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

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Tweet 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  Continue Reading…

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7 Indisputable Truths About Being a Working Mum

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Tweet 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  Continue Reading…

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Working Mums’ Tips: The 7 Step Christmas Money Challenge

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Tweet 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.  Continue Reading…

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Working Mums’ Balance Tips: How to Give Yourself Permission to STOP

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Tweet Yesterday evening, I came home to find that the dog had an upset tummy and so I spent half an hour with copious quantities of kitchen roll and cleaning fluid.  I later picked the boys up and folded and put away 2 large loads worth of washing. This led me to tidying up the  Continue Reading…

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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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Are you an imperfect working mum, too?

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Tweet Are you an imperfect working mum too? I just read a goal from someone who is on a course that I’m also on. She is having a really tough time. One of her goals for the day was simply: “Try to stay upright” We’ve all had periods like this in our life when it’s  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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Stop comparing yourself to other working mums!

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Working mums are exceptionally good at comparing themselves to others and judging themselves harshly! One of my coaches used to tell me “Comparison is the killer of creativity”. She’s right. But it’s not just that. Comparison is the killer of confidence too.

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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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Olympic Inspiration: 7 Ways to Be Inspired and Achieve Your Goals

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Tweet The London 2012 Olympics has been a rich source of inspiration for so many of us.  Last Friday, I was so inspired and fired up by the Olympics, that I decided on impulse to take the boys down to London on Sunday to see the closing ceremony. A phone call to my friend Sharen  Continue Reading…

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