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. 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
  3. 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!