#7: Staying Connected – with Kerry Byrne
Holding the Fort Abroad · Rhoda Bangerter
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Show Notes
Synopsis
Kerry is a researcher, collaborator and entrepreneur in aging, care and connection. She is the Founder of The Long Distance Grandparent, a mission driven business, helping grandparents build strong bonds with their grandchildren – no matter the distance between.
In this Episode
- The Long Distance Grandparent Society (1:10)
- Nurturing the relationship: similarities in maintaining connection between grandparents and grandkids and maintaining connection with travelling parents & their children (6:30)
- The Five Pillars to Connection (11:40)
- The importance of having a vision for the relationship (11:50)
- The Connection Loop (30:37)
- Starting early (39:11)
- Grief (40:20)
- Spontaneity(42:09)
- Two of Kerry’s favourite resources for parenting (44:34)
Resources mentioned in the episode
Contact Kerry
www.thelongdistancegrandparent.com
Kerry has a lot of different blogs on connecting, various topics, inspiration and ideas for staying connected. She sends out a weekly email with those kinds of tips. and you can find out more about the membership at that website as well.