90-minute Decision Session
Should We Accept an Unaccompanied Posting?
One of the most difficult decisions internationally mobile families face.
Together, we’ll explore the practical, emotional, relational, and values-based factors influencing your choice so that you can move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
⭐ Designed for foreign service and internationally mobile families
⭐ Explore career, family, relationship and practical considerations
⭐ Leave with greater confidence and clarity about your next step
⭐ CHF 250 | 90-Minute Private Online Session
Why This Decision Feels So Difficult
Accepting an unaccompanied posting is rarely just a career decision.
It can affect your relationship, your children, your daily routines, your support systems, and your future plans.
Many families find themselves weighing competing priorities and wondering whether they are making the right choice.
You may be asking yourself:
✖ Will the career opportunity be worth the time apart?
✖ How will the separation affect our relationship?
✖ How will our children cope with a parent’s absence?
✖ Are we focusing too much on the practical aspects and not enough on the emotional impact?
✖ What will life really look like for the partner who remains at home?
✖ If we say no, what opportunities might we be giving up?
✖ If we say yes, what will the cost be?
There is rarely one perfect answer.
But there is a decision that aligns with your family’s values, priorities, and circumstances.
What We Will Explore Together
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Career Opportunities
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Your Relationship
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Children’s Needs
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The Home-Based Partner
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Family Values
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Support Systems
Hi, my name is Rhoda.
I am a specialist in split family assignments and frequent business travel and their impact on family life. I help parents manage the stress and disconnect from living this life so that they can enjoy the growth and intention this lifestyle can bring.
International organisations (foreign service, military, humanitarian and private organisations) are increasingly aware of the specific requirements for staff and their families when on non-family duty stations. Through talks and workshops, I help organisations, such as the World Food Program, support their employees when they are regularly sent on international assignments from a month to a couple of years without their partners and children.
Having experienced both frequent work travel and a split family assignment from the point of view of the ‘holding the fort partner’, I have developed research based strategies to ensure that families can thrive and be “together even when geographically apart”.
I am regularly invited to share about the challenges, pitfalls of living as a family with a partner absent for work and I share insights into what can be done to live this life successfully on podcasts such as Nomadic Diaries and ‘Where Are You From? And Other Ridiculous Questions’. I am also part of the Global Family Library by Expat Valley.
Still Weighing the Pros and Cons?
Before booking, you may find it helpful to read my article:
Should We Take an Unaccompanied Tour? How Foreign Service Families Decide
In this article, I explore many of the questions internationally mobile families ask themselves when considering an unaccompanied posting, including:
⭐ Career opportunities and long-term implications
⭐ The impact on relationships and family life
⭐ Children’s needs and developmental considerations
⭐ The realities facing the partner who remains at home
⭐ Family values, priorities, and support systems
The article provides a starting point for reflection. The decision session helps you apply these considerations to your own family’s unique circumstances.
A NOTE FROM RHODA
“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground.”
This framework was created to help you gently move forward — one step, one idea and one seed at a time.
You do not need to have everything figured out before you begin.