PONDERING PURPLE
Michèle Phoenix, international speaker and writer on issues related to Third Culture Kids, highlights her most popular and helpful articles in a format you can consume on the go.
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Chapters 8 & 9 - Conversation (Deconstruction and Mental Health)
<p>Thank you for clicking on this episode of the Pondering Purple podcast, a source of information, insight, and inspiration for those who love MKs and those who are MKs.</p><p>···</p><p>In this conversation, you'll meet Danieke and Austin—married TCKs (whose baby, Bo, joins us) with personal experience with today's topics. We discuss Chapters Eight and Nine of Pieces of Purple, which explore mental health challenges and deconstruction among TCKs. </p><p>Austin can be reached for further conversation about deconstruction at these addresses: austinxslater@gmail.com and @sandpaperslater on Whatsapp.</p><p>And Danieke, a menta...
Chapter 9 - Audiobook (Deconstruction)
<p>Thank you, friends, for clicking on this episode of the Pondering Purple podcast, a source of information, insight and inspiration for those who love MKs and those who are MKs.</p><p>···</p><p>This episode is the audio version of Chapter Nine of Pieces of Purple: Deconstruction. To listen to all the episodes in this series, find Pondering Purple on your preferred podcast platform. To view the episodes, including the conversations with TCKs that drop two weeks after each chapter, follow this link to the Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PIECESOFPURPLECHANNEL</p><p>...</p><p>The Amazon page for Piece of Pur...
Chapter 8 - Audiobook (Mental Health)
<p>Thank you, friends, for clicking on this episode of the Pondering Purple podcast, a source of information, insight and inspiration for those who love MKs and those who are MKs.</p><p>···</p><p>This episode is the audio version of Chapter Eight of Pieces of Purple: Mental Health. To listen to all the episodes in this series, find Pondering Purple on your preferred podcast platform. To view the episodes, including the conversations with TCKs that drop two weeks after each chapter, follow this link to the Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PIECESOFPURPLECHANNEL</p><p>...</p><p>The Amazon page for P...
Chapters 6 & 7 - Conversation (Grief and Trauma)
<p>Thank you for clicking on this episode of the Pondering Purple podcast, a source of information, insight, and inspiration for those who love MKs and those who are MKs.</p><p>···</p><p>In this conversation, you'll meet Becca—TCK from Russia, former child counselor, licensed school social worker, and social work instructor. We discuss topics related to Chapters Six and Seven of Pieces of Purple, which explore how grief and trauma impact the TCK experience. We ask questions like:</p><p> • What is it exactly? </p><p>• Why is it so often ignored in ministry circles? </p><p>• What can he...
Chapter 7 - Audiobook (Trauma)
<p>Thank you, friends, for clicking on this episode of the Pondering Purple podcast, a source of information, insight and inspiration for those who love MKs and those who are MKs.</p><p>···</p><p>This episode is the audio version of Chapter Seven of Pieces of Purple: Trauma. To listen to all the episodes in this series, find Pondering Purple on your preferred podcast platform. To view the episodes, including the conversations with TCKs that drop two weeks after each chapter, follow this link to the Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PIECESOFPURPLECHANNEL</p><p>...</p><p>The Amazon page for Piec...
Chapter 6 - Audiobook (Grief)
<p>Thank you, friends, for clicking on this episode of the Pondering Purple podcast, a source of information, insight and inspiration for those who love MKs and those who are MKs.</p><p>···</p><p>This episode is the audio version of Chapter Six of Pieces of Purple: Grief. To view all the episodes in this series, including the conversations with TCKs that drop two weeks after each chapter, follow this link to the Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PIECESOFPURPLECHANNEL</p><p>...</p><p>The Amazon page for Piece of Purple is HERE. </p><p>For bulk order pricing of ten copies or more, plea...
Pt 3 - TCKs & NEURODIVERSITY: TCKs Tell Their Stories
<p>[Please consider viewing the YouTube video of these interviews instead of merely listening to them! Seeing the participant's faces will enhance the experience of hearing their stories!]</p><p>In this third segment of the series on TCKs and Neurodiversity, we meet eleven adult TCKs and get the chance to learn directly from them about how their lives have been shaped by autism, OCD, ADHD, and other brain differences. They honestly and compellingly answer questions about the assets and blessings of their diagnoses, about what they've learned and how they're finding ways to live well in a world that...
Pt 2 - TCKs & NEURODIVERSITY: Treasures Among Us
<p>Thank you, friends, for clicking on this episode of the Pondering Purple podcast, a source of information, insight and inspiration for those who love MKs and those who are MKs.</p><p>In this second segment of the series on TCKs and Neurodiversity, we go deeper into the topics, exploring what neurodiversity is, its strengths and challenges, and why it so often gets missed in cross-cultural contexts. You'll also hear quotes from adult neurodivergent MKs about their lives and the lessons they've learned. Note: this is an audio recording of the article found here.</p><p>One more installment...
Pt 1 - TCKs & NEURODIVERSITY: A Conversation with Jenilee Goodwin
<p>Thank you, friends, for clicking on this episode of the Pondering Purple podcast, a source of information, insight and inspiration for those who love MKs and those who are MKs.</p><p>In this first segment of the series on TCKs and Neurodiversity, we meet Jenilee Goodwin - mom to three neurodivergent young-adult children, former missionary, and Life Coach. She is a clear voice of knowledge and compassion regarding this too-often overlooked and misunderstood segment of the TCK population. </p><p>This interview was full of aha moments for me, and I know it will be for you too...
Chapter 5 - Conversation (Flipsides)
<p>Thank you for clicking on this episode of the Pondering Purple podcast, a source of information, insight, and inspiration for those who love MKs and those who are MKs.</p><p>···</p><p>In this conversation, you'll meet Elisabeth, mom of MKs, creator of MK resources, and deep well of wisdom. We discuss topics related to Chapter Five of Pieces of Purple, which explores the "flipsides" of the TCK experience—how the great and the hard live side by side in our lives—and how parents of young MKs (from toddlers to middle school) can help them to walk through...
