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Addy's blog: The little things in life....

I recently went to a WorkLife Central lunchtime seminar on Stress and Burnout and realised tha...

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Hayley's blog: Holidays: Social media v reality

With summer holiday season almost upon us, I have found an unpublished blog I wrote last summe...

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Rosie's blog: Demob happy?

The youngest son breaks up for school at the beginning of July for a full 8 weeks of kicking b...

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Gender Equality, Careers and the Media

Helen Beedham interviews Baroness Shami Chakrabarti about how she has managed her career, being...

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Peace's blog: Have you been pwned?

At a recent parent teacher information session, the Headteacher discussed the importance of on...

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Careers, Motherhood and Work / Life Balance

In this episode Helen Beedham of Cityparents chats to Sam Smith, CEO of FinnCap, about her care...

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Freddy's blog: Making new friends

Our big drive at the moment is to make new friends. It’s a strange mission to have in yo...

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Dolly's blog: Home alone

It’s been 12 years. Can I leave my kids on their own yet?!  After a decade of ...

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Hayley's blog: Three

I realised as I was about to start writing this that, other than writing on here, I have writt...

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Rosie's blog: The rite of spring

The change of season is upon us and the warm sun and longer evenings are welcome as leaving fo...

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Sarah's blog: The guilt trap

I read an article once which I think summed it up perfectly – life as a working mum can ...

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Maria's blog: Light at the end of the tunnel

Only about 3 weeks ago all parents of year 6 found out which secondary school their kid/s will...

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Peace's blog: To board or not to board?

'I don't really care about going to this one, I just want to go to the one up the road...

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Freddy's blog: Being a boy-boy

World Book Day and lots of our children will have gone to school dressed up as their favourite...

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Dolly's blog: More or less?

I appear to have accidentally bought a house in France... Well, not a complete accident o...

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Caroline's blog: Hairspray and penalties

As a family with 2 working parents, we try to protect our downtime, and make sure our tots don...

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Hayley's blog: A different type of work life balance

Most of us walk the delicate tightrope that is known as work-life balance and it is a regular ...

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James's blog: Finding time for children to be chil...

Last year I attended a career development course provided by my (then) employer.  One ses...

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Rosie's blog: New Beginnings.

The New Year has started in our home with the usual taking-down of decorations and disposal of...

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Peace's blog: Seedless grapes and Artificial Intel...

It's December! 'Tis the season to be merry. The glow of fairy lights and baubles creat...

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Freddy's blog: Events did not rhyme quite as he ha...

I write from work, where I’m under pressure after taking responsibility for a major proj...

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Ellen's blog: The wonderful NHS

I don’t think we have had a WorkLife Central blog yet about experiences of the NHS? Mine...

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Dolly's blog: Trick or treat

Controversy alert... When I was a kid, this time of year was all about bonfire night. Bon...

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Caroline's blog: Hat trick

They say all good things come in threes, but I have not, as yet, found any professional body w...

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