Mindful Expat, With Dana Nelson, Ph.d.

What you’ll hear in this episode: • My reflections on foreignness during my travels in South Korea. • Some of the pros and cons of being an obvious foreigner vs. a hidden foreigner (or "hidden immigrant"). • Some of the benefits of living abroad and experiencing being "the other" first-hand -- and how this experience can make us reflect differently on our own cultures as well as become more compassionate to other people's experiences. • How all of this relates to my idea for starting this podcast in the first place. Resources mentioned in this episode: • In this episode, I mentioned Third Culture Kids (aka TCKs). If you aren't familiar with this term, be sure to go back and listen to episode 8 where Josh Sandoz and I discuss this topic in depth. • I also mentioned Ruth van Reiken's book, Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, which is a great source of information about the TCK experience (and which actually has a new edition that just came out!). Stay in Touch! To make sure you don’t miss future episo