Learning to Make Distance Work: What Families Across Sectors Can Teach Us Different industries have different cultures, working patterns, risks and resources. There are organisations doing excellent work to support employees and families in particular sectors, and some sectors have developed genuinely valuable resources over many years. Because the thing I am interested in isn't the sector. It is what happens to a family when work repeatedly takes one parent away from home. And how do families who have been doing this for years make it work?

For many years, I didn’t have the words to describe the life we were living. We weren’t a military family. We weren’t divorced. We weren’t in a traditional long-distance relationship. Yet for weeks, sometimes months at a time, my husband and I were parenting from different countries while trying to hold family life together. There…

Choosing to take an unaccompanied tour needs careful consideration. This article encourages you to think about more than the assignment itself.

How to build a connected family life when one parent works away - a 3 part strategy

Andrea Schmitt shares how a job that requires frequent travelling can be possible with kids In episode #88 of Holding the Fort Abroad, we talk with Andrea Schmitt, clinical psychologist, expat coach, and founder of Global Girl Coach. Having experienced life as both an accompanying spouse and holding the fort parent, Andrea understands first-hand what…

Living apart for work or global mobility? Discover how the five love languages can help couples stay emotionally connected in long-distance relationships across borders and time zones. Right now, my husband is in Mexico and I’m in the UK. Which means a lot of our marriage and parenting currently happens on WhatsApp:  think messages, photos,…