A Family Trip Around the Sun: 29 Countries in 366 Days

 

Margaret Bensfield Sullivan an author, illustrator, and family photo curator, whose work combines personal passion for archiving with visual storytelling skills she honed over nearly two decades in brand marketing joins eHealth Radio and the Family & Parenting Channels.

She left corporate life to spend a year with her husband and two young children crisscrossing the globe, visiting 29 countries and six continents. She wrote about their adventures in Following the Sun: Tales (and Fails) From a Year Around the World With Our Kids.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Margaret Bensfield Sullivan discuss the following:

1. What exactly is a family gap year?
2. What inspired you to do this?
3. Where did you go? What lessons about parenting, travel and the world did you learn?
4. Do you have any advice for families considering doing something similar?

Margaret Bensfield Sullivan is author, illustrator, and family photo curator whose work combines personal passion for archiving with visual storytelling skills she honed over nearly two decades in brand marketing.

Margaret was a partner at WPP's marketing and branded content agency Group SJR, where she designed storytelling campaigns on behalf of clients like TED, Target, Disney, and USAID. She left corporate life to spend a year with her husband and two young children crisscrossing the globe, visiting 29 countries and six continents.

She wrote about their adventures in Following the Sun: Tales (and Fails) From a Year Around the World With Our Kids (December 5, 2023).

Website: https://www.margaretbensfieldsullivan.com 

Social Media Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaretbensfield 
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretbsullivan  
Instagram: @SullivanFamilyAdventure

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