By Joy Burnford, founder of My Confidence Matters In this piece I’d like to draw on the experiences of a lady called Matilda in order to talk about the very real issue of feeling overwhelmed at work. We all feel it at some stage or another, but it’s how you deal with it that really…
Skills we learn on maternity leave that we can take back to our day jobs
We learn so many skills whilst off on maternity leave that we can take back to our day jobs. It’s not all singing nursery rhymes you know..
Would you take a moment to vote for me?
Great news! I am through to the second round of the UK blog awards. If you have a moment, then please could you vote for me. You can find me on page 7 of the parent & baby section under PitterPatterPither. All you have to do to vote is click on the red heart. Simple…
Making sure the work/ life balance pendulum continues to swing towards life
How fitness can help swing the work/ life balance pendulum towards life..
A Pregnancy Pause or career suicide?
When I was on maternity leave (not all that long ago) I came across a US campaign called The Pregnancy Pause. I had heard of this term before whilst speaking to one of my clients about maternity leave rights, but didn’t know it was an actual movement. In a nutshell, it’s a campaign to help new mums explain their baby induced hiatus to prospective employers. The main crux of…
8 tips to build your confidence as a female business leader; a guest post from Lynn Morrison
Lynn Morrison, Marketing Director of Opus Energy, reveals her top tips to build confidence as a female business leader: Thanks in part to new UK laws around gender diversity, more businesses than ever are creating opportunities for women to step into leadership roles. As someone who recently stepped up into a board role, I know first-hand…
Maternity leave anxiety… it’s a thing
It’s perfectly normal to be anxious about going off on maternity leave. Since I started writing and researching this blog, the below fears and worries are just some of the things I have heard in the struggle to let go for mothers to be. Do you resonate with any of these? “I am worried about…
Is work / life balance a myth for new parents?
A question that I am regularly asked is this; Is work/ life balance a myth for new parents? Well I think this all depends on what you mean by ‘balance’… If ‘balance’ means completely equal, then no I don’t think this is possible… ..But if you mean, can one achieve some form of balance over…
The case for a staggered return to work
Well, tomorrow I go back to work ‘for real’, working four days a week, on full hours….No more phased return. No more shorter days. No more early finishes to miss the traffic and still make bath time. Tomorrow is me back to work proper… I recently wrote a piece for London Mums Magazine about the case for…
Creative Ways to Make Mealtime More Fun for Picky Eaters: a guest post
My (almost) one year old is without a doubt a picky eater. However for her it’s less about what she does and doesn’t eat and more about her fierce independence that is the issue. She is desperate to feed herself and hates it when I try to spoon-feed her.. well unless it’s a spoonful of…
