Missionary Life

Hosted by Sarita Hartz

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May 2024

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A podcast about how helpers can thrive in their mission. Whether you are a missionary living overseas, in ministry, or a missional mother, this podcast will offer practical tools on how to remain spiritually, emotionally, and physically healthy while living missionally. The missionary life is lonely and full of loss, trauma, heartbreak, disappointment, and life not turning out how we expected. I want you to be able to heal from these experiences and build resilience. Learn to prevent and heal trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout in in-depth interviews with mental health professionals and other missionaries. I will bring my many years of experience in missions and wisdom to the table to help you live your life on purpose while thriving at the same time. A must-listen for all missionaries and those who support them. I would love to hear from you and answer your questions! Please leave me a voicemail with your question or feedback and I may choose it to be answered on air! https://www.speakpipe.com/MissionaryLife

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May 5, 2024Episode 1542 min

Healthy Body Image: Loving Yourself with Amy Stern

What if you could love your body no matter your size? We are often so self-critical of our bodies, we make our body the enemy instead of our friend. When we live overseas, we might gain weight because of lack of access to proper nutrition or exercise, and in ministry, church culture, or every day life, we compare our bodies to others. Amy Stern is a body-positive activist who grew up dieting at a young age, until she finally found freedom. She now loves herself the way she is and empowers other women in self-confidence. As we step into summer, learn how you can embrace your body, curves and all. Follow Amy for inspiration on IG @upstairsdaughter. To get my free ebook "Self-care for Exhausted Mamas" go to my website http://www.saritahartz.com and subscribe for my newsletter and it will be emailed to you. Support the showWebsiteInstagramFacebook

April 29, 2024Episode 1442 min

Re-Entry A Trauma Informed Approach with Shonna Ingram

Re-entry is one of the most difficult experiences a missionary can go through and we are often unprepared for the grief and trauma associated with it. It is like navigating the world underwater, everything disorienting and muted. Shonna and I dive deep into her 3-phase Renewed Hope approach of Receive, Rebuild, and Restore to go through the transition of re-entry well and with peace. To connect with Shonna, her book, and her cohorts, go to https://shonnaingram.com/. And to download my new free e-Book on Re-entry go to my website http://www.saritahartz.com. Follow me on IG for more tips @saritahartz. I'd love to answer your questions on air! Leave me a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/MissionaryLifeSupport the showWebsiteInstagramFacebook

April 22, 2024Episode 1456 min

Building a Thriving Marriage in Missions with Stephanie Gutierrez

What if your marriage could thrive on the field? Marriages on the mission field face complex suffering, stressors, ministry demands, and isolation. They are constantly being tested by grief, hardship, power and water outages, exhaustion, and parenting. Stephanie Gutierrez, host of the Modern Day Missionaries podcast, lived in Peru with her husband for 10 years and knows marriage in missions isn't easy. Through playfulness, community, and intentional connection she and her husband built a thriving marriage. Learn tools to fortify your marriage. To listen to Stephanie's podcast go to https://mdmpodcast.org/ or follow her on IG @stephanielgutierrez. Go to my website to read "9 Ways I Saved My Marriage" or to download your free ebooks on self-care. Or buy one of my favorite products: Your Best Self Intimacy Card deck which I mentioned in the show!Support the showWebsiteInstagramFacebook

April 15, 2024Episode 1348 min

Grit to Stay, Grace to Go with Eva Burkholder and Sue Eenigenburg

Have you ever wondered how to develop grit on the mission field, the kind of resiliency that gets you through hard times? Or maybe you're wondering when is it time to leave and how will I know? Eva and Sue wrote the book Grit to Stay, Grace to Go, and in this podcast, we'll answer those burning questions and more! You can buy their book here and use the discount code GTSGTG25 through the end of March. To connect with me about coaching please go here, and download lots of free ebooks on self-care and re-entry. Or follow me on IG for more tips @saritahartz.I'd love to answer your questions on air! Leave me a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/MissionaryLifeSupport the showWebsiteInstagramFacebook

March 18, 2024Episode 1242 min

Burnout: Rediscovering Joy & Creativity with Merideth Hite Estevez

Burnout is an occupational hazard for missionaries, ministers, and those in helping professions. Merideth Hite Estevez is the host of the beloved Artists for Joy podcast. She speaks with beauty and wisdom on how rediscovering creativity helped her recover from burnout, how she lives life now as a working mother without succumbing to burnout again, and how you can tap back into the creative pursuits that make your life sing. Go here to download Merideth's "Self-Portrait Worksheet" to help you get to the heart of what you love again. Pre-order her book, The Artist’s Joy or Listen to “Artists for Joy” podcast. If you need help with self-care go here to download your free ebook "Self-Care for Global Workers" on my website by subscribing to my newsletter. Or follow me on IG for more tips @saritahartz.I'd love to answer your questions on air! Leave me a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/MissionaryLifeSupport the showWebsiteInstagramFacebook

