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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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Citydad's blog: What's your cruising altitude?

When my son was born in 2009, I took two weeks of Paternity Leave to be with my new ...

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Tom's blog: Daily reminders

Over Easter I was speaking to an elderly friend at church (let's call her Rose), who lives...

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Esther's blog: Why trust women?

I can ’ t believe how quickly it seems to have happened, but it is nearly time to o...

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Ellen's blog: Au what a lovely pair

As I contemplate my return to work (yes, I’m still “looking for my next opportunit...

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James's blog: Clients Care?

I work in the legal profession and my employer recently agreed, after lengthy negotiations, to...

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Dolly's blog: How are you coping?

As employers wake up to the (commercial) importance of mental health, my in-box increasingly c...

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Sarah's blog: Dinner

This weekend we all sat down together at the dining table to eat supper! For most familie...

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Rosie's blog: Having it all

The way of a working parent can feel like a tightrope walk. As we achieve a sense of equilibri...

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CityDads Blog: No More Excuses - A Guide to Working Out

One of the many things I've got my dad to thank for is for moulding me into someone who e...

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Esther's blog: Stress in the City and how to alleviate it, plus boobs in a boys’ club.

At the beginning of last week my attention was very much focused on delivering a seminar for C...

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Tom's blog: Daddy's little princess

After watching her brothers in a school nativity play, my 2 year old daughter told me she want...

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Ellen's blog: Job search - staying mindful of mindfulness

Having left my job in November and taken a 2-month “holiday”, I recently began a j...

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James's blog: I really like Dolly's blog

I really enjoyed reading Dolly's blog last week.  It made me realise just how little ...

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Dolly's blog: The Night Shift

It's often said that working mothers might leave the office earlier but then log on from h...

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Sarah's blog: Why every firm needs parents

I have changed a lot over the past nine years. In that time, I have gone through three pregna...

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Citydad's blog: Shared Parental Leave - A gift for all the family

While focusing on getting everything sorted for Christmas over the last month or so, as wel...

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Louisa's blog: Can there be another way?

I am not a lawyer, though I aspired to be one in my early teens until a careers-advice se...

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Dolly's blog: Homework

Is homework really worth it and what, actually, does it demonstrate? My kids are 8, 7 and...

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Tom's blog: Degrees of exhaustion

I read an article in the Evening Standard last week about Karen Blackett, who's an inspira...

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Ellen's blog: Life Changing

In October I took the decision to make a big decision; I left my job and decided to give mysel...

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James' blog: Less is more

I recently returned to work after a summer of bliss spent looking after my young daughter. &n...

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Esther's blog: Citymothers and Cityfathers Mentors Ahoy..

Louisa and I decided I should jump the queue and blog out of turn to draw your attention to th...

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Anthony's blog: Using some flex

"Our household is 12 months into an experiment which took us 2 years (or more) to underta...

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Sarah's blog: Pace of Life

  "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a whil...

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