Global Trellis: The Podcast

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.comGlobal 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 HydeA 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 FujimuraArgues 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 GlyerA 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 ShawA 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 RiesExplores 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 conflictGlobal 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

Why do some third culture kids come through a cross-cultural childhood resilient and rooted, while others quietly struggle to feel like they belong anywhere? Author and coach Anna Danforth has spent years studying exactly that question, and in this episode she joins Amy and Bernie to talk about the answer she landed on: support — specifically, seven kinds of it. Drawing from her new book, Nourished: Third Culture Kids and the Village They Need, Anna breaks down the seven essential supports that separate surviving from flourishing, and gives parents, leaders, and caring adults concrete ways to show up for the TCKs in their lives.📚 Nourished: Third Culture Kids and the Village They Need on Amazon🌐 Anna Danforth website⚒️ Nourished Simulator Tool🎯 TCK Training Safe Space Responses🎧 Other episodes with Anna on the podcast:When Grief is Unrecognized: Disenfranchised Grief with Anna Danforth (here)Eight Experiences to Build Resilience in Third Culture Kids (TCKs) with Anna Danforth (here)How to Communicate Change in Cross-Cultural Work to Supporters with Anna Danforth (here)Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Is it possible for Mom and Dad to sabbatical at the same time? If you’ve ever tried, you know it’s tough. In this “Mailbag Episode,” Amy and Bernie are joined by Jenilee Goodwin to explore how parents with kids at home can realistically experience a sabbatical. They unpack how to redefine sabbatical in a full season of life by slowing the pace, lowering expectations, simplifying meals and schedules, and involving the whole family in supporting mom’s rest (as well as dad’s). Got a question, reach out, we'd love to talk about it. Thank you, listener! 🧭 Sabbatical Journey Course (Global Trellis)Main course page: https://globaltrellis.com/sjcAlso find it via the Shop on Global Trellis: https://globaltrellis.com/shop🏠 Home Assignment / Sabbatical Resource Page (Global Trellis)Includes tips for traveling with infants, TCK resources, general home assignment tips, and a recorded sabbatical panel: https://globaltrellis.com/resources/home-assignment/💪 Coaching With Jenileehttps://jenileerachel.com/ Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Women's security on the field isn't solved by a checklist or a one-off self-defence session, it's built through listening, learning, and making changes that actually fit the context. Shannon Mureithi of Crisis Consulting International joins Amy and Bernie to share practical, accessible steps that organisations and individuals can take right now to meaningfully increase women's safety and dignity in cross-cultural work. Practical, honest, and full of tools you can actually use, this is one episode you'll want to share with your whole team.🎧 Global Trellis Podcast: Gender and Culture Shock with Rachel Pieh Jones: https://globaltrellis.com/episode/44/🍇 Sexual Harassment, Abuse, and Assault in Cross-Cultural Work research paper and resources: https://globaltrellis.com/lets-talk-about-sexual-harassment/🎯 Crisis Consulting International: https://ccionline.site/Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Before you ever landed on the field, you were already shaped by distorted ideas about authority, power, calling, and the body of Christ—and chances are, you're still carrying them. In this episode, Cori Crawford Van Oss joins Amy and Bernie to name five heresies that cross-cultural workers bring with them or encounter on the field. They also explore the tools you need to recognise, resist, and replace them with Christlike, Spirit-led shepherding.🎯 Cori Crawford Van Oss’ Website: https://coricrawfordvanoss.com/📃 Here is a PDF chart of the five heresies and the truth to combat them.🌪️ Narcissism Week: 5 days of training geared for cross-cultural workers, included in Insiders🎧 Global Trellis Podcast with Stacey Covell: More than a Machine: Your Personal Dreams Have ValueGlobal Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

What is something you’ve always wanted to do? Discover why your God-given dreams and creative pursuits matter—even when they’re not “ministry related”—and how they can actually protect you from burnout and add richness to your life and work. In this episode, Bernie, Amy, and Stacey offer practical, grace-filled ideas for naming your dreams, taking small consistent steps, and investing time and resources in what brings you joy. Share some of your dreams with the rest of us! 💭 Workshop: How to Guard a Dream [Available here]✍️ Connect with Stacey at One Word Editing: https://www.onewordediting.com/Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

