#90 Travelling Parents Part 2: Re-enforce Work Travel As A Family Project- with Rhoda Bangerter

About this episode

This episode discusses practical strategies for families when one parent works away, emphasizing teamwork and communication.

Synopsis: Practical strategies for families when one parent works away. Part 1 is on the importance of naming your family structure to reduce stress and avoids future regret. This episode (Part 2/3) highlights the power of using language that reinforces family experience and teamwork. Keywords: travelling parents, connected family life, parent away from home, long-distance family The first of a 3-episode series: Episode 89 Recognise it for what it is Episode 90 Reframe as WE Episode 91 Re-enforce The Bond Across the Distance Episode 2 Reframe as WE 1. Do a Language Audit Do you emphasise teamwork and working together as a family? When I speak with people who work far from home, and when I speak with their spouses at home, what I am hearing is one family narrative, one family story. Even though you are not under the same roof, the way that people talk is ‘my family’, ‘this is what we are doing for the family’ Example: Colleen EP 71 about transitions in global life And then there's the emotional side. So for things, things like grief, you can power through for a while, but at some time, some point, I know our family, we've been learning it's better to just give it some space…

People in this episode

Host: Rhoda Bangerter

Topics covered

• family dynamics
• work travel
• communication
• teamwork
• long-distance relationships

Keywords

• travelling parents
• connected family life
• parent away from home
• long-distance family
• family structure

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