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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 Service

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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)

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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/

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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

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🌿 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 Tanner

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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

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