March 4, 2024Episode 1047 min

Loving Missionary Kids Well with Michele Phoenix

Missionary Kids and their parents can often face adversity on the field, and have a special identity that makes them who they are. Mk’s are amazingly adaptable, thoughtful, cross-culturally wise, and yet many suffer from perfectionism, shame, and isolation, and are plagued by the traumas of their youth. With Michele Phoenix, MK advocate we uncover how we can better support MK’s and how as parents we can love them well and help them thrive, as well as when it might be time to go for the sake of your children. To listen to Michele's video for sending orgs go here: https://michelephoenix.com/2024/01/24/love-mks-better/. Or go to my website http://www.saritahartz.com for coaching resources and free ebooks.I'd love to answer your questions on air! Leave me a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/MissionaryLifeSupport the showWebsiteInstagramFacebook

February 12, 2024Episode 948 min

Leaving Well with Naomi Hattaway

How do you know when it's time to leave the mission field? How do you do it well for yourself and your kids? On this podcast I interview Naomi Hattaway about her life overseas and her work with expats. We discuss what it means to be a triangle, what it looks like to trust your gut in the leaving process, and how to navigate re-entry with your family ensuring you can thrive in this transition. To learn more about Naomi visit https://www.naomihattaway.com/. For your free re-entry book on leaving well visit http://www.saritahartz.com. Support the showWebsiteInstagramFacebook

February 5, 2024Episode 846 min

Caring for Your Physical Health in Missions with Talia Alanis

As missionaries, caring for our bodies can be difficult and feel like an after-thought. Self-care on the field sometimes seems impossible so many of us stop taking care of our physical bodies, and the results are disastrous, resulting in everything from adrenal fatigue, to autoimmune disorders, gut imbalance, hypothyroidism, weight gain, exhaustion, and burnout. Talia Alanis is a health coach and self-care guru who specializes in genetic testing through NBX wellness and she healed herself from Graves disease through holistic methods. We discuss why God wants us to take care of our bodies, practical and inexpensive tips and tools to do so on the field, and supplements, teas and other resources that will help heal your body so you can continue your mission. To connect with Talia you can go to her FB page. If you're sick you don't have to face this alone. I offer coaching as I healed myself from adrenal fatigue and burnout, so you can go to my website if you need support. To download my free e-Book on Self-Care for Global Workers subscribe to my newsletter. Support the showWebsiteInstagramFacebook

January 24, 2024Episode 739 min

Spiritual and Sexual Abuse in Missions with Rebecca Hopkins

Sadly, spiritual and sexual abuse is very prevalent in missions, with those living overseas being three times more likely to experience some kind of abuse, and almost 30% experience some kind of sexual harm. Rebecca is a journalist for Christianity Today and we explore what constitutes spiritual and sexual abuse, why there is so much of it on the mission field, and why reporting, accountability and justice are much more difficult for global workers. If you or someone you know has experienced abuse on the field, please reach out to me to tell your story, or for trauma informed coaching by emailing me at saritahartz@gmail.com. You do not have to suffer alone. To connect with Rebecca go to https://rhopkins.substack.com/. I'd love to answer your questions on air! Leave me a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/MissionaryLifeSupport the showWebsiteInstagramFacebook

January 14, 2024Episode 645 min

Between Worlds: Third Culture Kids with Marilyn Gardner

Marilyn Gardner spent the majority of her childhood living in Pakistan and attended boarding school there, and later raised her own 5 children in Egypt. She describes the beauty, joy, and heartbreak of living as a TCK, and being a mother to TCK's and feeling out of place when she returned to the States. TCK's face unique challenges and have a special makeup that allows them to be resilient in hardship, and travel the world with ease. We all have a map in our bodies, and we discuss what it feels like to live well when you belong to many countries. We share practical tools for how to navigate transitions and how TCK's can claim their identities and live a life of meaning where they can thrive. To connect with Marilyn go to her website: https://communicatingacrossboundariesblog.com/ or download her book Between Worlds. To reach out to Sarita or download her new ebook on Re-entry go to www.saritahartz.com or message her on IG @saritahartz. I'd love to answer your questions on air! Leave me a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/MissionaryLifeSupport the showWebsiteInstagramFacebook