Holding the Fort Abroad
Build Family Connections Across the Distance
Holding the Fort Abroad
Build Family Connections Across the Distance
About Holding the Fort Abroad
Build Family Connections Across the Distance
Holding the Fort Abroad is the podcast for families where one parent works away from home, and for all those who support them. 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 pursuits.
Why Join Holding the Fort Abroad as a Guest
Expat-Family Audience Access
You speak directly to listeners navigating parenting when away on business travel, unaccompanied tours, and long-distance relationships.
Deep-Dive Interview Format
You join conversational episodes shaped by lived experience, research insights, and reflective storytelling found in interviews like Primary Care Giver: A Dad Speaks Out.
Credible Guest Community
You appear alongside therapists, researchers, and seasoned expats who have shared evidence-based guidance on themes such as staying connected and intuitive parenting.
Global Podcast Distribution
Your episode is shared across major podcast apps, helping you reach international listeners seeking practical support for long-distance family dynamics.
Episode Angles & Guest Pitches
Strengthening Bonds Across Distance
Show how families can build meaningful routines even when one parent travels frequently.
Raising Resilient Kids Abroad
Offer guidance on helping children thrive while navigating expat life and shifting routines.
Supporting the Non-Traveling Parent
Provide strategies that help the at-home parent balance responsibilities and personal wellbeing.
Designing Sustainable Family Systems
Explore frameworks families can adopt for long-term stability despite frequent separations.
How You'd Contribute to the Show
Audience Takeaways
Your episode helps listeners strengthen relationships, support their children, and manage long-distance family life with more confidence and clarity.
Hot Topics
Why Trust Me
The Ideal Guest
You're a strong fit if you bring expertise in expat living, child development, long-distance relationships, mental health, or lived experience navigating travel-heavy family life.
Recent Episodes
#98 Travelling Dads: Benefits, Challenges and Agency - with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jun 29, 2026
#97 The Unexpected Career Benefits of a Long-Distance Relationship - with Sue Schoormans
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jun 15, 2026
#96 When A Crisis Happens during Business Travel (Part 4) - with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jun 1, 2026
#95 How to stay strong as a couple when often apart (Part 3) - with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 18, 2026
#94 How do you cope as a working parent with a traveling spouse? (Part 2)- with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 4, 2026
#93 My Partner Travels for Work: How to Support Myself (Part 1) - with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Apr 20, 2026
#92 Life Lessons from Frequent Business Travel and Global Relocations - with Flor Bretón-Garcia
Holding the Fort Abroad • Apr 6, 2026
#91 Travelling Parents Part 3: Re-enforce The Bond Across the Distance - with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Mar 23, 2026
#90 Travelling Parents Part 2: Re-enforce Work Travel As A Family Project- with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Mar 9, 2026
#89 Travelling Parents Part 1: Do A Language Audit - with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Feb 23, 2026
#88 Travel and Parenting in the Hotel Industry - with Andrea Schmitt
Holding the Fort Abroad • Feb 9, 2026
#87 Creating a Life for Yourself
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jan 26, 2026
#86 (Re) Build Intimacy in Long Distance Relationships - with Dr. Veronique Elefant-Yanni
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jan 12, 2026
#85 Long Distance Relationships and what makes them work
Holding the Fort Abroad • Dec 15, 2025
#84 Global Mobility and Multi-Location Family Life: A Mother’s Story - with Susana Ortega Roig
Holding the Fort Abroad • Dec 1, 2025
#83 People Care in Practice: Sustaining Family Wellbeing Business Travel
Holding the Fort Abroad • Nov 17, 2025
#82 How to nurture parent child attachment when work travelling - with Todd Sarner
Holding the Fort Abroad • Nov 3, 2025
#81 Improve your long distance relationships with attachment - with Bryan Power
Holding the Fort Abroad • Oct 20, 2025
#80 Absences, Evacuations and Other Realities of a Diplomatic Spouse's Life - with Anna Skorobogatowa
Holding the Fort Abroad • Oct 6, 2025
#79 Love and Aid: Relationships in the Aid and Development Sector - with Julia Paulsson
Holding the Fort Abroad • Sep 22, 2025
