My story began before I was even born. My family, Chinese, was living in communist China and they were pregnant, with me, their second child. For those who do not know, at the time, China had a one child policy and my parents already had an 8 year old daughter. This means, my parents had… Read More »My Origin Story
My family (like most of China at this time,) were poor, and had to borrow money to immigrate over to Canada. Luckily, 2 of my uncles had already come over so having that support was extremely helpful but growing up as a Third Culture Kid is never easy. My parents had to work extremely hard… Read More »Third Culture Kid & Codependency
Do you remember your first betrayal? Growing up in an immigrant family, my parents had to work really hard to provide for our family. My grandmother was my main caretaker and was the closest adult I had in my life. I remember I had this moment of clarity as a child, I don’t recall how… Read More »How to Work Through Betrayal