign Service Journal, December 2022
“For a Diplomat’s Child, Global Upbringing Can Mean Lost Identity” : Washington International Diplomatic Academy, August 2022
“Steps to Address Student Mental Health in the COVID Era and Beyond“: Trova Health, July 2022
“What about ‘the other’ Transitions?” : MuKappa International, April 2022
“Unlearn Before You Learn: How to Adjust Your Point of View” : Grit and Virtue, March 2022
“Time Management Tips for Third Culture Kid Teens” : The International Educator, November 2021
“Third Culture Kids and Resiliency” : Healthy Expat Parent, November 2021
“A Look at How Presence, Intentionality, and Rhythm Builds and Maintains Relationship” : Thrive Global, October 2021
“5 Ways to Increase your Self-Awareness about Community and the ‘Other’” : Trova Health, September 2021
“5 Things TCK Freshmen Need to Do in August” : MuKappa International, August 2021
“A Sunday Reflection on Braving Fear and Raging Peace” : Thrive Global, August 2021
“Amplifying Her Voice” : The State of Women Institute, June 2021
“Adulting While Transitioning: TCKs Alone at University” : Thrive Global, June 2021
“The Art of Code-Switching” : Among Worlds Magazine, June 2021
“Becoming a Microcosm of the World, for the World: Reflecting on FIGT2021” : Families in Global Transition, April 2021
“End the School Year Well by Building a Raft” : MuKappa International, April 2021
“Unlearn Before You Learn” : Thrive Global, March 2021
“A Take on TCKs and Attachment” : TCK TOWN, February 2021
“How Can Third Culture Kids Love and Appreciate their Home Country?” : Thrive Global, February 2021
“Trust in the Person You’re Becoming: 2020 Reflection and 2021 Preparation” : Thrive Global, January 2021
“The Importance of Not Just the Facts Post Election” : Thrive Global, November 2020
“A Fall Reflection on Taking Care and Receiving Help” : The Beacon Newspaper, September 2020
“Finding Where You Belong: Community on Campus” : MuKappa International, August 2020
“Reentry Tips for Third Culture Kid Teenagers” : The Upstream Collective; Thrive Global, July 2020
“A U.S. Father’s Day Reflection of How My Concept of Good Leadership Has Been Shaped” : Thrive Global, June 2020
“Self-Love Wisdom for the COVID-19 Season” : TCK TOWN, June 2020
“Make a Memorable Summer 2020” : MuKappa International, May 2020
“A U.S. Mother’s Day Reflection on Roots, Relationships, and Rituals” : Thrive Global, May 2020
“COVID-19 Season: Our U.S. American Cultural Values Exposed” : Medium, April 2020
“5 Questions to Ask (again) to Your University-Aged Third Culture Kid” : Thrive Global, April 2020
“Your Point of View Creates Your Reality” : Thrive Global, April 2020
“How Living through the COVID-19 Season is Similar to the Feels of Loss and Gain in Having Lived a Life Overseas” : Thrive Global, April 2020
“Empathy and Hope in the Time of COVID-19” : Thrive Global, April 2020
“3 Things I Want to Tell My Third Culture Kid University Student Friends during this COVID-19 Season” : MuKappa International, April 2020
“Walk 10 thousand steps and then perhaps 1,000 more” : The Beacon Newspaper, April 2020
“5 Things TCKs Have in Common with the 4 Friends from the Wizard of Oz” : Kaleidoscope, March 2020
“Home for Christmas? I am. But also, in My Dreams.” : The Beacon Newspaper, December 2019
“The Why and How of a Masters in Intercultural and International Communication” : Among Worlds Magazine, September 2019
“2019 TCK Seminar Review” : Interaction International, August 2019
“Owning My Culture Crown” : TCK TOWN, October 2018
CONTRIBUTED TO / MENTIONED IN:
Beyond Borders: Launching Third Culture Kids; Foreign Service Journal, June 2024
Global Girl Coach Book Review, February 2024
Raising TCKs Book Review, December 2023
Top 10 Expat Books for 2023; Expat Nest, December 2023
C3 Consulting – Books for a Successful Expat Experience, December 2023
Faith on the Move, March 2022
Families in Global Transition Blog – Nominations Director Term 2018 – 2021, September 2021
TRUTH4TCKs Virtual Conference Study Guide, May 2021
Lar mundo afora: Um guia prático para quem está de mudança para um novo país (Portuguese Edition), March 2021
The Grief Tower Book by Lauren Wells, February 2021
Top 10 Podcasts for Expats, December 2020
Snow Camp – MuKappa International, January 2020
The 2018 Families in Global Transition (FIGT) Conference, March 2019
AXA Global Health Care, August 2018
The 2017 Families in Global Transition (FIGT) Conference, February 2018
The 2016 Families in Global Transition (FIGT) Conference, June 2017
Co-Authored
FINDING PEACE UNDER ONE ROOF: A WORKBOOK FOR FAMILIES LIVING TOGETHER AS ADULTS - July 2020
If you're a parent whose student moved back home and you aren't sure how to give them the autonomy and independence to develop their own identity while ensuring they are safe this is the workbook for you. If you're a student who moved back in with their parents and you're struggling to figure out how to have conversations about boundaries and realities of your life, this is the workbook for you.
Reflection to identify needs, current state of mind, and needs
Conversation starters, topics, and rules of the road to start the dialogue
Roommate template/agreement to address conflict mitigation before it starts!
