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Sometimes the guide you need shows up in the last place you'd look. For Amy, it was a book about seven U.S. presidents. Life After Power by Jared Cohen follows what each of them did once the White House was behind them, and somewhere around the third president she thought, "Wait, this sounds a lot like cross-cultural workers." Whether you're in the middle of a transition, watching one get closer, or haven't thought about life after the field at all, Amy and Bernie talk through what these unlikely mentors have to teach us. If you're wondering whether life will stink after you leave the field, this one's for you. 📗 Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House  by Jaren Cohen 📝 7 Paths After the Field from 7 Unlikely Mentors —article by Amy Young Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

In this episode, Amy and Bernie talk with counselor and author Charlene Benson about her book Unstuck and her simple but powerful model for navigating relational conflict. Using the metaphor of a road with two ditches—Others-Focused and Me-Focused—Charlene unpacks how fear keeps us stuck and offers practical steps to move toward win–win, healthy relationships on teams, in families, and on the field. 📚 Unstuck: Move from Powerless to Empowered in Your Relationships by Charlene Benson Articles from Global Trellis for your relationships: 👥 Can people from different cultures actually make decisions together? 👥 How to Give Feedback in a Cross-Cultural Setting 👥 What's hard about being a teammate? 👥 How to handle being hurt by others 👥 Conflict Management on the Field Workshops from Global Trellis for your relationships: 🌿 Red, Yellow, Green Model on the Field 🌿 Transition Workbook: The Spaces Between Nations 🌿 Capacity Series Discussion and Activity Guide 🌿 A Mediator's Guide to Listening 🌿 Forgiveness 103: Forgiving Others 🌿 One Another Challenge: Working as a Team {5 Days} Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Amy and Bernie have a fun and helpful conversation with Melanie Moxness who shares how long COVID, injury, and prolonged physical healing led her to a practical "theology of the body." Melanie shares her story helping listeners discover God's presence, grace, and purpose in physical limitation when that becomes more of your calling than you'd like. Dr. Brad Fanestil (The Boulder Institute for Mind Body Medicine) Keith Demmon (PT, DPT, TPS at CU Sports Medicine) Dr. Lee Warren (follow on Instagram @drleewarren) The Anxiety Opportunity by Curits Chang And @melheals_longcovid where Melanie shares her LC healing journey Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

You’re doing better than you think! In this episode, Amy shares five very different milestones—spanning 18 months to 90 years—converging to reveal one core truth: your quiet, faithful work is building more than you can see and why your faithfulness matters more than you know. 🌿 Sexual harassment on the field resources: https://globaltrellis.com/lets-talk-about-sexual-harassment/ 🎉 The One Hundredth Episode: A High-Five of Celebration: https://globaltrellis.com/episode/100/ Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Which zone are you in? Scott Brennan along with Amy and Bernie explore the comfort zone, stretch zone, and panic zone—a simple framework for understanding spiritual formation. Many cross-cultural workers stay in the  stretch and panic zones, burning out in the process. Drawing on the Desert Fathers, Celtic spirituality, and real field experience, Scott unpacks why genuine rest matters, when stretch is healthy, and how to recognize (and exit) panic—for the sake of both your soul and your ministry. You're going to love this conversation! 📚Scott’s Substack (https://scottbrennan12.substack.com/, you’ll find the Stretch Zone article behind the paywall) 🌿 Rule of Life Podcast episode: https://globaltrellis.com/episode/26/ 🪏 How To Build a Rule of Life (article): https://globaltrellis.com/how-to-build-a-rule-of-life-for-cross-cultural-workers/ 🪴12 Week Build a Rule of Life for Cross Cultural Workers (included in Insiders): ​​https://globaltrellis.com/shop/build-a-rule-of-life/ Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Lori Ferrell joins Amy and Bernie to explore play as a spiritual practice, drawing on her own burnout and the sabbatical that helped her rediscover joy. They talk through why adults lose the habit of play, and how small things — baking bread, nature exploration, or a simple 15 minutes of fun a day — can reconnect us to a playful God. 