Episodios

  • 175 - TCKs and Maslow - Do you think you are interesting?

    175 - TCKs and Maslow - Do you think you are interesting?
    Feb 27 2026

    This episode tackles the self-esteem tier of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. I've spoken before about self-esteem and TCKs, but here I focus on the ways in which TCKs learn they are interesting... and are those things about us, or what's happened to us? And what difference does it even make?



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    25 m
  • 174 - Pleased with Myself

    174 - Pleased with Myself
    Jan 30 2026
    How do we feel about the phrase, 'pleased with myself'? Very often we consider this feeling only allowed after very defined achievements - when we have done/completed/perfected something. This episode explores how this works when we've grown up with a sense of truncated time, and not feeling able to identify as 'complete'. How can we celebrate participation, rather than perfection?

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    22 m
  • 173 - TCKs and Maslow - Love and Belonging

    173 - TCKs and Maslow - Love and Belonging
    Jan 23 2026
    So many of us orient ourselves around the question, "Where do I belong?" In this episode I ponder what flipping the script could do for us - "Where do I want to belong?" Join me and, as always, I'd love to hear your feedback so send that through to rachelcason@explorelifestory.com

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    23 m
  • 172 - New Year, Old Me

    172 - New Year, Old Me
    Jan 16 2026
    Happy 2026! In this first episode of the new year, I'm pondering how the TCK experience interacts with 'new year, new me' energy! I'm also wondering how the 'old me' might feel about that...

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    23 m
  • 171 - Seasonal Traditions - or Habits?

    171 - Seasonal Traditions - or Habits?
    Dec 23 2025
    This year I've been encountering a new awful question - not 'Where are you from?' but 'What are your Christmas traditions?' In this episode I get curious about what I find difficult about this question - how traditions can be hard when you've seen and experienced so many different versions of this season, and yet what cultivating habits around this season can do for us.

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    25 m
  • 170 - TCKs and Maslow - Safety Needs

    170 - TCKs and Maslow - Safety Needs
    Dec 5 2025
    And here we have the second instalment of our Maslow series... Safety Needs! What does safety and risk actually mean in our TCK stories? And how do we see these play out in our current chapters?

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    20 m
  • 169 - TCKs and Maslow - Physiological Needs

    169 - TCKs and Maslow - Physiological Needs
    Nov 28 2025
    This is an episode I've been pondering a while - how do TCKs perceive their own needs in terms of an internalised hierarchy? I explore where Maslow's ideas and my own observations around need-juggling and autonomy interact here - and specifically around our physiological needs.

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    22 m
  • 168 - Incoherent

    168 - Incoherent
    Nov 21 2025
    Today's episode is pondering around how hard we work to create coherence, and my own experience this week of wanting to let incoherence be. TCKs often work so hard to prune and curate their stories, and I'm exploring here the relief I feel at not doing that today. Thanks for joining me!

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    18 m