Holding the Fort Abroad Podcast

Personal Wellbeing When Living Split Location And Frequent Business Travel

#34 Expat Hero and Transitions – with Nanna Hauch

Synopsis: Nanna Hauch and I talk about transitions and how the Hero’s journey can help geographically split families with multiple changes at the same time. Nanna is a licensed couple and family psychotherapist, now based in Denmark. She’s the founder of Expat Hero.  In This Episode: The Hero’s journey 01:31 Staying connected 08:56 “Transition Triggers…

#28 How to conquer stress with a holistic approach – Kirsten Pontius

Synopsis: Today my guest is Kirsten Pontius. Kirsten is an expat, she is a wellness specialist. She works with individuals on their personal wellbeing but she also works with staff in international schools who are often forgotten! Kirsten and I met a few years ago in a workshop and we have recently reconnected. She gives…

#27 Intuitive Eating – with Franziska Bauer Luxhøj

Synopsis: Franziska is the founder of Be Happy Abroad. She’s a coach, passionate about supporting internationals. She has experience of frequent business travel, and after an initial conversation about what she does now and her experience, we’re going to talk about nutrition, intuitive eating more specifically, which is a key element for anyone, but especially…

#12: An invitation to deeper inner work – with Dr Neeta Ramkumar

Synopsis: Dr Neeta is a US licensed psychologist living, practicing, and consulting internationally. Her online private practice includes therapy and coaching services for expats, first gens, interculturalists, digital nomads, diplomats, humanitarian workers, military veterans, third culture kids, and globally mobile folx. Her approach is integrative and humanistic, with a focus on solutions for growth and…

#1: Creating a Life for Yourself – with Margaret Ghielmetti

Synopsis: Margaret Ghielmetti knows what it is like to be home alone when she thought she was moving abroad with her husband and not moving abroad waiting for her husband to come home. She talks about her journey from thinking she would be fine to the reality she encountered to finally being open about needing…

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Welcome to Holding the Fort Abroad, the podcast about frequent business travel and working away from home:

Holding the Fort Abroad is about sharing creative ways families have found to maintain relationships when a partner and/or parent works away from home a lot and how the non-travelling partner juggles the roles of home and their own pursuits. I interview expats who have experience, therapists and researchers and share my own tools for this life journey. Even if you don’t have a travelling partner, you will find gems in this podcast for your life.

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Supportive services for traveling and home-based parents

Families where one partner is away a lot for work or is living and working in another country for long periods don't often realise they are under more pressure than families who don't have this lifestyle.

However, I truly believe that split location families can build a strong unit, be a happy family with happy individuals even when living apart. I have witnessed families who are living this reality.