#78 Personal Update - Holding on through Rapids -with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Sep 8, 2025
#77 August Announcement - with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Aug 4, 2025
#76 Breaking Stigma of Men's Emotions and How to Build Supportive Habits - with Chris Moyer
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jul 21, 2025
#75 How to: Frequent Business Travel, Parenting and Partnership – with Daniela Draugelis
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jul 7, 2025
#74 Work, Love, Distance: Real Strategies For Couples Living Apart – with Pascale
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jun 23, 2025
#73 Expatriation, Repatriation and Commuting: Behind the Scenes of Expat Life – with Karlijn Jacobs
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jun 9, 2025
#72 Long-Distance Love: Handling Porn, Apps, and Real Talk – with Karina Lagarrigue
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 26, 2025
#71 Powerful Lessons from a Life of Constant Transitions – with Colleen Higgs
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 12, 2025
#70 The Spaces In Between: Family Life in Constant Transition
Holding the Fort Abroad • Apr 28, 2025
#69 Takeaways from 3 years of conversations on living geographically apart – with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Apr 14, 2025
#68 Anchor Yourself in Fitness: How to embrace Daily Exercise – with Mylene Jalladeau
Holding the Fort Abroad • Mar 31, 2025
#67 How to improve communication for families living apart – with Kathleen Smith
Holding the Fort Abroad • Mar 17, 2025
#66 How to prepare for geographical separation: Tips for families with one parent about to live abroad – with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Mar 3, 2025
#65 How to create psychological safety – with Elizabeth Vahey Smith
Holding the Fort Abroad • Feb 17, 2025
#64 How to improve Sleep Health For The Traveller And The Stressed – with Funke Afolabi-Brown
Holding the Fort Abroad • Feb 3, 2025
#63 How to respond when criticised for choosing split locations – with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jan 20, 2025
#62 How to be a strong family when miles apart – with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jan 6, 2025
#61 Super Commuter Couples and what keeps them together – with Megan Bearce
Holding the Fort Abroad • Dec 23, 2024
#60 Coffee with an expat on split location – with Navine Eldesouki
Holding the Fort Abroad • Dec 9, 2024
#59 Prioritising Family: A Story of High Performance and Presence – with Christian Ray Flores
Holding the Fort Abroad • Nov 25, 2024
#58 How to create your family story – with Lidia Lae
Holding the Fort Abroad • Nov 11, 2024
#57 How Companies Can Support Unaccompanied Staff – with Kathy Borys Siddiqui
Holding the Fort Abroad • Oct 28, 2024
#56 Embracing Adventure: Raising a Family with a Travelling Partner – with Jenny Butter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Oct 14, 2024
#55 Sharing my father with the world – with Michael Pollock
Holding the Fort Abroad • Sep 30, 2024
#54 How to be a father and frequent business traveller – with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Sep 16, 2024
#53 Whose career? Yours, mine or ours? – with Yvonne Quahe
Holding the Fort Abroad • Sep 2, 2024
S’épanouir en expatriation: Un épisode en Français avec Florence Reisch
Holding the Fort Abroad • Aug 19, 2024
#51 The Impact of Parental Absence on Childhood – with Katia Vlachos
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jul 22, 2024
#50 – Solo Parenting Survival Guide for Summer: Keeping It Stress-Free and Fun
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jul 8, 2024
#49 Know what to do with your emotions – with Elizabeth Vahey Smith
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jun 23, 2024
#48 What makes you think I had an absent father? – with Lucas
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jun 10, 2024
#47 He takes a break to check in with the kids – with Saadia
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 27, 2024
#46 “You have to behave while I’m away” – with Irene
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 13, 2024
#45 Embracing the World Through a Travelling Father – with Ophelia
Holding the Fort Abroad • Apr 29, 2024
#44 Learnings From My Life Story – with Rhoda Bangerter
Holding the Fort Abroad • Apr 15, 2024
#43 How to calm intense emotions with tapping – with Eleni Vardaki
Holding the Fort Abroad • Apr 1, 2024
#42 Does one of you go? Tips for considering geographical separation
Holding the Fort Abroad • Mar 18, 2024
#41 The Ties that Bind: People, Places and Purpose – with Megan Norton
Holding the Fort Abroad • Mar 4, 2024
#40 How Well Do You Know Exhaustion, Feeling Stuck And Resentment?
