3 Simple Ways To Support Your Husband’s Business Travel

When your husband leaves for a business trip, does it seem like he’s just headed for fun and frolic in an exotic location without you?  If it seems this way, how can you adjust your understanding and support him?

As the wife of a busy, traveling, Corporate Executive, I can assure you that this perception is rarely my husband’s reality. Yes, his trip may involve dinners with colleagues in nice restaurants, or occasional cross-country sportfishing adventures on the Atlantic Ocean.  The majority of the time he’s traveling on business, he’s involved in hard work. My husband assures me he would rather be home, but in his role, that’s not always possible.

One of my Corporate Wife friends told me she feels weird, and acts differently than normal, when her husband goes away on business.  I’ve heard of some women who get angry when the travel return date gets extended, or the insecurity that ensues from the missing good night phone call.

Instead of behaving in ways that keep us from functioning at the highest level when our husbands are gone, we have choice in the matter.  We can choose to have a positive mindset. We can choose not to look at things in a negative light.  As a Corporate Wife who has a marriage of mutual respect and honor, I encourage you to do what I am learning to do: Take the high road.  Support your husband’s business travel.  It’s an important part of our role.

Here’s the good news: supporting our husbands, while they are traveling for business, can be done in 3 simple ways.   Simple, in this case, means easy.  You won’t be interrupted during champagne cocktails with your girlfriends. You won’t even be stopped while you’re on a mission to buy a new pair of sexy heels to coordinate with your coveted designer handbag!

Here are 3 simple ways you can support your husband the next time he has to travel away from home:

1. Respond to his calls and text messages. Stay connected. Even if you’re busy at the moment he calls, or sends you a text, make yourself available. Let him know you’re “there” with a quick, positive, and timely reply.

2. Encourage him by keeping it light and fun. Send some fun photos or short video clips.  These could be funny images of you & your pet.  Simple reminders like these help connect him to a positive scene from life at home.

3. Ask what you can do to help. Is there something you can take care of, that he would normally handle? C’mon! We aren’t hot-house flowers, wilting away because our husbands aren’t home. We are capable of handling something out of the ordinary that he might normally manage.

These 3 simple ways you can support your husband will require that you cultivate your positive mindset. According to an ABC News study, not having a positive mindset about your husband’s corporate travel can take a toll on your health. Develop the kind of positive mindset that takes action!  All you have to do is respond, encourage, and ask.

By doing supportive things for your husband while he is away, you are setting yourself up for a happy reunion when he gets home.  Show him your love in action, and he will respond with more love in action for YOU!

Remember: You have the power to set the tone for your healthy, stylish life as a happy Corporate Wife.

I’d love to know what you think about this topic.  What have you learned about supporting your husband while he’s traveling for business?  Please share in the comments section below.