Pretty much every time I start work with a client and certainly every time I start work with a coach for my own development, unexpected – and good- things start happening. There’s always a little bit of “magic” that seems to happen. Here’s a true story from this week to motivate, inspire and fill you  Continue Reading...

1. Introducing myself… Sharon Baker Older than 40 Hubby and 2 kids London 2. Why I work… Keeping Sane Being a good role model Financial necessity and security 3. What I appreciate most about being a working mum… Switching “off” from kids and onto work that I enjoy and keeps me sane. 4. What is  Continue Reading...

It’s a myth that we don’t have to work at our relationships. Yet, how often do we slip into automatic pilot and expect our romantic relationships to take care of themselves? Imagine if we left our garden untended. Let’s say we put the work in to create a beautiful garden. And then we just expected  Continue Reading...

  How many times have you been told “true beauty comes from within”? Probably several times by your mum or gran when you were a teenager stressing about your muffin top or latest bout of acne. And while you may have believed this advice to be intrinsically true, you probably disregarded it as being irrelevant  Continue Reading...

I received a message on the contact form on my website the other day which read: “Help! My life is out of control. I have a sick mother, my husband is out of work and my house is a mess. I am a mother of 4 and working part time. I think I am suffering  Continue Reading...

When we are “out of balance” we know it. We are usually able to describe why we feel wrong, stressed and overwrought. It might be that your head feels like it’s about to implode. Maybe you feel physically tense in your body. You might be more “shouty” and impatient when you’re out of balance, with  Continue Reading...

You have 168 hours in each week  – exactly the same as every other human being on the planet. Now, take away let’s say 8 hours sleep a night and you’re left with 112 waking hours per week .  How do you spend those 112 hours? Have you ever looked at exactly where your time  Continue Reading...

    I’ve been thinking about the nature of failing, not giving up and keeping on trying this week.  So here are 5 reasons to embrace failure in your life! 1. You learn by failing Babies learn to walk by falling down.. A LOT! You learn to windsurf by falling off the board and into  Continue Reading...

Today is International Women’s Day, when we reflect on progress that has been made for women and think about how we can improve life for women across the globe. However, if you’re a busy working mother, International Women’s Day might not be top of your agenda today! You may have a day of meetings ahead  Continue Reading...

I’ve been thinking about this a lot over the past few weeks, as I’ve been getting many emails from new Friday Fives subscribers telling me what THEY struggle with as working mums. What do YOU struggle with as a working mum? Here are 3 extracts from emails from Friday Fives’ subscribers. Can you identify with  Continue Reading...