Holding the Fort Abroad • Feb 19, 2024
#39 The Long-Distance Family Dynamic – with Michael Sullivan
Holding the Fort Abroad • Feb 7, 2024
#38 Embracing Work Travel And Family Life
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jan 22, 2024
#37 Love Knows No Borders: Connection and Intimacy in long-distance relationships – with Phillips Hwang
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jan 8, 2024
#36 I don’t resent my globetrotting father – with Anaju
Holding the Fort Abroad • Dec 25, 2023
#35 How to be actively engaged as a parent – with Tanya Crossman
Holding the Fort Abroad • Dec 11, 2023
#34 Expat Hero and Transitions – with Nanna Hauch
Holding the Fort Abroad • Nov 27, 2023
#33 Primary Care Giver: A Dad Speaks Out – with Patrick Kadian
Holding the Fort Abroad • Nov 13, 2023
#32 Seven years of split location – with Florence Reisch
Holding the Fort Abroad • Oct 30, 2023
#31 From adversity to a great adventure in Germany - with Carlos Baker
Holding the Fort Abroad • Oct 9, 2023
#30 It’s important for kids to be kids – with Kate Berger
Holding the Fort Abroad • Sep 25, 2023
#29 How to be a family in split locations – with Dr Laura Anderson
Holding the Fort Abroad • Sep 18, 2023
#28 How to conquer stress with a holistic approach – Kirsten Pontius
Holding the Fort Abroad • Sep 4, 2023
#27 Intuitive Eating – with Franziska Bauer Luxhøj
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jul 17, 2023
#26 When a Mother Travels For Work – with Elizabeth Verwey
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jul 3, 2023
#25 Being a Mother and a Frequent Traveller – with Karina Lagarrigue
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jun 21, 2023
#24 Myths That Threaten Split-location Marriages – with Jennie Linton
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 30, 2023
#23 I love you, see you on Friday – with Kate Gondouin
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 18, 2023
#22 Women Thrive - with Angelic Ingram
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 3, 2023
#21 Ten countries and a world of experience – with Mariam Ottimofiore
Holding the Fort Abroad • Apr 27, 2023
#20: Choosing split location – with Carole Hallett Mobbs
Holding the Fort Abroad • Mar 6, 2023
#19: Solo Parent, Be Strategic! – with Colleen Higgs
Holding the Fort Abroad • Feb 21, 2023
#18: 5 strategies to make business travel work
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jan 31, 2023
#17: Living the Distance: Lessons Learnt – with Arlette Chatlein
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jan 11, 2023
#16: Relationship Care Giving – with Wiebke Anton
Holding the Fort Abroad • Dec 26, 2022
#15: Band Together! – with Becky Grappo
Holding the Fort Abroad • Dec 12, 2022
#14: A Military Spouse’s Perspective: Is a Military Spouse Stealing Respect? - with Richelle Futch
Holding the Fort Abroad • Dec 1, 2022
#13: A powerful visualisation method for living apart - With Bruna Toubia
Holding the Fort Abroad • Nov 14, 2022
#12: An invitation to deeper inner work – with Dr Neeta Ramkumar
Holding the Fort Abroad • Oct 31, 2022
#11: Personal Reflections: Two Years After a Burnout
Holding the Fort Abroad • Oct 10, 2022
#10: Insights from an experienced solo parent – with Florence Chabert d’Hieres
Holding the Fort Abroad • Sep 19, 2022
#9: Solo-parenting Teens – with Shellee Burroughs
Holding the Fort Abroad • Sep 6, 2022
#8: Creating an environment where children can thrive – with Matthijs de Rave
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jul 18, 2022
#7: Staying Connected – with Kerry Byrne
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jul 4, 2022
#6: Parenting together long distance – with Sharoya Ham
Holding the Fort Abroad • Jun 20, 2022
#5: Facing the challenges of expat life, together – with Vivian Chiona
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 27, 2022
#4: Life as Holding the Fort Dad – with Robert H
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 26, 2022
#3: He Was Gone 85% of The Time – with Claire Hauxwell
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 25, 2022
#2: An episode to share with your Parents & In Laws – with Helen Ellis
Holding the Fort Abroad • May 24, 2022
#1: Creating a Life for Yourself – with Margaret Ghielmetti
Holding the Fort Abroad • Apr 20, 2022
#0: Holding the Fort Abroad: What's it all about?
Holding the Fort Abroad • Apr 20, 2022
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