Category: kids & teens
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Mindful Expat Episode 36: Helping TCKs Make Room for Mixed Emotions & Find Their Sense of True Belonging (With Guest: Lois Bushong)
Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Lois Bushong! Lois is a licensed marriage and family therapist living in the state of Indiana in the United States. She is originally from the US, but grew up in Central America (mainly in Honduras) as part of a missionary family, and she also spent 10 years working in Honduras…
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Mindful Expat Episode 22: Supporting Expat Kids Through Relocation
Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Kate Berger, MSc! Kate is a child and adolescent psychologist based in Amsterdam. Her private practice is called the Expat Kids Club, and — as the name would suggest — she specializes in working with expat and Third Culture Kids and their families. She is originally from New York, completed her…
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Mindful Expat Episode 8: Raising Resilient Third Culture Kids (TCKs) (with Guest: Josh Sandoz, MA, LMHC)
Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Josh Sandoz! Josh is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) currently living and working in Seattle Washington (in the US), where he specializes in working with expats, repatriated expats, and Third Culture Kids (TCKs). Josh not only works with TCKs, but he actually is an adult TCK himself! Born in South Korea…
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Rentrée Ready!: 7 Back-to-School Tips for Teens to Start the Year Off Right
As August winds down, the start of the new school year here in France is just around the corner. Are you feeling ready for the rentrée? Whether you’re starting at a new school — perhaps even in a new country — or whether you’re going back to the same school this fall, the rentrée can be…
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Cultural Adjustment, Part 4: Moving Abroad with Kids & Teens
In the last several posts in this Cultural Adjustment Series, we’ve looked at the phenomenon of culture shock, the phases of cultural adjustment, and the experience of moving home after a time abroad. In today’s post, we’ll take a closer look at how culture shock and cultural adjustment have a unique impact on kids and…