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Have you ever had a sick child as a working mum?

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Tweet Over the past 2 weeks, so many of my working mum clients had kids who are poorly. Have you ever been through this as a working mum?…. Your child has become ill – cold/flu/glandular fever/tonsillitis/tummy bug. You know the sort of thing…. Which means  You had to take time off work Which means You  Continue Reading…

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Working Mum Tips: Five essential habits for when you feel like a hamster in a wheel

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Tweet Ask yourself these 3 questions as a working mum: 1. Is life getting busier and busier? 2. Ever feel like a hamster in a wheel as a working mum? 3. Does it EVER slow down for us as working mums? If you’re anything like me, your answers to the above will probably be yes,  Continue Reading…

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Working Mums Tips: Six Ways to Avoid Getting Overwhelmed At Work

Working Mums Tips: Six Ways to Avoid Getting Overwhelmed At Work

Tweet It’s that time of year again! The halycon days of Summer have passed and Winter (and with it the ever-looming Christmas period) is creeping towards us. As working mums, we have probably hit the new school year running, because we have no choice!  We’re likely to be getting used to new timetables and possibly  Continue Reading…

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The 3 Step Overwhelm Prevention Plan for Working Mums On The Edge Of Summer

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Tweet Working Mums on the Brink of The Long Summer Break School holidays are imminent and as they loom, working mums everywhere step up a gear in anticipation of balancing work with the long summer break.  One week to go for me, but I know that many private schools, European and Scottish schools have already  Continue Reading…

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Working Mums and the Art of Spinning Plates

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Tweet An invitation from school inspired me to write this week’s Friday Fives. The invitation and the thoughts and feelings it prompted,  is symbolic of the typical time  management challenges that we face as working mums almost every week! As working mums, we are forever spinning plates and just as we think we’ve got them  Continue Reading…

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The Power of Choice for Working Mums

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Tweet By Guest Blogger and Mums Who Coach Graduate Meg Burton Choices, choices, choices – it’s one of my favourite words and one I often contemplate. As a working mum, I’m very aware that we have to frequently make choices. I love the film Sliding Doors, because it shows that every little choice opens up  Continue Reading…

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Working Motherhood without Tears: 5 Ways to Handle it All

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Tweet You’re not going to avoid the inevitable tantrums from the kids, but, as a working mum, you can still prevent the flow of frustrated tears from your own tired eyes.  If you’re still feeling a bit overwhelmed, here are some coping tips, and some tips to help you simplify things in your life so  Continue Reading…

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Five Coping Tips for Working Mums

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Tweet Let me give you a picture of my September…  You know what it’s like when you come back from holiday and you’d managed to do the bare minimum in order to get away and ensure you didn’t come back to chaos? Then you come back to a zillion emails and actions and projects and  Continue Reading…

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