“Home is not a place, it is a feeling” Raising kids across continents with author Samantha Frearson-Tubito | Ep 52

Sam Frearson Tubito is the global nomad and memoirist behind Beneath a Borrowed Sky. With a life spanning continents—from the West Indies to Africa, Asia, Europe, and beyond—Sam shares how a childhood of constant movement shaped her sense of identity, belonging, and ultimately, the way she raised her own four children across the world. Together, she and Mickelle explore the beauty and complexity of creating a deep sense of home—one that transcends geography.

Sam reflects on the resilience and adaptability ingrained in third-culture kids, the challenges of shifting between cultures, and the pivotal decision to raise her own children differently—choosing to keep them with her rather than sending them to boarding school, as she experienced. She shares how intentional parenting, cultural immersion, and structuring stability amid change helped her family thrive.

In this episode:
 Sam’s Third-Culture Kid Legacy – Sam unpacks her family’s multi-generational history of global living.
Raising Global Citizens – Her conscious decision to live an expat life while raising kids.
PrioritizingStability – The strategies she used to help her children feel at home anywhere.
The Reality of Expat Motherhood – The unseen emotional labor, career trade-offs, and shifting identities.
Where is Home? – Sam’s elegant perspective on belonging and why home is more a feeling than a place.

The Legacy of Expat Family Life- Now that her children are adults, how they continue to find connection across continents.

Learn more about Sam, her life, and updates about her books by visiting, WanderingIdentity.com

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