We are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary next week. Where did the time go? Being 10 years married makes me feel older than my own age does.
My husband and I were talking in the... Read More
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Ten months after coming back from maternity leave I now find myself in job number three. Given that I am not a contractor this has been quite a high number of new starts in under a year!
To clar... Read More
I will never forget the morning that I resigned from my previous job. In truth, I had been planning my resignation meeting in my head for months. But when the time finally came, I was woefully unprep... Read More
When I wrote my last blog it was May and we were literally on our knees. I can’t bear to re-read my brutally honest words. What a difference a few months can make. The chink o... Read More
Remember my first blog for the year where I said I was aiming to relaunch my career in 2020 as I had felt stuck for a while especially since having my kids? Well, that definitely isn’t going to... Read More
Taking a reflection on my career over the last 12 years has been a mixture of opportunities, meeting preparation, success, taking risks, going with the flow, disappointments, frustrations and al... Read More
For a number of reasons, it became apparent last year that I wasn’t going to progress in my then-current role. When I had originally applied for the position my employer had been sceptica... Read More
Three months ago, I decided to take the semi-calculated risk of leaving my current employer, without having a job-offer in place for another position.
For a single parent, with ever-increa... Read More
I have decided I am Schrödinger’s cat.
For those of you who are not up on your quantum mechanics or fans of “The Big Bang Theory” here’s a layman’s guide to wh... Read More
Flexible working conditions while maintaining career trajectory – we talk about it all time and it can often seem like the Holy Grail – a tricky quest that I for one have often wondered d... Read More
Following from my last blog “No llama, no drama" where I detailed my childcare nightmare situation, I’m happy to report new Nanny has settled in well and picked up our routine with m... Read More
I am writing this as the new year has started. Every new year whilst I think of meaningful resolutions (most of which are broken by this time!), I tell myself I will somehow find a way to better bala... Read More
It is invariably the case that pride comes before a fall (I think) and I am no less guilty than the next person for having moments (albeit quiet ones, mostly) of self-congratulation which inevitably ... Read More
Five little words but yet with such potent qualities that can make the difference between a healthy stress free day and a meltdown.
Some days I find myself spread so thin, having promised ... Read More
Following on from Ellen’s blog on the “Communication Code of Conduct” a couple of weeks ago, and having had a variety of testing experiences since then, it got me thinking about c... Read More