Being a mother is a huge responsibility. In today’s society, women are still treated like the main caretaker and are expected to have a...
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How to Find a Guilt-Free Work-Life Balance
The image of an empowered individual today is undeniably associated with how they proactively actualise their own happiness. Because of this...
Working Flexibly and Returning to Workplace – Should you feel guilty?
Working flexibly or looking to return to the workplace and feeling guilty? Perhaps you may not need to. There are actually some real benefits to having two working parents. It may be the best gift you can give your child.
Balancing Work and Family as a Career Mum … Can We Really Have it All?
Is being a career mum even possible? Today I read that 6 in 10 women feel having kids is bad for your career. Really!!!???? In these days of...
Going Back to Work Guilt-Free? – Emma’s Story
Before my maternity leave began, I was asked many times if I was going to go back to work. At the time I felt unsure but hoped I would make the...
Making your own choice on the working/stay-at-home mother decision
A Daily Mail report this week that only 1 in 10 women are stay-at-home mothers, together with the judge's ruling in a recent divorce case that...
How to make time for your return to work job search
Two recent conversations with returners have reminded me how difficult it can be for women to focus on their return to work activity: there...
Working Mothers need to ban Selfish
Sheryl Sandberg's Ban Bossy campaign has sent a strong message to young girls. It illustrates how powerful words can be in labelling ourselves...
Help! My Nanny is More Popular than Me
There are often times when it seems like your nanny is more popular with your children than you are. That hurts. No matter how often you tell...
Clever marketing: promoting your business through opinion on motherhood just like Katie Hopkins
What message would you like to send out to your clients and potential clients? Something like ‘I am loveable’ or ‘We are THE specialist’ or...
How to manage a senior position and children – Jane Michell
Jane Michell runs Jane Plan, a business that has quickly grown from the kitchen table to a large business with thousands of clients, and 4...
Time is not the issue – says mum and senior manager Paula
Talking about being a working mum at the BBC ‘Women at the top’ programme triggered senior manager Paula Leach to think about female leadership...