Talks with a TCK Friend

Marie Suazo

To Third Culture Kids out there who want to hear from a fellow TCK, I'm your girl! All about growing up as a TCK, self-awareness, cultures, and mental health. I just wanted to share my story and bring on other TCK friends who share their stories or the joys and struggles growing up in different cultures and learning embrace our roots. Join us on this journey and I hope you can learn and grow right alongside of us!

  1. Fitting in and Things (ft. Natasha Samreny)

    5D AGO

    Fitting in and Things (ft. Natasha Samreny)

    Military kid Natasha joins us as she shares her up bringing between cultures and how she ended up becoming multicultural storyteller, producer, and comedian who focuses on identity conversations through her performances and workshops. Join us as we laugh through our similarities as TCKs and how we navigate life today. Instagram: @natashasamrenycomedy ----------------- If you would like to be a guest on the podcast or just want to connect, feel free to reach out!I Insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@maries.tck.memories⁠⁠ Like what you hear? Consider sponsoring this podcast monthly to help me continue on making this content :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support me⁠⁠⁠(Patreon)!⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠(Spotify)⁠⁠ ------------------------------------------ Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Natasha Samreny is a multicultural storyteller, producer, and comedian who focuses on identity conversations through her performances and workshops. She’s performed and taught around the world: Edinburgh and Camden’s fringe festivals, Boston Comedy Arts Festival, Detroit Women of Comedy Festival, and the Latina Comedy Festival, The Laugh Factory, and New York City Sketch Fest.Natasha is a graduate of The Second City writing program. She earned her M.A. in Middle Eastern History through the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Natasha’s currently working on her first book, and co-producing a bilingual storytelling show with Rhode Island Latino Arts called Tejiendo Historias: Weaving Stories.

    1h 1m
  2. Mind Games (ft. Nanseera Wolff)

    JAN 24

    Mind Games (ft. Nanseera Wolff)

    When TCKs grow up in a world that is constantly changing without having anyone explain what is going on in the process can leave a child believing a lot of different things about themselves. Today guest, fellow TCK and singer-songwriter, Nanseera Wolff shares her stories of growing up TCK and how she deals with the different games her mind plays when navigating the world around her. Nanseera is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter with an old soul and a distinctive style. The London born performer grew up in Uganda and Ethiopia, moving to the United States for high school and university. Taking inspiration from artists like Tracy Chapman, Lianne LaHavas, and Sheryl Crow, Nanseera weaves together poetic stories of losing home, love, and sense of self, then somehow finding them again. Instagram: @nanseeramusic Website: www.nanseeramusic.com ----------------- If you would like to be a guest on the podcast or just want to connect, feel free to reach out!Insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@maries.tck.memories⁠Like what you hear? Consider sponsoring this podcast monthly to help me continue on making this content :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support me⁠⁠(Patreon)!⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠(Spotify)⁠ ------------------------------------------ Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

    56 min
  3. TCK Reflections (ft. Irene Domingo)

    12/26/2025

    TCK Reflections (ft. Irene Domingo)

    It's that time of the year where fellow TCK Irene comes back to recap the year for us. It has been such an incredible year full of stories and healing! Join us as we share our reflections for the year. ----------------- If you would like to be a guest on the podcast or just want to connect, feel free to reach out!Insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@maries.tck.memoriesLike what you hear? Consider sponsoring this podcast monthly to help me continue on making this content :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support me⁠(Patreon)!⁠ ⁠⁠(Spotify) ------------------------------------------ Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

    40 min
  4. Building Roots (ft. Sophia Bentaher)

    12/12/2025

    Building Roots (ft. Sophia Bentaher)

    Fellow TCK, Sophia, joins us on this podcast sharing how her up bringing as a multi-cultural as shaped her up bringing. She also shares her journey of understanding what "home" is for her. Sophia B. is a French-Moroccan-American TCK who grew up between the US and France and lived in 7 countries in the past decade. Moving around taught her how to find home in people rather than places - a lesson that inspired her to help build and shape the TCK community in Los Angeles over the past five years. She works as a creative manager and producer, and whether she's hosting dinners in LA or organizing poetry retreats around the world, Sophia believes a big hack in life is to master the art of making anywhere feel like home.Instagram: @sophiabelala ------------If you would like to be a guest on the podcast as well, feel free to reach out and send us a message on Instagram!If you have any questions of just want to reach out follow me on the following: Insta: @mariesuazoauthor FB: mariesuazoauthor Email: info.marieauthor@gmail.comLike what you hear? Consider sponsoring this podcast monthly to help me continue on making this content :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support me!⁠⁠ ------------------------------------------ Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

    52 min
  5. Healing to Help Others (ft. Jhorna)

    11/15/2025

    Healing to Help Others (ft. Jhorna)

