Where Are You From? A TCK Podcast

Mike monologues a Veteran's Day 'Building Bridges' special and gives a rare peak into key moments in his book, Building Bridges: Can We Love & Relate in a Polarized World? .. coming soon. He starts off mentioning briefly about his TCK struggle with patriotism and fraught relationship with America (2:30), and what changes took place in the aftermath of 911 (3:00). He offers his own...

Mike has his sister onboard! What a privilege it was to talk to her on his TCK podcast. They briefly discuss her struggle to adjust as a middle schooler moving to Thailand as a child (2:20). She then answers the ridiculous question (3:50), which sparks Mike's repeated mentioning of a mysterious Turkish disident (5:10) hiding in the US. She then shares her spiritual journey to be at peace with...

"This meat suit is getting in the way!" Shelly Wright is the master of one liners, and the brain child of my new segment called 'Two TCK's Hanging Out, where Mike brings a regulary listener on the podcast to talk about being a TCK. And she's the first, of course! They start out by rating our celebrity hood (3:30), and then Mike asks Shelly the ridiculous question (6:00). They...

My co-host Rachel joins me with mutual friends Abi, Lue, and B for the final episode of a thoroughly engaging trilogy. I start off mentioning that my book cover is finished (00:45). Don't forget to signup to get access to cool rewards during the pre-launch. Links are below! Abi asks Lue about the differences having siblings all born in the US (2:30). She then invites the others to discuss (5:0...

Lue joins Abi, B and my cohost Rachel from Episode 13 to talk about how their families made it to the USA. Lue, absent from last episode due to a tranportation mishap, (3:00) talks about his parent's journey to the US as Mong refugees. Abi then shares how her widowed mother and 4 kids crossed the southern border (8:00) and forged their lives into the American dream, while Abi born in the US li...

In the second half, Mike gets into some juicy topics in and around Dr. Rachel Cason's book, Incredible Lives and the Courage to Live Them: Thoughts of a Third Culture Kid therapist. Rachel first answers the question (2:30) of whether or not TCK's are less racist. Rachel talks about the necessary process of "de-othering" (8:00), and they each trade stories (9:20) of the power dyna...

Mike interviews Dr. Rachel Cason about her new book, Incredible Lives and the Courage to Live Them: Thoughts of a Third Culture Kid Therapist. She expertly navigates (4:20) the land mine of the 'ridiculous question' (Where are You From?). She talks (5:30) about what brought her to become a TCK therapist in the first place. They then get into (8:15) her book. They discuss (10:00) what her d...

Mike apologizes for being late (2:00) with the 18th episode, but glad to be on vacation and getting reacquainted with his parents, and his sister's family at the beach in Kitty Hawk, N. Carolina. He admits to being homesick, not for his passport country or the country he grew up in, but another (3:15). He talks briefly (6:00) about his quiet walks around Washington, D.C. while attending a conf...

Are you living or coming from a multi cultural or cross cultural journey in this life? Have you lived abroad for an extended amount of time? Have you married into another culture or are a product of a bi-cultural relationship? Hellooooo ... I'm Mike Sullivan and this is My TCK Podcast  .. Where we answer ridiculous questions like ... Where are you from?? This Podcast begins and ends talking ab...

Asim talks with Mike about his journey as a father of two sons with Autism. Mike reminds everyone what a TCK is (2:00), and then quickly gets into Asim's story. He first talks (4:00) about emigrating to Canada and his fortunate timing in the dot.com era as an entrepreneur. Then he gets into the story of his sons (7:00) and first discovering his eldest was severely autistic. (13:00) He talks ab...

Mike is back in the Philippines reunited with his wife Jen and his kids + a super granddaughter. He talks (3:00) about the Philippines becoming home, but can't help mentioning (4:30) his book one more time. He admits he loves the country so much (5:40), and tells us the reasons (6:50) he wants to stay. Then (8:00), he records an inprompt conversation with the love of his life. He asks how thin...

Sabrina is a Lebanese TCK designing the cover of my book (3:18), publishing later this year. We start off by talking about her quintessential name (2:00). She answers the ridiculous question (4:15), having been born in New Jersey in the US, moved to Romania and Lebanon, and then back to the US to finish her studies. We move on to clear up (9:30) any misunderstanding people may have about Lebanon,...

