Hi! I'm Amanda Alexander PCC, Director of Coaching Mums. Welcome to the blog!
Since founding Coaching Mums in 2003, I've helped thousands of working mums across the World to create a sense of balance, fulfillment and success on their own terms.
Here on the blog, you'll find tonnes of free online coaching tools and tips to help you as a working mum to juggle all the roles you play... without losing the plot!
Four remote controls, two phones, a lap top ,a desk top and a set of car keys constantly being moved into obscure hiding places by the kids – and we were all told technology would simplify our lives! As working mums our lives are complicated further by the dual identity we keep and the limited time either side of the working day to get ourselves organised. Read More
I think everyone juggling work and familes put too much pressure on themselves to achieve things, you are right about being realistic.. what is going to happen if you don't do it? Are your children going to suffer because you didn't iron their clothes or hoover their bedroom as much as you wanted to.
Your advice about getting the children to help is really good. I sometimes give my children the basket of clean washing and get them to sort it into piles for each member of the family.. it is then easier for me to tackle. They also feel a sense of achievement.
As for the paraphanalia I'm not sure that it has cut down now they are older; a bag for swimming, football, school, ballet, lunch etc.. I really have to keep on top of this by washing it and replacing the items in their bags straight after so I don't have to panic 5 minutes before they need it again.
Thanks for the advice, I am off to buy a massive wall calendar...
As a mumpreneur you are pulled in a million different directions every day. Here are my 11 tips to help you make the most of the day and feel good about it! Read More
For those of you who are new to Inspire or missed the last
edition, I was talking about turning 40 and a wonderful book a friend gave me
for my birthday called “Feel Fab Forever: The Anti-Ageing Health and Beauty
Bible” by Josephine Fairley and Sarah Stacey. Even though the book
is essentially a beauty guide, it’s packed full of wisdom from women who have
gone beyond the 40 milestone. I was so inspired that I decided to
scribble down some of the best nuggets to share with you here. If you
missed the first ten nuggets, you can read them on my blog. Read More
One of my uber fab clients Jo, mentioned these ten commandments from Kent Keith during our coaching call this morning and she has just sent me the full ten commandments. Jo tells me that they found their way onto Mother Teresa's wall, so there can be no higher endorsement for me! Read More
Comments
Your advice about getting the children to help is really good. I sometimes give my children the basket of clean washing and get them to sort it into piles for each member of the family.. it is then easier for me to tackle. They also feel a sense of achievement.
As for the paraphanalia I'm not sure that it has cut down now they are older; a bag for swimming, football, school, ballet, lunch etc.. I really have to keep on top of this by washing it and replacing the items in their bags straight after so I don't have to panic 5 minutes before they need it again.
Thanks for the advice, I am off to buy a massive wall calendar...
Juliet