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I recently went to a WorkLife Central lunchtime seminar on Stress and Burnout and realised tha...
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With summer holiday season almost upon us, I have found an unpublished blog I wrote last summe...
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The youngest son breaks up for school at the beginning of July for a full 8 weeks of kicking b...
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For a number of reasons, it became apparent last year that I wasn’t going to progress in...
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Three months ago, I decided to take the semi-calculated risk of leaving my current employer, w...
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Helen Beedham interviews Baroness Shami Chakrabarti about how she has managed her career, bein...
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At a recent parent teacher information session, the Headteacher discussed the importance of on...
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In this episode Helen Beedham of Cityparents chats to Sam Smith, CEO of FinnCap, about her car...
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Our big drive at the moment is to make new friends. It’s a strange mission to have in yo...
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I had an amazing experience last week at the WorkLife Central event “Living with Anxiety...
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It’s been 12 years. Can I leave my kids on their own yet?! After a decade of ...
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With Mental Health Awareness Week looming, I’ve been thinking about one small concept I ...
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I have decided I am Schrödinger’s cat. For those of you who are not up on your...
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I realised as I was about to start writing this that, other than writing on here, I have writt...
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The change of season is upon us and the warm sun and longer evenings are welcome as leaving fo...
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I read an article once which I think summed it up perfectly – life as a working mum can ...
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Only about 3 weeks ago all parents of year 6 found out which secondary school their kid/s will...
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'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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World Book Day and lots of our children will have gone to school dressed up as their favourite...
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Flexible working conditions while maintaining career trajectory – we talk about it all t...
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I appear to have accidentally bought a house in France... Well, not a complete accident o...
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As a family with 2 working parents, we try to protect our downtime, and make sure our tots don...
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Following from my last blog “No llama, no drama" where I detailed my childcare nigh...
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Most of us walk the delicate tightrope that is known as work-life balance and it is a regular ...
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