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Oct 29, 2020

Why you need to know your Values and how to find them

Imagine living a life when every day brings joy and satisfaction, when your choices and experiences feel deeply righteous and give you...

Oct 15, 2020

Flexible working: dos and don'ts

What you need most as a working parent is flexibility, or agility. The agility of mindset and flexibility of time. Read about the mindset...

Oct 8, 2020

If you feel annoyed with your children, your partner, yourself

It often happens when something goes not according to the ideal plan. One of my favourite writers, psychologist Lyudmila Petranovskaya...

Oct 1, 2020

Ten highlights from Linklaters' 'new normal' work culture

This week I joined a webinar on 'Managing People During a Pandemic' with great thought-provoking presentations by the Chair of The Law...

Sep 24, 2020

What I did not expect as a first-time-mum

What I did not expect when pregnant with my first baby was that the journey would be as much, if not more, about who I was and who I am....

Sep 17, 2020

Working from home with kids - Reality check

Back in March 2020, two weeks into the lockdown, my wonderful friend and a superb leadership coach Amelia Saberwal and I ran a webinar on...

Sep 8, 2020

Working from home or living at work? Boundaries & flexibility

Working from home gave many people the flexibility to review their daily routines towards more work-life balance, like a morning...

Sep 3, 2020

The discomfort you are feeling is grief

Mums, dads, teams and leaders around the world are going through a grieving process. Grief is a normal human reaction to a loss from a...

Aug 21, 2020

The right way to parent, or to do anything really

The fun thing about The Right Way is that it is different everywhere you go. Look at parenting, for example. My family connects four...

Aug 19, 2020

What to do when you don't know the solution

When you have a problem, you start by looking for a solution in the obvious place. It's a smart move and works most of the time. If you...

Aug 13, 2020

When do you need coaching?

There are times in life when the map of our life shifts. The bearings we have been using to navigate it disappear. It is distressful. ...

Jul 29, 2020

Pelvic Floor Gadgets Review

Note: The views in this post are mine, not sponsored by any company and are free from advertising. This is not an advice on which gadgets...

Jul 22, 2020

The time trap: Stop thinking about Time in minutes

Once I complained to a friend that, with two kids, time is scarce. The friend's response was "Oh, you do have time, trust me!" That...

Jul 16, 2020

to fly, embrace falling

As one Olympic sportsman put it: "In ski jumping, the person who leans forward most wins. And if you lean forward too much - you fall on...

Jul 16, 2020

Who am I being that they are not shining?

As a parent or a soon-to-be-parent, when you see a teenager who looks disconnected, what do you decide to think of her? That she is bored...

Jun 26, 2020

Do Pelvic Floor Gadgets Work?

For a year, I ran free weekly drop-in sessions on pelvic health, in my living room. The display of various pelvic floor gadgets was...

Jun 18, 2020

Group B Strep Test in Pregnancy

In 2014, when I was pregnant with my first son, I had no idea about the Group B Strep (GBS) screening, until a friend told me about it....

Jun 12, 2020

Shared Parental Leave. Story #1 - SIMON, lawyer & policy adviser for the UK Gov

Are mums and dads equally good caregivers? The answer is - not the same, but equally good. Dads can be great caregivers, they just need...

May 25, 2020

What Makes a Good Life?

For many, life just like before the pandemic will feel like a good life today. But what makes a good life whatever the circumstances, a...

May 22, 2020

RESILIENCE is your buffer and a muscle

Resilient people focus on the things that they can change, and accept that there are things they can’t change. Check out the Resilience...

May 15, 2020

The Maternal Wall

I chose this topic to show just how much some stories empower us, while others limit our potential. The Maternal Wall is more of a US...

May 4, 2020

Make the effort to play!

I do not mean playing with your kids. Adults need their playtime to be creative, positive and just stay sane. You might also like to...

May 1, 2020

Return to Work from Mat Leave during the Covid-19 Lockdown

I bet this is not how you expected it to be. Check out these top four tips. You might also like to watch this "Working From Home with...

May 1, 2020

Meetings all day. Actual work not done

You might also like to watch the "Working From Home with Kids" webinar, recorded during the Coronavirus lockdown. WOMEN IN LAW: Want to...

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