This week, Amy and Bernie have a fun and fascinating conversation with Amy Farley, lead pastor of River Church in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Amy shares her unexpected journey from serving Africa to pastoring a vibrant international church, overcoming trauma and embracing her calling.

River Church Vietnam Website: https://riverchurchvietnam.com/

River Church on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riverchurch_vietnam/

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In this episode, Amy and Bernie are joined by Chandler Gilow, the Global Birth Coach, to discuss the complexities of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care for workers living cross-culturally. They discuss the importance of holistic preparation, understanding local medical realities, and the need for both families and organizations to support and advocate for individualized care during this significant life transition. This episode is not just for families of child-birthing age! Leadership and member care who care for or work with cross-cultural worker families, this is a must-listen!

Chandler’s Website: https://www.theglobalbirthcoach.com/

Chandler’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theglobalbirthcoach/

Chandler’s articles on Global Trellis

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Amy and Bernie talk with Beth Forshee about how life on the field can inform, shape, and shift our belief systems. Together, they explore how to normalize these changes rather than fear them, and why it matters for personal and spiritual growth. The episode offers practical encouragement for what to do when your experiences begin to inform or reshape what you believe.

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The Global Trellis Holistic Online Conference

Let’s Talk About It (The Global Trellis Survey Results)

Beth Forshee’s Website

Beth’s Resources at Global Trellis

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In this incredibly important and vulnerable episode, friend of the podcast, Anna Danforth, joins Amy and Bernie to talk about ways grief gets marginalized. They also talk about how to better embrace one another in the things we grieve. You do not want to miss this episode.

That’s Margot in the image! It was the night before she left after 19 wonderful years with Amy.

Anna’s Website

Anna’s Book (Her new book will be here in Spring 2026!)

Grief Resources on Global Trellis

Books about Grief by Lauren Wells

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In a particularly powerful episode, Jenilee Goodwin joins Amy and Bernie for a conversation about the unique stresses cross cultural work puts on marriages. Jenilee shares from her own experience the potential for heartache and healing, along with ways to find needed help.

Four Types of Intimacy in Marriage (Global Trellis Workshop)

Jenilee Rachel Coaching

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Did you know that understanding what you’re naturally good at can actually bring more joy and energy to your work than focusing on your weaknesses? In this episode, Amy and Bernie swap stories about how leaning into their strengths has shaped their calling—and how it can do the same for you and your team. Bernie has great ideas for how you can work with your strengths and still get done what you need to accomplish in your (real!) daily life.

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Are you serving under toxic leadership? In today’s episode, Amy and Bernie discuss how to use the CONTROL framework for assessing leadership, along with tips on what to do if you discover yourself to be serving under leadership that is toxic. The Toxic Leadership Assessment is included with the Holistic Online Conference.

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Unmasking Toxic Leadership Podcast Episode

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Sometimes we think “capacity building” is just code for “get more stuff done.” At Global Trellis, we say that is not the point at all! Jenilee joins Amy and Bernie to talk about the Capacity Series Discussion and Activity Guide. The guide is good for person and team use with a four week option and a 12 week option. If you’ve been looking for a way to take your team meetings up a level—with meaningful conversations and activities designed specifically for cross-cultural workers—you found it!

Capacity Series + Discussion and Activity Guide

Capacity Series (Index to all articles)

Jenilee Rachel Coaching

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