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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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Maria's blog: Pushing or letting be?

This weekend I was having a drink with two of my neighbours, both super achievers type parents...

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Kim's blog: Time to start letting go

My firstborn started secondary school last week.  The transition from primary loomed over...

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Dolly's blog: Who are you calling bossy?

It was the usual back-to-school chaos at Dolly Towers.   Their shirt cuffs stopped ...

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Caroline's blog: Change is here to stay

"OK – own up - so who flicked the switch to change summer to autumn last week? It s...

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Hayley's blog: Time off

I have just returned to work after having just over a week "off"   wit...

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Matt's blog: Ingredients for flexible working success

I've worked for my current employer for just over one year now.  In looking for a new...

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Marva's blog: No time like the present

So, I’ve got a little bit of time off work over the school holidays & for the first ...

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Ellen's blog: Summer Holidays

Will this school  holiday ever end?? The summer holiday experience seems to be very diffe...

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Lawrence's blog: The Parental Leave Experience

Through a chance meeting with a member of the HR team at work earlier in the year I was made a...

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Rosie's blog: Ready for the holidays

I have been looking forward to the summer holidays for simply ages. As term-fatigue reaches ...

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Addy's blog: The ups and downs of working from home.

I am incredibly lucky, my employer has a remote working policy that insists the majority of st...

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Freddy's blog: A run of bad form

When I was 13 years old I had a run of bad form at school. First I got in trouble for insultin...

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Hippolyta's blog: The Dark Ages

As a Mentor with WorkLife Central for the last three years, I’ve had the privilege of me...

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Dolly's blog: The balance of power

Mr D is away for a month and the added pressure is starting to bite.  Friday was a blur...

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Ellen's blog: Fight or flight?

The way an organisation handles its ‘flight risk’ is very telling of the kind of c...

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Wendy's blog: The power of two - Shared Parental Leave

I recently took eight month’s maternity leave to have my first baby, a lovely boy called...

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Hayley's blog: Part time lawyer, part time mummy

I have the best of both worlds, don’t I? I work for part of the week and spend one ...

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James's blog: Obsessive Compulsive Parenting

When I was in my late teens I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I had displaye...

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Caroline's blog: Making lemonade

Sometimes, as a treat, I take my tots to our favourite tea shop after school on a Friday. The...

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Rosie's blog: Personal maintenance

One of the struggles as a parent is validating the time taken for what might loosely be referr...

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Maria's blog: White lies or reality check?

I recently introduced my little one to the daughter of a friend, same age (nearly 9) but let&r...

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Rosie's blog: Losses

Recently on a trip away I bumped into an old school friend whom I hadn’t seen for over 2...

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Freddy's blog: Education

We're starting to think about education for our daughter. Now she’s almos...

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Julia's blog: Leadership Skills

My daughter is blessed with bundles of confidence and a very strong sense of justice. She chat...

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