by Kerri Summers | Aug 28, 2020 | Thoughts
How have you returned to work today? Are you feeling refreshed and ready for the week ahead? This question might be annoying for those of us who did not get the reboot that we needed over the weekend due to work and family responsibilities. That is why I want to talk...
by Kerri Summers | Aug 24, 2020 | Thoughts
I think that many of us have struggled with the idea of work-life balance. If you think about some of the archetypal images of balance, a tightrope walker holding a long pole horizontally across their body over a ravine, two children on a playground seesaw or an old...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Jul 21, 2020 | Working
The Working Parent Company founder Sharon Charlton Thomson was interviewed for a podcast by The Parent Practice on the subject of Radical Self Care for the Real World We Live In. Listen to the podcast > In this episode with Sharon if you want to learn: What self-care...
by Kerri Summers | Jun 3, 2020 | Thoughts
In our latest podcast for working parents trying to juggle work and family life, we spoke to Charlie Warshawski about growth mindset and how to cultivate it in ourselves and our children. The podcast got me thinking about the positive mindset shifts we might see in...
by Kerri Summers | May 21, 2020 | Thoughts
Overheard at the end of yet another Zoom meeting last week was a manager lamenting the lack of commitment of some of their virtual workers. The evidence for this? Employees who were not on call to requests and not available for meetings at all times of the working...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | May 4, 2020 | Working
New Podcast Episode: Dr Nihara Krause provides tips and advice for resilience during lockdown and ponders what Killing Eve can teach us to help.
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Apr 21, 2020 | Working
New Podcast Episode: In this episode, we explore and share mindfulness and visualisation strategies as a wonderful resource for leadership and parental focus, regulation and nourishment.
by Elaine Halligan | Apr 16, 2020 | Working
One of our professional partners, Elaine Halligan from The Parent Practice shares with us how to speak to our children about the virus and how to resource them and us at this time. Download the Guide to Talking to Kids About Covid-19
by Charlie Warshawski | Apr 1, 2020 | Working
Why are mindsets important? Listen to the radio, the TV or someone else for an hour, and you are likely to hear something like “I’ve got the right/wrong mindset for….”. The word itself has embedded in our everyday language. Understanding our mindset is incredibly...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Mar 30, 2020 | Working
We have developed a series of live, interactive “Learn & Connect” sessions to resource parents working from home with children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our sessions have been specifically designed by our team of expert speakers to help parents with solid,...