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I realised recently that I probably don’t talk eno I realised recently that I probably don’t talk enough about this part of my work. I share a lot about motherhood, matrescence and navigating work alongside the rest of our lives. And as part of this, I work with women specifically on their careers and leadership. My clients care deeply about their careers. They want to keep growing, become more effective leaders and work towards what’s next, while also recognising that motherhood may have changed what they want from work and how they want it to fit into their lives. That’s why I bring my executive coaching and leadership development experience into my work with mothers. And when it’s useful, we can incorporate GENOS Emotional Intelligence or CLS360 leadership profiling too. If you’re interested in leadership profiling or want support with your career and leadership goals, send me a message. #LeadershipDevelopment #ExecutiveCoaching #WomenInLeadership #WorkingMothers #CareerDevelopment
You can know that something in your life needs to You can know that something in your life needs to change without knowing exactly what that change should be. This is the point where many of my clients seek support from me. They're capable women who have spent years making things work. They're good at their jobs, they care deeply about their families, and they're used to being the person who figures things out. But somewhere along the way, things have started to feel different. Often they are experiencing one of the following: - They are questioning whether they still want the career they've worked so hard to build. - They are tired of feeling responsible for everyone's needs and wondering why there's so little room for their own. - They are wondering why their life looks pretty good from the outside, but something doesn't feel quite right anymore. They may have spent months trying to work it out in their own heads. One thing I love about coaching is watching what happens when a woman finally has space to explore these questions properly. We look at what's happening in her life, the expectations she's carrying and what actually matters to her now. Sometimes that leads to a significant decision. Sometimes it's about changing how she approaches the life she already has. Either way, she begins making decisions with a clearer understanding of herself and what she wants. This is the work I do with women through 1:1 coaching. I have a few spaces available for 1:1 coaching between now and the end of 2026. If you've been thinking about getting some support with your career, motherhood or the direction your life is taking, send me a message. We can talk about what's happening for you and whether coaching would be useful. #LifeCoaching #WorkingMothers #CareerCoaching #MotherhoodAndCareer #WomenInLeadership #WorkingMums
"Working mums are building skills in some pretty u "Working mums are building skills in some pretty unexpected places. 😂 Negotiation. Influencing. Emotional intelligence. Conflict resolution. Adaptability. Decision-making. Turns out, getting through an average morning with kids can be excellent preparation for the working day. Highly skilled. Extensively field-tested. What have I missed? What skill has motherhood given YOU plenty of opportunity to practise? 👇 #WorkingMums #WorkingMothers #WomenAtWork #MotherhoodAndCareer #WomenInLeadership #WorkingMumLife #Motherhood #LeadershipSkills"
I was feeling tired today. In the past, I would h I was feeling tired today. In the past, I would have thought, “Come on, what’s wrong with you? You’ve got things to do.” But these days I see things differently. I’d been working hard. Thinking deeply. Creating. Coaching. Holding space for people. Going to bed a bit too late too many times. 😉 It actually made perfect sense that I felt different today. So often we expect ourselves to show up with exactly the same energy, focus and capacity every single day. But why? Our energy changes because life changes. Sleep changes. Stress changes. The mental load changes. Our emotional world changes. And yet we often judge ourselves against a version of ourselves that doesn’t exist. The one that isn’t human. The one that isn’t impacted by life. One of the biggest shifts I’ve made is learning to ask a different question. Not...“Why can’t I keep up today?” But...“What might explain why today feels different?” That question moves us away from self-criticism and towards self-understanding. And when we understand ourselves more accurately, we make better decisions. Sometimes the wisest decision isn’t pushing through. Sometimes it’s recognising that today’s version of you needs something different from yesterday’s. That’s one of the most important forms of self-leadership. #WorkingMums #Matrescence #MotherhoodAndCareer #SelfLeadership #WorkingMothers
Sometimes the hardest part of asking for help is f Sometimes the hardest part of asking for help is fearing your need will inconvenience someone else. So we soften the request. We apologise. We give them five different ways to say no. Or we decide not to ask at all because we’ve already assumed they’re too busy. But when we decide for someone else that our need is too much, we’re taking responsibility for a decision that belongs to them. They get to decide whether they can help. You get to be honest about what you need. What would change if you trusted other people to decide what they have space to give? 🎙️ From my conversation with @899thelight on the @shayleeandrobshow. To watch the full conversation, comment ASKFORHELP and I’ll send it to you. #WorkingMums #MentalLoad #MumGuilt #Matrescence
Fresh evidence about the female brain has just bee Fresh evidence about the female brain has just been published, and it adds weight to something I talk about often: we need to take matrescence seriously as a developmental transition. The new Nature Communications study looked at structural brain changes across puberty, pregnancy and menopause, using longitudinal data and the same analytical methods to examine where these transitions share similarities and where they differ. For me, the significance isn’t simply that pregnancy changes the brain. We already knew that. It’s the growing body of evidence showing that major reproductive transitions involve significant brain reorganisation, alongside everything we already know about the psychological, social and identity changes of becoming a mother. We readily understand that adolescence changes a person. We don’t expect a teenager to emerge from puberty exactly as they entered it. Yet there is still an expectation that women will have a baby and eventually “get back to normal”. The more we understand matrescence, the less sense that expectation makes. Reference: van ’t Hof, S. R. et al. (2026). *Puberty, pregnancy, and menopause show shared and distinct structural changes across the lifespan.* Nature Communications, 17, 9360. #Matrescence #WorkingMothers #MotherhoodIdentity #MaternalWellbeing #MotherhoodResearch
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