    Fellow TCK Jhorna, mother, wife, and embodiment coach, shares her journey being a transracial adoptee and how her experience led her to help other TCKs. Jhorna is a Mother, a Wife and an intuitive Mindset and Embodiment Coach. As a TCK and a transracial adoptee, growing up in Eastern Africa and the Indian subcontinent, Jhorna grappled with her own identity, sense of belonging, and where her “I” fit into the many collective groups she has had the privilege to be a part of. Upon moving to the United States, her passport country, she felt ill-equipped to face the challenges of cultural adjustment and the realities of racism both in her community and in her work life. After the birth of her children, she fell into a severe depression and through this painful journey, connected to her intuitive wisdom in order to heal the complex trauma that comes from continually feeling like an outsider. Today, she bridges a 20-year professional background in identity development with the art of spiritual connection. Through self compassion and channeled embodied practices, she helps women leaders and other change makers heal their wounds of trauma and marginalization, create inner belonging and connection, and in doing so step confidently into the clarity of their own vision in order to “be the change they want to see in the world” (Gandhi). Jhorna deeply believes that TCKs are one of the groups in the world today with the unique intel to build the necessary bridges within humanity at this time. She is passionate about co-creating with others who want to access their inner gifts to transmute all forms of oppression and suffering and build a world of sustainable creative expression and joyful connection. Feel free to reach out either via facebook or through her website https://www.inner-res.com/ ------------If you would like to be a guest on the podcast as well, feel free to reach out and send us a message on Instagram!If you have any questions of just want to reach out follow me on the following: Insta: @mariesuazoauthor FB: mariesuazoauthor Email: info.marieauthor@gmail.comLike what you hear? Consider sponsoring this podcast monthly to help me continue on making this content :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support me!⁠ ------------------------------------------ Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

    43 min
  6. Job Seeking as an ATCK part 2 (ft. Tanya Podvrsan)

    10/18/2025

    Job Seeking as an ATCK part 2 (ft. Tanya Podvrsan)

    Tanya joins us again to discuss new updates in job hunting as a TCK. Tanya, a fellow TCK and an International Career coach, who shares her story of navigating through finding her career and giving us practical tips in the process of searching for jobs. Job Seeking as an ATCK part 1 Tanya Podvrsan, international career coach and recruiter, empowers individuals, leaders, and teams within French startups for more than two decades. Currently, she trains and coaches in French, English and Slovene individuals, managers, and executives in their job search/recruitment navigation globally. Tanya is also active in the local Kodiko Association for refugee job search, promoting training and coaching in an untapped talent. She's an American-Slovene and lives in Strasbourg France.Instagram: ⁠@tanyapodvrsan⁠------------------------If you would like to be a guest on the podcast as well, feel free to reach out and send us a message on Instagram!If you have any questions of just want to reach out follow me on the following: Insta: @mariesuazoauthor FB: mariesuazoauthor Email: info.marieauthor@gmail.comLike what you hear? Consider sponsoring this podcast monthly to help me continue on making this content :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support me!⁠------------------------------------------Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

    43 min
  7. Navigating Repatriation (ft. John Tamayo)

    10/03/2025

    Navigating Repatriation (ft. John Tamayo)

    Fellow TCK, John, shares his research on Filipino TCKs coming back to their home country and what his personal experience has been like being a Filipino Cambodian TCK. John is a Fil-ATCK who lived in Cambodia due to his parents' missionary work starting at the age of 5. He stayed there and was homeschooled for the majority of his life until he was 21. Because of his experiences, he is now pursuing a Graduate degree in Counseling, driven by his passion to be an ear to people who need to be heard. He loves coffee and enjoys reading manhwa. He's just a chill guy. --------------- If you would like to be a guest on the podcast or just want to connect, feel free to reach out! Insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mariesuazoauthor ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mariesuazoauthor ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Like what you hear? Consider supporting this podcast monthly to help me continue on making this content :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/MarieSuazo⁠ ------------ Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers

    51 min
  8. Friendship and Transitions part 2 (ft. Carmen Doerwald)

    09/26/2025

    Friendship and Transitions part 2 (ft. Carmen Doerwald)

    Fellow TCK, Carmen, gives us an update on her transition to Colombia from earlier this year. She shares some of the things she has gotten used to and some of the new challenges she is facing in this transition. Born in Germany, grew up and educated in Beijing and the UK, Carmen was exposed to a variety of cultures as a result of her multicultural upbringing to a German father and a Cantonese mother. At just 15 months old, Carmen and her family relocated to Beijing due to her father’s work assignment, a move that was initially intended to last two years. The biggest plot twist led them to stay in Beijing for 18 years instead where she attended and graduated from an international high school. Carmen returned back to Germany for work with the intent to reconnect with her roots. However, what she hadn't anticipated was the reverse culture shock and the challenge of "fitting in" to a culture she thought she knew. Through her own experiences, Carmen seeks to share her insights on the value of relationships and the meaning of identity. She hopes to educate others about the rewarding as well as the challenging aspects of living as a multicultural third culture kid. It gave her the opportunity to develop resilience and open-mindedness while also acknowledging the struggles of identity, home, unstable environment and dealing with endless goodbyes. Instagram: @⁠carmelita627_ --------------- If you would like to be a guest on the podcast or just want to connect, feel free to reach out! Insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mariesuazoauthor ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mariesuazoauthor ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Like what you hear? Consider supporting this podcast monthly to help me continue on making this content :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/MarieSuazo ------------ Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers

    52 min
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To Third Culture Kids out there who want to hear from a fellow TCK, I'm your girl! All about growing up as a TCK, self-awareness, cultures, and mental health. I just wanted to share my story and bring on other TCK friends who share their stories or the joys and struggles growing up in different cultures and learning embrace our roots. Join us on this journey and I hope you can learn and grow right alongside of us!

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  • Creator
    Marie Suazo
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    111
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Marie Suazo
  • Show Website
    Talks with a TCK Friend