Mike interviews educator and entrepreneur Benjamin Burg. Mike opens with a long-winded story (3:14) about how he met Ben, while at the same time providing some free advertizing (6:30 to his crowdfunding consultant, Lisa Ferland. Of course he mentions his book (6:50) one more time and his impending launch on Kickstarter. In the interview, Ben talks (8:23) about his progressive education and stint w...

The first half is a 'get-to-know-you' part where (5:25) Mike shares memories of how he first met B and Abi. Rachael is then formally introduced (15:25) and talks about not being a TCK and how she first met Mike. It is in this part of the conversation, Mike admits to an odd phobia and how Rachel became part of the cure. B and Abi then answer the 'ridiculous' question (18:19) 'Wh...

Be Patient. Juuust Listen. (5:00) Mike talks about Don't Ask Don't Tell policies in the Navy while he was serving. (7:00) He then describes the impact his wife has had on his views on the gay community. (10:00) Mike shares a story of regret that reveals how he now approaches the often triggering topic of sexual orientation and everything involved. (13:30) Of course, there has to be at leas...

Ntšali and I talk about her journey from Lesotho, a tiny independent country in the middle of South Africa and the implications of her cross-cultural experience starting in a largely white Anglican all girls school. We talk about the blessings and curses coming from that experience. She has some very powerful comments to say about her faith and race. I end the podcast by commenting on the impact s...

Yoshito tells us a bit about himself and then delves into the unfair expectations of being bilingual. He describes his graphic novel In Search of the Lost Words and how it helps motivate children to find their identity and learn to read and write in their weaker language. He has extremely valuable advice to parents with multilingual kids and how they should be treated and what direction to take th...

Mike dives in for another solo round. He first talks about the very exciting line up of interviews coming up on the podcast. He then jumps into talking about celebrities that we might have missed, by talking about two very important events in his life that have helped shape his views on the world. He then makes a final announcement of a possible guest who has an important voice in the TCK universe...

Mike solos it this time and talks about the politically hot topic of immigration. He talks about how peope moving from country to country come from all walks of life. He then implores listeners to show a bit of empathy to those searching for a new life or a new home. Building Bridges: Can We Love & Relate in a Polarized World www.sullyworks.com https://linktr.ee/sullyworks

Monique and I talk about language mastery (2:56) and I make my embarrassing admission despite living in 8 countries. We then discuss the nomadic spirit we have fostered from moving around so much (12:44). Don't forget to get a free copy of the first chapter of my book, Building Bridges: Can We Love & Relate in a Polarized World? You are then eligible for early access rewards when my Kickst...

Monique answers the difficult question .. Where are you from? We briefly talk about how our paths have crossed a few times in the past. We then transition into a great conversation about the difficulties of integrating into the country of our passports.

Mike talks about his interactions with foreigners in Istanbul and the exciting implications of that. He then segues into talking about building bridges to cross culture gaps. He has a bit of a rant about PC culture in America. Please don't be too offended. He's just a TCK .. Building Bridges: Can We Love & Relate in Polarized World? [Draft of the 1st Chapter Available!!] https://sullyw...

In the second part of our double header, Gustavo discusses the drawbacks of being a TCK. He provides us with one more beautiful analogy with colors to describe the feeling TCK's often have and their struggle to find belonging and identity. Gustavo: IG: @gustavosantamaria89 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavosantamaria/ My Book Chapter: https://sullyworks.com/

Gustavo talks about his upbringing and move to the United States from Ecuador, and then he provides a beautiful description of how that changed his perception of others from different backgrounds. Listen in on his story and his beautiful analogies regarding the unique perspective TCK's can have on others. sullyworks.com sullyworks.com/podcast

Mike talks about his time in Türkiye and the impact the earthquake had on his life. He then pivots to talk about TCK's and their relationship building habits. Move the conversation further by discussing the podcast on any platform. Mike can be found at the following places: https://linktr.ee/sullyworks He'd be glad to hear from you!