Season 4 Episode 12: Season Wrap up And Christmas Special

Join Brandi and James as they review the highlights of the podcasts from last year. With 12 episodes, they had many wonderful guests covering a broad range of topics impacting cross-cultural workers. This episode ends with three guest spots sharing stories of their holiday memories living cross-culturally. Meet our Guests below or in the podcast!

Eve Austin lived for 20 years living in Tajikistan and Turkey with my family from 1996-2016. During that time, she was a mom, missionary, educator, and entrepreneur. She transitioned into counseling in 2013 and worked abroad with culturally diverse populations, including refugees and survivors of human trafficking. Her life and work overseas provides her with understanding and empathy to journey with clients from diverse backgrounds through the challenges of transition, relocation, and cultural adjustment. https://eveaustin.com

Lisette Gabre is an extroverted Swede who moved to Asia almost thirty years ago with her husband and at that three very little children. She raised her three TCKs in Asia from baby to 18. The kids are now grown and she is a grandmother of six. Lisette has been involved in member care since she prepared to move to the field. Presently her pillow and husband are in Chiang Mai Thailand, but she serves the world as the TCK and Family Care Specialist for OM International.

Anna Danforth is an author, TCK advocate, and traveling speaker/trainer with TCK Training. Growing up in Cameroon as a third culture kid, she developed a deep passion for helping global families thrive in cross-cultural environments. Anna holds a degree in Secondary French Education and an MAEd in Instruction and Curriculum. Married to her high school sweetheart from DR Congo, Anna and her husband raised their two children in Lesotho and South Africa, where they continue to work in education and job skills training.

Season 4 Episode 11: Sabbatical with Jeff Simons

Join Brandi and James as they interview Jeff Simons on Sabbaticals. Jeff is a missiologist at core. He works out this passion as a trained leadership coach, and a cross-cultural companion to global leaders in major transition to, within, and from the field. His unique wiring plays out as a Resourcing Developer—of people, tools for global workers, and literature; Imaginative Innovator—of forward-thinking missiological structures and ministry strategy; and as a Restorative Artist—by empowering the journeys of workers forward through redemptive new expression, and in literal ways as an artist. Jeff and Sara Simons run The Way Between, where they equip global leaders to thrive in major life transitions.

Check out these resources from Thewaybetween.org

Your Sabbatical Transformation

Engage the eCourse, get access to the Cohort coaching community (monthly with a trained Sabbatical coach) for free! Wherever you are in considering or preparing for a sabbatical season, this course will lead you through a clear structure and process to make the most of your sabbatical! We suggest at engaging the eCourse at least 2 months BEFORE Sabbatical, and for at least 1 month AFTER, for the process to be most effective!

Essentials for People Care and Development: A Collection of Best Practices, Research, Reflections, and Strategies

Great new multi-author member care work in the Missio Nexus Improve Series, by Geoff Whiteman (Author) and Heather Pubols (Editor). Sara and Jeff contributed 2 chapters addressing the urgency and vital practice of effective Sabbatical: Reframing Sabbatical Posture in the Post-pandemic Landscape; and Reframing Sabbatical Posture: Embodied and Developmental. This is a must-have work for those in member care, and those leading and caring for people well…

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