#102 How to help your child when you are away for work – with Barb Varcl-Smith

Episode Takeaways:What happens for children when a parent regularly leaves home for work? Could parental absence create experiences that a child experiences as traumatic—and, if so, what can parents do to protect their children and build resilience?Perhaps you are worried about leaving your toddler for an extended period of time. Maybe they cry when you…

#101 United Front For Couples That Often Live Apart – with Pesa and Whitney Shayo

Key Takeaways How do cross cultural couples navigate time apart? How does growing up with different family and society expectations impact a couple’s relationship? As Pesa and Whitney Shayo share their cross cultural marriage story and how they learned to understand each other, much of what they share can be extremely valuable for couples who…

#100 Supporting Travelling Staff and their Families Across the World – with Rhoda Bangerter

This episode brings three observations that are really three future directions for this podcast and my work: 1. Frameworks Are Relevant Across Contexts 2. The Travelling Parent and Home-Based Parent Experience Time Apart Differently 3. The Role of Organisational Support. For those who listen regularly, please note that for the next 6 months, I will…
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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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 “Stories help us imagine the future differently. Stories create community, enable us to see through the eyes of other people, and open us to the claims of others” 

- Peter Forbes

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.

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