Library

Welcome to our Library - a rich bank of online content updated weekly. Browse our collection of Guides and Expert Articles, listen to our Podcast series discussing views and perspectives from both experts and those with lived experience, and our popular Blog series where members share their experiences of balancing work and home.

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Blog

Dan's blog: Routine

I’m sure that many of you reading this have some kind of routine established with your c...

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Addy's blog: The "C" word

Trigger warning: serious illness  Most people hate hearing the “C” wor...

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Michael's blog: “Are you going to have a second?”

It’s a balmy summer evening and I’m lying on my acupuncturist’s couch in lea...

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Podcasts

Reverse Mentoring

Anna Richards talks to Pensions Partner, James Riley and Business Manager, Letty Gibbs about t...

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Katie’s blog: Anyone else with children starting Reception this week?

I have been chuckling at the assumption that life gets ‘easier’ when children star...

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Peace's blog: Summer of gluttony

"Mummy, there's nothing in the house!" As some parents may be able to relat...

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Freddy's blog: Sunscreen

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ‘19 - that’s the preschool class - if I could...

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Dolly's blog: It’s another kids’ party and I’ll cry if I want to

I am so over kids’ parties.    Even when I was a kid they caused me traum...

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Podcasts

Shared Parental Leave

Anna Richards talks to lawyer Philip Reed, a senior associate at Farrer & Co, about his ex...

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Caroline's blog: Learning the hard way

They say that if you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrib...

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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With summer holiday season almost upon us, I have found an unpublished blog I wrote last summe...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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James' blog: Moving in-house

For a number of reasons, it became apparent last year that I wasn’t going to progress in...

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Marva's blog: Only the Brave (or Stupid!)

Three months ago, I decided to take the semi-calculated risk of leaving my current employer, w...

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Podcasts

Gender Equality, Careers and the Media

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

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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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Podcasts

Careers, Motherhood and Work / Life Balance

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

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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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Ellen's blog: You, me and anxiety

I had an amazing experience last week at the WorkLife Central event “Living with Anxiety...

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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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Caroline's blog: Connections

With Mental Health Awareness Week looming, I’ve been thinking about one small concept I ...

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Addy's blog: Schrodinger’s Cat

I have decided I am Schrödinger’s cat. For those of you who are not up on your...

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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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