Dear Denny You are almost there – Freddie will turn one on 10 January and you will be through that first difficult year. You will be able to put away the sterilising kit for now and will do a little dance around the kitchen when that happens. I know this is a bit of a […] Read more…
“I really want to change career but as a busy working mum I just don’t have the time. Can you give me any time saving tips or hacks? I’m a bit busy at the moment what with xmas and end of term but if you can give me some ideas I will put them into […] Read more…
I was unhappy in my professional services marketing career for a long time and looking back it was never the right career for me. But one thing I did enjoy was the money. Now don’t get me wrong I wasn’t raking it in but the money was just enough to buy me a few nice […] Read more…
I am writing this to you from the sunny gold coast, where we are enjoying a much needed family break before the silly season, as it’s affectionately known here in Australia, gets into full swing. I love breaks like these. When we look back these little holidays are often where our happiest family memories are […] Read more…
Stress, tiredness and overwork have become the new normal, especially for working mums. Back in the early days of trying to juggle work and family, I would complain to my husband about how tough it all was or share my frustrations with my other working mum friends over a glass of wine. “It’s normal” or […] Read more…
If you’re anything like me you’ve probably dreamed about being in a new career for a long time. I spent most of my 20’s and a good part of my 30’s pondering on a career change and daydreaming about the other things I could do. I even dipped my toe in a few times but […] Read more…
So you’re returning to the workforce after time-out to concentrate on your family but the last time you wrote a CV Donald Trump was hosting The Apprentice. Things have moved on in your industry and you’re not sure you even want to return to your old career. You’ve developed all these amazing time management, budgeting […] Read more…
One thing that my clients often don’t want to hear is that career change takes time. For me it took almost four years between working out what I wanted to do with my life and actually being paid to do it (albeit alongside raising my children, running my home and other paid work). And actually […] Read more…
Maybe you’ve been through Part One of my Working Mum Career Change ebook and you have a long list of your likes, dislikes and interests. You’re in touch with your vision for your life and how you’d like to work. Perhaps you even have a list (long or short) of contender careers. But you’re uncertain of […] Read more…
So it turns out that I have spent most of my working life unhappy in my job. I also spent a lot of that time pondering, sometimes quietly, sometimes in loud drunken frustration, on what I could do instead and when the heck was I going to be able to give up my job in […] Read more…