About this episode

Dr Rachel Cason reflects on the challenges of storytelling and the pain of being misunderstood, drawing connections to Rousseau's artwork.

Today I'm reflecting on how hard it can feel to tell our story in a way that fully reflects our experiences, and the pain of seeing our attempts to share misunderstood. These reflections took me to Rousseau's 'Surprised' piece - where he depicts a tiger in a jungle, frightened in a storm. There is a connection, I promise! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Dr Rachel Cason

Topics covered

• storytelling
• identity
• Third Culture Kids
• misunderstanding
• self-reflection

Keywords

• Third Culture Kid
• storytelling
• identity
• Rousseau
• self-reflection
• misunderstanding
• tiger

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Rousseau's 'Surprised', A Tiger & a TCK

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