"Journaling helps!" says the therapist. "How do I journal?" asks the client. I'm glad you asked. There are many ways to productively...

Whether or not you celebrate Easter, you may be familiar with the tradition of decorating eggs. Maybe kids these days get the brightly...

When I watch children playing - bending down to pick up a pebble treasure, humming to themselves as they fit blocks together, even...

Those of us who have traveled and lived internationally realize, perhaps more than others, just how incredibly much beauty and brokenness...

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Traumatic events and grief can be so horrible that the last thing we want to do is feel the pain. If given the option, many of us would...

I sold my desk today. No big deal. It was just a desk. Had some scratches and scuff marks. I bought a different one and didn't have space...

In their book Third Culture Kids, Polluck, Van Reken, and Polluck discuss what they call "hidden immigrants." Hidden immigrants don't...

In my last post, I talked about how I used to think I was fated to be un-resilient. I said that I thought there was "nothing I could do...

When my life came crashing down like an axed tree, I was convinced I wasn't resilient. I thought you either "were" or you "weren't". It...

When I was small, I memorized this poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. It still echoes in my mind: "Dark brown is the river. Golden is the...

Laura describes the idea of home and rootedness that is not connected to a house or a single location. Are you rooted internationally?