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Welcome to Coaching Mums for Working Mums

You are in the right place if you are a juggling and spinning professional working mother.


Coaching Mums is devoted to providing working mothers with professional coaching support to help you not only survive the roller-coaster ride of motherhood and career, but also to enjoy the ride!


At Coaching Mums, we have been coaching working mums across the globe for 10 years.


This is a place where you will feel that you are not alone! Here you will find practical support and you will feel recognised and appreciated for all that you are and all that you do as a working mother.


Sure, it's tough being a working mum in the 21st century, but you can almost have it all - and it starts with YOU!


This is what you can do NOW to get started. >>>


Download your FREE copy of our highly acclaimed EBook, "From Chaos to Calm: Five Simple Steps to Balance for Working Mums".


In this valuable, quick to read eBook, you'll discover five easy and instant tricks that will help you feel more in control and less pressured as a working mother. These are proven strategies that have worked for hundreds of our coaching clients since 2003, and they can work for you too.


Not only will you find your free EBook a breath of fresh air, but you'll get a complimentary subscription of Coaching Mums' weekly "Friday Fives" ezine sent to your inbox with simple, practical and actionable strategies to make your life easier as a working mother.


Try just one of the tips in "From Chaos to Calm" today and you'll feel more in control and less overwhelmed, no matter how many balls you are juggling!


Win Business Coaching AND a Tablet! Sage Business Makeover Competition

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Hot off the press! Week Commencing 18th February 2013: Sage has just launched its #BizMakeover competition for UK micro-businesses, asking: What’s your biggest business challenge for 2013? The winner will receive two half day coaching sessions from a Sage Business Expert (that’s either from me, Amanda Alexander or Antonia Chitty), free Sage business software and  Continue Reading…

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5 strategies for juggling half term holidays for Mums in business

The no. 1 problem shared by all mums in business It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when a business owner is also a mum, she has to be flexible in the way that she runs her business, as she is likely to have a very short working week. With the high cost of childcare, most  Continue Reading…

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“We Work So Hard and We Make It Look So Easy”

I have had trouble deciding what the subject header of this post should be. I thought of … “Why you are doing an amazing job as a working mum” And.. “You are amazing” Then I thought of… “How to plan for global domination and still get the housework done” Then there was… “A raw and  Continue Reading…

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How to Overcome Your Fear of Making a Decision

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Helping working mums to overcome fear of making a decision is something I get a real kick out as a coach. There’s nothing I like better than to help my clients kick that little fear monster into the back of beyond. Last week, I received an email from a blog reader on the fear associated with  Continue Reading…

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How To Stop Worrying: Strategies for Worried Working Mothers

Do you worry?…. That you’re not a good enough mother? That others are judging you because you’re a mum and you work? That your kids are going to suffer because you work? That you’re not doing enough at work/at home? That you’re not doing any of it well enough? That you’re going to implode because  Continue Reading…

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Are you too tired to even chop an onion? You can still make soup!

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As you may know, I run an occasional post on the Coaching Mums’ Facebook Community Page called “Too Tired to Cook Tuesday”. I don’t post every Tuesday, as quite simply, I don’t have hundreds of “Too Tired To Cook” recipes in my repertoire. And I certainly don’t have the time to write up weekly recipes  Continue Reading…

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Two Simple Steps for an Easy Christmas

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It’s almost December and the holiday season approaches! You might be excited about Christmas, or you might be dreading it; Christmas might be a time of sadness for you, or it might be a time for family and fun. However you view Christmas, I have been thinking about what makes it flow with the most  Continue Reading…

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How To De-Stress At Work: 7 Ideas That Really Help Stressed Working Mums!

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One of the hardest things for most people at work (not just working mums!) is learning how to de-stress when the pressure is on. If you don’t actively practice a few techniques on how to de-stress, you think less clearly. Which means you make poor decisions, which in turn means your performance dips and we  Continue Reading…

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7 Indisputable Truths About Being a Working Mum

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These are the 7 indisputable truths about being a working mum in my eyes – truths I have observed from my working mum clients over almost 10 years of listening to working mums.  And from almost 11 years of being a working mum myself! These are the truths that we don’t seem to talk about  Continue Reading…

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Working Mums’ Tips: The 7 Step Christmas Money Challenge

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It’s 9 weeks until Christmas  (I can hear the groans across the World!). Could you do with some extra cash?  Or perhaps Father Christmas may need your help? I’ve decided to approach Christmas in a different way this year. Rather than loading our bank account with the usual shock, I’ve set myself a challenge. My  Continue Reading…

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