Holding the Fort Abroad
Holding the Fort Abroad is the podcast for expats with travelling partners. Discover how families find creative ways to maintain relationships when one partner/parent works away more frequently, whilst the non-travelling parent juggles responsibilities at home amid their own…
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#101 United Front For Couples That Often Live Apart - with Pesa and Whitney Shayo (opens the original)
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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 spend time apart. Learn emotional connection This is one of the biggest takeaways of our conversation. Pesa shares that he grew up in an environment that d
#100 Supporting Travelling Staff and their Families Across the World - with Rhoda Bangerter (opens the original)
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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 be posting 1x/month until December 2026 instead of 2x/month. Three Observations/Future Directions 1. Details change, Adapt to Context but Frameworks
#99 Moms who travel for work: Maximise the Benefits and Adjust to the Challenges - with Rhoda Bangerter (opens the original)
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Episode takeaways Frequent Business Travel, International Business Travel often comes with the job, with higher responsibilities often comes need to travel, eg regional manager Do you know a mom who travels for work? Are you a mom who travels for work? Maximise the Benefits When mothers travel, families often become more adaptable: fathers take on more caregiving responsibilities, children develop greater independence, and mothers include breadwinning into motherhood as well as caregiving. Swens
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