Why is it that some lessons have to be learned a hundred times before they stick? Even when they’re so utterly obvious that you can’t understand how you’ve got so far without taking them on board? I learned one of…
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How to write that thing you don’t want to write
When you have to write something you don’t want to write, it can feel like you’re really stuck. Getting started feels almost impossible. So you don’t. You push the thing aside and hope it will go away. Except it doesn’t….
Get back your career confidence after children
“I don’t suppose I’ll ever get my career back,” she told me. “I’ve been out of the game for ten years. Nobody will want to employ me now.” Sounds familiar? Up and down the country, too many mothers are…
How to switch back to mother mode when you work from home
When you work from home, the transition from mother to worker and back again can be sticky. On those rare days I work in the office, the change in physical surroundings helps me separate the different parts of myself. It’s…