Juliet’s Fitness Journey

My family used to travel to Taiwan almost every single year when I was in elementary and middle school. My aunts and uncles would squish my cheeks and exclaim, “They are so squishable! You are so cute!” My cousins would say to me, “Not as skinny as your sister! You’re a little chubby!” Those were my earliest memories of people commenting on my body, and it really affected the way I saw myself.

Third Culture Kid Diaries: Part 1

It’s weird moving back to Taiwan. It’s weird because I managed to find a home in four out of six countries I lived in, but not in my country of birth and citizenship. I’ve been thinking about this lately and that’s what prompted me to start this series, “Third Culture Kid Diaries”.