Erika Ebsworth-Goold
Erika Ebsworth-Goold is a freelance journalist and contributing writer for Business Insider whose parenting coverage is rooted in first-person essays that tie family dynamics to the way people travel. She focuses on the choices parents make around independence, trust, and freedom, often using trips with her son and other relatives as the frame for those decisions. Her background as a two-time Emmy Award–winning former television journalist shapes tightly structured, narrative-driven pieces rather than straight news or service beat coverage.
Parenting Through Independence and Trust
Her parenting stories for Business Insider centre on raising an independent son by giving him autonomy - from early travel together through the college years.
In one essay, she describes how years of frequent trips helped her college-age son become self-sufficient and confident navigating the world on his own. In another, translated for international editions of Business Insider, she recounts choosing not to track her teenage son's phone even as other parents monitor their children, arguing that the stress of letting go is part of preparing him for adulthood and university. Across these pieces she writes as a parent wrestling with risk and responsibility, emphasising trust, open communication, and gradual independence rather than control or surveillance.
Family Travel as a Tool for Growth
Ebsworth-Goold extends this focus on growth to travel at every life stage, using journeys as the lens for evolving family relationships. For the New Zealand Herald she chronicles taking her 77-year-old mother on a Nordic cruise, reflecting on the logistics and emotional weight of traveling with an ageing parent and the opportunity it provides to reconnect. In another New Zealand Herald piece she makes the case that solo trips without one's family can be healthy for the household, showing how independent travel helps mothers reclaim identity and return home with renewed energy. Her Business Insider essays similarly frame trips as transformative, from early childhood vacations that build skills to long-haul adventures that test and strengthen family bonds. This consistent use of specific itineraries, ships, and destinations anchors her parenting themes in concrete travel narratives.
Midlife, Empty Nests, and Evolving Relationships
As her son moves into adulthood, Ebsworth-Goold writes about the transition to an empty nest and its impact on long-term relationships. A Business Insider feature follows a trip to Japan she takes with her husband after their son leaves home, their first major journey as empty nesters and an exploration of how travel can reinvigorate a marriage after 25 years. She uses the details of planning and navigating that trip to show how couples renegotiate roles, routines, and shared experiences once the daily demands of hands-on parenting recede. Read alongside her essays on solo travel and parenting boundaries, these pieces map a continuum from early-childhood trips through teenage autonomy to post-parenting reinvention, all told through the same intimate narrative voice.
Personal Essays Across Travel and Lifestyle Outlets
Beyond Business Insider, Ebsworth-Goold publishes regularly in travel and lifestyle outlets, reinforcing her blend of family storytelling and destination writing.
Her work appears in titles such as Midwest Living, Yahoo Canada, Travel + Leisure, the New Zealand Herald, and TravelAwaits, an online travel hub for travellers over 50. She is commissioned by established guide and magazine brands including Fodor's and Matador Network and contributes frequently to platforms aimed at mature and multigenerational travellers, underscoring her interest in later-life exploration and family journeys. Across these publications her articles remain first-person and reflective, positioning her as a storyteller who uses her own experiences to draw out broader themes about parenting, partnership, and ageing.
Her track record as a two-time Emmy Award–winning journalist gives her narratives polish and structure, while her focus on everyday decisions - whether to track a child's phone, book a solo trip, or invite an elderly parent aboard a cruise - keeps the work accessible.
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