Last night we went to Max's Christmas school performance, “Oliver”. It's unheard of for me NOT to well up every time M’s Headmaster makes a post-performance speech. Last night was no exception, but for different reasons than my usual surge of thankfulness for the quality of education and the love produced from the school.     Read More

Achieving work life balance for working mums, as I keep banging on about, is at least in part down to our own attitude and our actions. In the website www.jobs.com, a comment in a recent blog post I've just come across about work life balance mirrors my own stance.  Read More

Working mums don’t have it easy.  There are deadlines to meet, errands to run, kids to shuttle about, and hungry mouths to feed.  We wear many hats and still survive the circus of the daily routine.  To top it off, working mums face hostility at every turn—from traditionalists who lament our roles in the decline of the golden era of 1950s family values to conservatives who criticise us for harming our children, leaving them behind like damaged goods.  And frequently, it’s experts and authorities who feed their daft arguments.  Read More

You’ve heard it before, I’m sure.  Perhaps in the check-out line at the grocery store, or at the playground on a Saturday afternoon.  Maybe you’ve even come across it in the office!  You know what I’m talking about—the snarky comments and upturned noses or even the gasps of blatant scorn.  Raise a hand if you’ve ever gotten a reaction like that when you’ve told people you’re a working mum.  Read More

In our previous instalment discussing the idea of working mums today wanting and having “it all,” it’s clear the issue has attracted widespread attention in both professional and popular media, particularly with the release of leading lady Emma Thompson’s controversial statement on the subject.    Read More

We’ve come a long way, baby, so the saying goes.  But, have we really? This question arises frequently within my working parents’ and working mums’ group coaching discussions.  How far have the perceptions of society progressed with regards to motherhood and a mother’s decision to work outside the home?  Read More

Philip M Harter, a doctor at Stanford University of Medicine, is generally credited with compiling a snapshot of how the Earth’s population would look if it was shrunk to a village of just 100 people, with all the human ratios still remaining.  I am uncertain whether Harter made these calculations himself or whether he came across the figures (it depends where you look!)  Read More