Global Trellis: The Podcast

Nobody wants to spend years on dysfunctional teams or doing what you are not really cut out for. In today’s episode, Amy and Bernie dig into Patrick Lencioni’s six Working Geniuses model. We all have areas where what we are doing just flows and gives us energy, things we can do with competency, and tasks that drain us. The question is, are you working in your genius, competency, or frustration and how can you work more in your God given geniuses.  📚 The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni🧪 The Working Genius Assessment 🧑‍🎄 Amy as “Santa” galvanizing her reindeer sisters Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

Two days after her last shift as an OR nurse, Cheryl Ens joins Amy and Bernie to talk about moving to Guatemala in midlife, raising support in 2026, and why no season of preparation is ever wasted. This is a refreshing look at the field for anyone who’s been there a while, and a nudge for anyone who may be holding back. If you’ve been on the field years ago, you’ll get a peek at what the newcomers joining you are going through to get there now.Cheryl’s website: https://www.thisguatemalanlife.com Cheryl’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisguatemalanlife/Amy’s Book: Getting Started: Making the Most of Your First Year in Cross-Cultural ServiceGlobal Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

How do you love the place God has called you to, especially when culture stress makes it hard? Karli Von Herbulis joins Amy and Bernie to share 30 Days of Prayer and Learning, a guide to praying for your host culture from its systems down to its most overlooked people. They also talk about using it with your team and your supporters, or even when moving back to your passport country.🙏 Get your copy of 30 Days of Prayer and Learning for Your Host Country (included in Insiders)Other Resources from Third Culture Thriving This year:✈️ Transition Workbook for when you are transitioning to a new country (included in Insiders)🛂 Passport Country Trip Planner (included in Insiders)Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

How do you keep up with work while traveling without missing the point of the trip? Amy and Bernie share practical ways to travel with less pressure: adjust your expectations, simplify your workflow, and use a pocket notebook to stay present in conversations. They also discuss why the simplest tool can sometimes work better than the fanciest one.✏️ Obsidian Notes at https://obsidian.md/📔 Here are Field Notes on Amazon or you can link to Field notes here: https://fieldnotesbrand.com/Global Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

In this episode, Melanie Moxness joins Amy and Bernie to explore the characters who often shape our inner lives: Managers, firefighters, and exiles. Drawing on the book Boundaries for Your Soul by Dr. Allison Cook and Kimberly Miller and Internal Family System theory, they discuss how this framework can help cross-cultural workers recognize emotional patterns, tend their souls, and seek support as they grow in the field.📘Boundaries for Your Soul: How to Turn Your Overwhelming Thoughts and Feelings into Your Greatest Allies by Dr. Allison Cook and Kimberly Miller🫖 Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse in Boulder, CORelated Podcast Episodes🌿 Caring for Your Soul as a Global Worker: Lessons from Karli von Herbulis🌿 Vices and Virtues: How to Tend Your Soul With David Wu and Beth Forshee🌿 Soul Tending for Resilience: A conversation with Virgil TannerGlobal Trellis: The Podcast Join Insiders

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 YoungGlobal 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 BensonArticles 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 FieldWorkshops 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 ChangAnd @melheals_longcovid where Melanie shares her LC healing journeyGlobal 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