24 Words of Wisdom for Working Parents
12) Notice the behaviour that you want to see more of, and that is what you will get.
We are wired to notice the negative because it is crucial to our survival but it means that as parents (or colleagues or bosses) we are alerted to the behaviour we don’t want and often overlook what...
11) This weekend swap your ‘to do’ list with your ‘to stop’ list.
One of the most uplifting and freeing things to do is to create a ‘to stop’ list. It requires us to reflect on how we fill our life and which jobs, obligations and rituals are no longer of value or...
10) Work on it, not just in it.*
Often when coaching working parents we hear that performance reviews are consistently good but peers are being promoted and they are not. This can be because, with the extra demands of parenthood,...
Thoughts in a 2-Minute Read
Right Speech
If you prefer to listen to this blog, click below for the audio. Or, just read on...We have become a world saturated with words, opinion, and advice. Blogs, vlogs, newsletters (irony taken), posts...
When Gender roles shift from ‘descriptive’ to ‘prescriptive’ we are in trouble as far as gender equality is concerned
If you prefer to listen to this blog, click below for the audio. Or, just read on...When a baby is born, on that very same day, a mother and a father is also born. And on that same day things...
The Village is deflating
'In order to support another, we need to feel supported.' If you prefer to listen to this blog, click below for the audio. Or, just read on... We have probably all heard the phrase “it takes a...
Reading
49 Ways to Write Yourself Well by Jackee Holder
The compelling science of journalling is now well known. It is the most effective tool at raising the self awareness critical for leadership and working parenthood. But where do you start? 49 Ways...
Playing Big
Playing Big by Tara Mohr is the absolute best practical guide for women in the workplace. Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance & True Refuge, stated that 'This is a book that can transform...
Diary Of A Baby
The best parenting book (in our humble opinion!) The shelves are heaving with books on the ‘how to’s’ of parenting. But we cannot parent well until we know our child! In Diary of a Baby, Daniel...
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Listening
Hidden Brain – Kinder Gardening
Some parents think they can shape their child into a particular kind of adult. Psychologist Alison Gopnik says the science suggests otherwise and uses the analogy of gardeners and carpenters to...