🔖  Read Lori's article: Let's Play! (Global Trellis) 👀  Watch the workshop: You Need to Laugh (included in Insiders) 💚 Visit Lori's website: sanctuaryvero.com Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Amy and Bernie go through the High Five of Celebration as they review the first 100 episodes. High-five to you, our guests, listeners, and stream members who have one hundred episodes of Global Trellis: the Podcast possible. We also share from you and the listeners survey. Find out where around the world this podcast is listened to, favorite episodes, and more. Join us today as we celebrate 100 episodes and look to what is next. Thank you, thank you! We are so grateful for you. ✋Get the High-Five of Celebration (PDF and short video) https://globaltrellis.com/how-to-be-better-at-celebrating/ 🎉 Listen to the episode about the High-Five of Celebration: https://globaltrellis.com/episode/27/ Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Amy and Bernie talk to author Heather Fallis about her newest book, For Those Who Send: Prayers for Those With Loved Ones Serving Abroad. Heather shares how launching her daughter to college exposed the deep, unseen cost borne by parents, families, churches, and supporters as senders—and how liturgy gives them language for both grief and joy for their loved ones. Looking for a supporter gift? This episode, and book, could be just what you’re looking for! 🌐Heather’s Website: https://www.liturgiesforalifeabroad.com/ ☝️Heather’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liturgiesforalifeabroad/ 🙏Interested in liturgies? Read this article interview with Heather and listen to this podcast with Heather where she explains them https://globaltrellis.com/episode/43/ 🎁 Looking for a supporter gift? Or a way to pray as a sender yourself? Get your copy of For Those Who Send: Prayers for Those With Loved Ones Serving Abroad today! Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

When a global move is on the horizon—be it planned or abrupt—how do you handle the logistics, as well as the soul work of leaving well? In this episode, Amy and Bernie talk again with Karli VonHerbulis about a transition workbook, created especially for cross-cultural workers. This valuable resource is packed with practical tools, reflective prompts, and debrief-style questions to help cross-cultural workers transition with intention instead of regret.  ✈️ Transitions Workbook: https://globaltrellis.com/shop/transition-workbook-the-spaces-between-nations/ 🌿 Transition Workbook included in Global Trellis Insiders: https://globaltrellis.com/insiders/   ✅ Kari VonHerbulis on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karlivonherbulis/ Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Have you ever gone from talking to a neighbor in one language straight into a team meeting in a different language? Or written a newsletter and then WhatsApp messaged siblings about aging parents? Or worked all day and then headed to a ministry event in the evening. If you have, I bet that at times, those daily transitions haven't always gone as smoothly as you'd hoped. Why? Because you didn't know how to lock-through in your daily life. In this episode, Amy talks boats, locks, and how you can handle daily transitions. You can be “locked-in” and “locked-through.” This is our first episode that comes with a PDF download and use as you listen to the episode. (You can listen without it, but after listening, you’ll want it!) 🚢 Get your PDF on being Locked-in and Locked-through here. https://globaltrellis.com/a-resource-for-transitions-you-face-every-day 📚 Strong Ground by Brené Brown  Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Most organizations have a sexual harassment policy to handle incidents within their organization. Far fewer have a plan for what to actually do when an incident happens in the host culture. Stacey Covell returns to the show to join Amy and Bernie in unpacking best practices for handling the “dog bites” (isolated incidents) and “mosquito bites” (frequent reality) that your people experience. We’ve created a “best practices” document that you can download and use as is. Or feel free to use it as a starting point. It’s yours to use! Now you can cover incidents within your organization and within the host culture. 🙌 📖 Read and download the best practices here: https://globaltrellis.com/best-practices-for-handling-sexual-harassment-abuse-and-assault-within-a-host-culture/ 🔬 You can also find it on the Research page for Let’s Talk About It: Sexual Harassment, Abuse, and Assault on the Field: https://globaltrellis.com/lets-talk-about-sexual-harassment/ Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

It’s no surprise that Amy and Bernie love books! In this fun episode each brings three books they’ve recently read—a novel, a cross-cultural pick, and a surprise—to spark your imagination, help tend your soul, and strengthen long-haul life in ministry. What are you reading right now? Leave your answers in the comments! We’d love to know!  Theo of Golden – Alan Levi  A tender, character-driven novel about an 86-year-old who quietly blesses strangers, inviting readers to really see and honor the image of God in others. Kindness in action.  Have You Seen Luis Velez? – Catherine Ryan Hyde A moving story of friendship between a vulnerable blind woman and a teenage boy, exploring dignity, cross-generational connection, and learning to really notice people. You’ll love it! Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life (2nd ed.) – Makoto Fujimura Argues that culture is a garden to be cultivated, not a war to be won, offering a hopeful vision for artists, leaders, and cross-cultural workers as “border-stalkers.” You’ll be inspired. The Major and the Missionary: The Letters of Warren Hamilton Lewis and Blanche Biggs – ed. Diana Pavlac Glyer A decades-long letter exchange between C.S. Lewis’s brother and a missionary doctor, giving rare, honest insight into cross-cultural life, friendship, and long obedience. Delightful read. Liturgies of the Wild: The Myths That Make Us – Martin Shaw A beautifully written, imaginative meditation on themes like death, envy, and prayer that helps restore a “myth-rich” inner world and tend the soul of those who never quite feel at home. Food for your soul! Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Companies Stay Great – Eric Ries Explores how systems drift toward corruption and short-termism, and how to design structures with a “gravitational pull” toward long-term health—highly relevant for ministries and organizations. Must read (or listen to)! Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Many men in cross-cultural work feel confused about their role when the women around them—wives, single teammates, daughters—face harassment. The instinct to protect and fix kicks in, but when that's not possible, many default to doing nothing. Tom Jones (husband of Rachel Pieh Jones) joins Amy and Bernie to move men past this paralysis, bringing a wealth of practical advice and hope to listeners who want to show up differently. 🎧 Global Trellis Podcast: Sexual Harassment While on the Field with Rachel Pieh Jones: https://globaltrellis.com/episode/17/ 🎧 Global Trellis Podcast: Let’s Talk About It: Sexual Harassment, Abuse, and Assault on the Field with Stacey Covell: https://globaltrellis.com/episode/78/ 🎧 Global Trellis Podcast: Defining the Terms: What’s the Difference Between Sexual Harassment, Abuse, and Assault? https://globaltrellis.com/episode/81/ 🍇 Sexual Harassment, Abuse, and Assault in Cross-Cultural Work research paper and resources: https://globaltrellis.com/lets-talk-about-sexual-harassment/ Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Do you avoid conflict, or actually resolve it? Dr. Janeen Davis used to run from hard conversations on the field, until she found "Peace Pursuit," a biblically-grounded model for working through long-standing conflict with teammates. In this episode, she, Amy, and Bernie dig into what it means to address conflict one relationship at a time, starting with God, and how to walk into a peacemaking conversation actually prepared. This is a great episode to listen to before you need it and one that offers hope if you’re in the middle of a team conflict. Articles and Resources 🕊️ Healthy Disagreements on Cross-Cultural Teams — uses Erin Meyer's Culture Map framework to map out emotional expression and directness styles in conflict 🧩 Conflict Management on the Field — walks through six conflict management options 🧹 Enlarging Capacity by Evicting the Squatters In Your Head — on releasing relational grudges that drain emotional capacity 👂 A Mediator's Guide to Listening (workshop) — five key ways to listen when you're pulled in to mediate a conflict 🤝 Peace Pursuit website: https://peacepersuit.org/ Podcast 🎧 When to get Outside Help in Cross-Cultural Work with Brian and Andrew — on Christian mediation for teams stuck in conflict Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Amy and Bernie walk through the stages of singleness on the field—from flexible 20s to calling questions in the 30s, the “in-between” 40s, and the realities of aging parents and retirement later in life. You’ll get a clear, practical look at what singles carry in each decade and how teams can genuinely honor, include, and support them. 💰 Ending Well Costs Money (Read here) 💧 How to Picture All You are Carrying on the Field (Read here) 🎋 Realism and Optimism: Does it have to be either/or? Can it be both? (Read here) 👚 Annual Debrief (get it here) Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders