Anyone who has grown up in more than one culture may feel that they are living in in-betweenship, meaning that they are between cultures and may feel that they don't fit one hundred per cent in a particular culture. I have studied what in-betweenship means, written a thesis on the subject and have used my own lived experiences of it to help other people in my professional work by helping others to use in-betweenship as a strength. We can use interpersonal skills to move freely between different worlds and connect with our whole selves without having to compromise ourselves.

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In-betweenship can be defined as not having a static identity but a more fluid one that crosses several different norms and boundaries and can therefore be considered to have a mixed identity and culture. A person's experience of in-betweenship can create a sense of not belonging to a group or feeling a sense of belonging to a group or groups, even though that group or groups do not treat you as belonging to that group. These cultures can often clash, creating multiple self-consciousnesses within, and you may feel the need to suppress one culture while simultaneously suppressing part of your own identity.

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This can be recognized because a person's sense of belonging to a culture is often based on privileges linked to that culture and those privileges can change back and forth. Living in in-betweenship creates new opportunities to look at the world from a different perspective, which in turn can work against hierarchies and power structures in society.

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I explain how to use in-betweenship as a superpower to embrace your own identity but also to utilize the knowledge of holding multiple perspectives to create an inclusive and supportive society. I will guide you on how to utilize in-betweenship and the knowledge it contains.