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Third Culture Thriving — 163 episodes

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130. Be Curious, Not...Anxious?

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129. My Frequent Flyer Travel Tips

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128. My Favorite Question to Ask Global Workers

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127. When You Just Aren't Feeling It

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126. Understanding Your Allostatic Load

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125. Introducing THE WELL: A Soul Care Podcast

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124. When Right Now, It's All Too Much

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123. Questions to Ask Yourself When Leadership is Problematic

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122. Rule of Life: Revisited

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121. My Favorite Books of the Last Year

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120. Surviving a Summer Trip Part 2: On the Ground

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119. Surviving a Summer Trip Part 1: Planning

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118. When Unrest Simmers Close By

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117. Hello! We're Back! What's Saving My Life?

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See You Next Week!

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116. Playing the "God Card"

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115. FREE Resources! A Review

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114. When Grief Travels With You

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113. When Staff Lets You Down

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112. A Tree Glorifies God by Being a Tree

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111. Obedience is the Mission

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110. What's Saving My Life Right Now

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109. WE BACK Y'ALL! But where have I been?

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108. WSML Travel Edition!

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107. Overwhelmed? 3 Quick, Mindful Grounding Techniques

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106. Let's Build Your Global Worker Reading List

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105. Spiritual Disciplines, or Spiritual Practices? Which do I Need?

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104. A Fourth Quarter Reflection

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103. When Dreams Are For a Season

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102. Reflections on Sabbaths and Sabbaticals

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101. Lessons from my Summer Off (+3 Small, Peaceful Rhythms to Try)

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100. The State of My Soul (+ a Summer Sabbatical Manifesto)

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99. What's Saving My Life (Spring 2023 Edition)

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98. 7 Surprises From 7 Years in Rwanda

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97. What Do You Desire FOR Me?

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96. Transitioning Countries? A Gift For You

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95. The Powerful Practice of Retreat

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94. Valuing Family Over Ministry

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93. Navigating Money Requests

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92. Random Things to Make Life Overseas Easier

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91. MORE Questions for Sending Agencies and Partner Organizations

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90. Questions for Sending Agencies and Partner Organizations

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89. Cultivating a Healthy Marriage on the Field

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88. Join Us for a Lent of Prayer and Learning

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87. Writing Newsletters That Don't Suck

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86. Planning Your Week Well (+ 2023 TCT Overview)

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85. Favorite Things of 2022

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An Invitation to an Intuitive Advent

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Cultural + Theological Blind Spots

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Your Minimum Successful Day

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Permission to Try Things On

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Three Metaphors for Meditation

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The Wisdom of Stability

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Should I Stay, or Should I Go?

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Introducing: our Reflection and Journalling Prompt Card Deck

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Exercising Your Personal Agency

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The Grace of Seasons (Ep 24 Replay)

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Help! My House is Always Dirty!

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The Unseen Impacts of Generosity (+ Some Ideas)

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Setting Personal Terms and Reevaluations

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Quick and Easy Health Tips (Anywhere in the World!)

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BONUS: How do I Sabbath When My Whole Life is Work? (Ep 37 Replay)

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5 Things to do in Your First Month Overseas

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Leaving and Loving Well

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68. Cultural Breaks When You Can't Leave the Field (Ep 11 Replay)

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67. Exactly What We Did to Stay on the Field

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66. Lean into the Shift

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65. Tips for a Smooth Re-Entry (+ What NOT to Do!)

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What's Saving My Life Right Now

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63. When Generosity Becomes Overwhelming

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62. Borrowing Prayers, and My Favorite Prayer Books

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61. FAITH [the intentions project: february]

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What if your dream is actually really hard? [replay]

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59. Decluttering When You Need Backstock

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58. ENDURANCE [the intentions project: january]

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57. Welcome to The Intentions Project

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BONUS: Year End Planner

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56. Making Local Friends

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55. A Greener Third Culture Home

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54. Are We Triaging, or Preventatively Caring for Our Souls?