In this episode, Amy and Bernie talk with Emily Maljanian (who also happens to be Amy's niece!) from Wordsmith Services about why donor communication is essential for staying funded, connected, and emotionally supported in cross-cultural work. Emily shares practical tips for writing brief, consistent newsletters, even if you don't see yourself as a writer. Whether you're just starting out or feeling stuck in your communication rhythm, this conversation will leave you energized and ready to reconnect with the people who make your work possible. Tune in and get ready to be encouraged!✍️ From Emily:Newsletter Story Worksheet (Free) – 13 questions to help you brainstorm stories before you write: https://wordsmithservices.net/worksheet  Donor Communication Cohort – Emily’s 8-week cohort (training, edits, and community) begins June 10: https://wordsmithservices.net/cohort  Use code TRELLIS for 10% off for the Global Trellis community. 🎧 Related Podcast Episodes: Five Steps to Make Your Newsletter Writing Fun [Listen Here] Elevating Your Newsletter Design for Maximum Impact with Karen Huber [Listen Here] 🌿Global Trellis Resources: Write Interesting Newsletters (Win!) Course: available here Enjoying Newsletters (Book by Amy Young): available hereGlobal Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Every culture, organization, and person operates under an "overstory"—a dominant narrative so pervasive it's nearly invisible. In this episode, Amy and Bernie unpack Malcolm Gladwell's concept of overstories and explore what it means for cross-cultural workers who are constantly navigating between competing narratives. If you've ever felt disoriented, misunderstood, or stuck in a cultural context, or just curious about what's going on, this concept might explain why.📕 The Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell📝 The online Holistic Conference for Global Workers (includes the Overstories worksheet and the bonus resource of Toxic Leadership Assessment). The conference is 50% off through May 15, 2026.🎧 Three podcast episodes:Global Online Conference: Holistic Care for Cross-Cultural Workers [Listen here]Holistic Care for Cross-Cultural Workers: Insights from the Global Trellis Team [Listen here]How to use The Toxic Leadership Assessment [Listen here]🍇 The membership Insiders includes monthly Live prayer activities, all workshops, and 50% courses and conferences (the sale stacks!)Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

After living and serving on the field, do you ever wonder if you’re ruined for finding work that will feel as meaningful again? You’re not alone. In this episode, Amy and Bernie step into the disorienting space of re-entry and finding a job.  because what you did on the field doesn’t seem to translate to a job. We unpack the messy middle of transition, wondering what skills still matter and how God might be inviting you into a new season of meaningful work.Read this article by Bernie: When Your Global Calling Doesn’t Translate Back HomeAmy’s Book: Looming Transitions (audio book and workbook on Global Trellis, available here on Amazon)Connect with Bernie about the Career Sweet Spot Assessment Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Description: This episode explores the importance of design and visual branding in creating effective newsletters and communications for cross-cultural workers. Guest expert, Karen Huber, joins Amy and Bernie to share practical advice on leveraging design elements to engage supporters and convey the heart of your ministry.Karen created a PDF that covers three helpful areas when it comes to newsletter design:—What are three newsletter best practices?—What are three ways newsletters go wrong?—Now, let’s talk design specifics: color, font, and images/photosGet the PDF here.Show Notes and Links: Resources mentioned in the episode:MailChimp - An email marketing platform discussed as an option for cross-cultural workers: mailchimp.comConstant Contact - Another email marketing platform recommended in the episode: constantcontact.comSendGrid - The email marketing platform available through Microsoft that was mentioned: sendgrid.comCanva - The design tool referenced for creating a color palette and style guide: canva.comCanva Color Finder - The specific Canva feature discussed for extracting color palettes from images: canva.com/colors/color-palette-generator"Write Interesting Newsletters" - A course offered by Global Trellis"Enjoying Newsletters" - A book written by Amy Young, the co-host of this podcastCheck out the simple design elements of Substack, and while you’re at it, feel free to subscribe to the free version of Bernie’s Substack essays. Additionally, the episode provided the contact information for the guest expert, Karen Huber:Website: fullstopcopy.coInstagram: @karengobraghGlobal Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

This episode of the Global Trellis podcast explores the art of writing effective newsletters for cross-cultural workers. Hosts Amy Young and Bernie Anderson provide practical tips and mindset shifts to help listeners improve their newsletter communication and build stronger relationships with their supporters. Next week we continue the conversation with Karen Huber and the visual aspects of newsletters.Show Notes: Enjoying Newsletters book by Amy YoungWrite Interesting Newsletters course on Global Trellis Insiders (50% off for Insiders)Global Trellis website globaltrellis.com for more resources and informationGlobal Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders