Karina Carter is a Russian-Dutch-Brit who has called 9 countries home! She’s actually just about to make Indonesia her next stop so glad I caught her while I could. Karina grew up in 1990s post-Soviet Union Russia at a time of widespread crisis and misery. Her grandmother died by su!c!de, her father left the family with mountains of debt, Russian mafia were threatening her family and all around her were stories of trauma and bare survival.  On this episode, Karina tells Third Culture Therapy podcast what a childhood in that environment taught her and how she had to unlearn some things when she moved to The Netherlands as a teenager. She also talks about how the war in Ukraine and the international enmity of Russia and Russians has torn relationships apart and made her question her own identity.  Karina's recommended reading: Who lost Russia - Peter Conradi The Gates of Europe - Serhii Plokhy