Episodes

  • Season 4 Episode 7: Working with Cross-Cultural Teams with Stephanie Schwarz

    Season 4 Episode 7: Working with Cross-Cultural Teams with Stephanie Schwarz
    Jun 11 2024
    Join Brandi and James as they talk to Stephanie Schwarz. She is a Registered Psychologist working with individuals, families, couples, and children. She enjoys building relationships in communities, connecting with schools, providing supervision, and supporting people negotiating international transitions. Today the conversation is about the challenges with cross-cultural teams. This includes navigating conflict and much […]
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    Less than 1 minute
  • Season 4 Episode 6: Attachment Styles and Our relationship to God with Dr. Ted Wueste

    Season 4 Episode 6: Attachment Styles and Our relationship to God with Dr. Ted Wueste
    Apr 24 2024
    Join Brandi and James as they interview Dr. Ted Wueste on Attachment Theory and how it impacts our relationship with God. You can find more about Ted at https://desertdirection.com. “attachment theory, in developmental psychology, the theory that humans are born with a need to form a close emotional bond with a caregiver and that such […]
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    44 mins
  • Season 4 Episode 5: Addictions with Verne Salter

    Season 4 Episode 5: Addictions with Verne Salter
    Mar 25 2024
    Brandi and James welcome Verne Salter to discuss addiction and its impact on cross-cultural workers. One of the bigger factors is that whatever is dealt with in our home context gets intensified when moving cross-culturally. This also may be complicated by the loss of healthy anchors. The result is issues that might only be minor […]
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    45 mins
  • Season 4 Episode 4: Missional Resilience with Goeff Whiteman; Listening to Member Care.

    Season 4 Episode 4: Missional Resilience with Goeff Whiteman; Listening to Member Care.
    Mar 25 2024
    Brandi and James welcome back Geoff Whiteman, ThM, LMFT, to discuss missional resilience and what he has learned from his most recent study listening to member care professionals. You can learn more and get in touch with Geoff at www.resilientglobalworker.org “At the end of our grit, missional resilience really flourishes, and we come to the […]
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    40 mins
  • Season 4 Episode 3: TCK Educational Needs with Bethany Walker

    Season 4 Episode 3: TCK Educational Needs with Bethany Walker
    Feb 19 2024
    Bethany Walker is currently the curriculum director of an online Christian school called Norhtline Academy, which has been serving global workers for over 25 years. She has extensive experience teaching, developing curriculum, and living cross-culturally. You can read more about her here. Families are going to have unique needs, and those pieces of resourcing are […]
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    44 mins
  • Season 4 Episode 2: Talkin’ ’bout my g g g… Sandwich Generation with Hannele Secchi

    Season 4 Episode 2: Talkin’ ’bout my g g g… Sandwich Generation with Hannele Secchi
    Feb 1 2024
    Hannele Secchia serves with SIL in Ethiopia, where she grew up and has lived and worked for the last 15 years. In Ethiopia, she has served SIL, Bingham Academy, and the broader cross-cultural community in a variety of care-oriented ways. Currently, she is the President of Families in Global Transition. The Sandwich Generation “This is […]
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    42 mins
  • Season 4 Episode 1: The Transition of Retirement with Shonna Ingram

    Season 4 Episode 1: The Transition of Retirement with Shonna Ingram
    Jan 19 2024
    Join Brandi and James as they interview Shonna Ingram about transitions and retirement. It can often be a taboo subject but can be an opportunity to celebrate a different life stage and is worth planning for. “Retirement is a hard transition for people. It may not be only the re-entry or retirement issue; it could […]
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    41 mins
  • Season 3 Episode 12: 2023 Wrap up

    Season 3 Episode 12: 2023 Wrap up
    Dec 22 2023
    Join Brandi and James as they wrap up 2023 with some highlights, trends, and what they look forward to next year. One way to incorporate this same idea yourself or with your family would be through the practice of an Examen. Pausing to notice the highs and lows of the year and to write down […]
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    24 mins