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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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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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 Benson

Articles 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 Field

Workshops 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}

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