All of the Above: Understanding TCK Identity — And Why Chaos Is the Point By Andrea Frey Clark, MS, LPC “Our identity is an anti-identity; the only way we can define ourselves is how we are not.” — TCK interview participant (Walters & Auton-Cuff, 2009) Has anyone ever told you that you’re indecisive? That you…
Most of us became experts at traveling light. We learned early that attachment was complicated — that the things you loved too much would just become heavier to carry, or harder to leave behind. Some of us got good at not getting attached to anything at all. Others held on to one or two things…
We’re taught to think of home as a point on the map, but for TCKs it’s something else entirely. You don’t need to choose one place to belong or shrink your story to fit in a small box. Home isn’t a location—it’s a lived feeling, and you are allowed to feel at home in yourself.