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53. Coping Strategies for Cultural Stress

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52. Simple Ways to Tend Your Marriage

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51. When You Feel Jaded

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50. On Goodbyes, and Finding New Community

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49. When You Feel Like a Bad Missionary

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48. Creating a Cohort

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47. When You've Changed, and There's Tension

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46. Mourning the Life You Could've Lived

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45. Welcome to Season 3! + Ask Me Anything

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DAY 30: Prayer to Feel at Home

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DAY 29: Prayer for the Lonely

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DAY 28: Prayer for Those in Undesirable Employment

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DAY 27: Prayer for the Persecuted

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DAY 26: Prayer for Non-Traditional Families

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DAY 25: Prayer for Those With Disabilities

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DAY 24: Prayer for Vulnerable Children

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DAY 23: Prayer for Other Faith-Based Workers

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DAY 22: Prayer for Those Experiencing Homelessness

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DAY 21: Prayer for the Elderly

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DAY 20: Prayer for the Sick and Injured

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DAY 19: Prayer for Minority Groups

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Day 18: Prayer for Public Figures

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Day 17: Prayer for the Youth

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DAY 16: Prayer for Local Churches and Leaders

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DAY 15: Prayer for Healthcare Workers

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DAY 14: Prayer for the Privileged

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DAY 13: Prayer for the Education System

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DAY 12: Prayer for Foreign NGO's

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DAY 11: Prayer for Foreign Embassies

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DAY 10: Prayer for Healthcare Systems

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DAY 9: Prayer for Maternal and Infant Health

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DAY 8: Prayer for Climate, and Against Natural Disasters

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DAY 7: Prayer for Freedom of the Press

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DAY 6: Prayer for Crime Rates and Public Safety

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DAY 5: Prayer for the Soil, Livestock, and Food Systems

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DAY 4: Prayer for History and the Future

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DAY 3: Prayer for the Political Climate

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DAY 2: Prayer for the Spiritual Climate

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DAY 1: Prayer and Learning: Our Nation's Role in the World

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44. An Invitation to 30 Days of Prayer and Learning

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43. Hoarding vs. Being Prepared

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42. Boundaries and Bucket Lists

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41. Holistic Development, Simple Living, and Serving Single with Shelbye Renfro

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40. Add Some CELEBRATION To Your Life

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39. When Passport Country Relationships Change

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38. Am I a Missionary? Are You? We Need a New Definition.

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37. What's Sabbath Look Like When My Whole Life Is WORK?

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36. Curating a Rule of Life (+ I'm Sharing Mine)

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35. Finding a Church Home, Accompanying Spouse, and Third Culture Motherhood with Rachel Carroll

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34. Gracious Goal Setting in a Third Culture

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33. Welcome to Season 2! + Best Books of 2020

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Easy Ideas for a Meaningful Advent

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Simple Ways to Practice Gratitude

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Passport Country Trip Planning

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Our Pandemic Travel Experience

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Establishing Family Rhythms

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Cultivating Your Family Culture

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Resources for Spiritual Growth

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Inspo for Homeschooling Abroad

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The Grace of Seasons

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Encouragement for the Trailing Spouse

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Keeping In Touch

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Must-Have Apps For Life Overseas

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Social Media and Cultural Adaptstion

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My Malaria Experience

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Ethical Short Term Teams

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Jet Lag

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When church is a challenge

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Just because you're good at something doesn't mean you HAVE to do it!

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Difficult Conversations With Supporters

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The Surprising Gift of Post-Lockdown Re-Entry

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What is the POINT of ME?

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Taking Cultural Breaks When You Can't Leave Your Host Country

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Creative Ways to Find Abundance

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House Staff Pt. 2: Hiring the perfect person and setting you BOTH up for success

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White Woman in a Black Country: Confessing My Racism as a Privileged Minority

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House Staff Pt 1: Who do you REALLY need to hire?

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Generosity and the poor: are you doing enough?

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What if you're living your dream, and it's actually REALLY HARD?

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Easy Meal Planning, Wherever you are

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We need to DITCH the hardship mentality...sometimes

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A Definition of Thriving

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