Articles

“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:

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 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


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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.

This workbook explores:

  • 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!