By Nargiz Why do we always think of career when asked about achievements Motherhood is an amazing journey. Sometimes, pursuing personal and career growth opportunities we ignore this period in our life and don’t realize that these precious moments are irrevocable. We become proud of our achievements, and can talk for hours about them, but…
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Working Mom To Stay At Home Mom: The Transition
By Kirstin Bond The words we feel too guilty to say and hope someone else will say it first so that we can finally let it out! I spent fifteen years working before deciding to take the plunge and quit my 9 – 5 job to become a full time mom to my little girls….
5 Ways To Find Work-Life Balance For Moms
By Amy Nightingale The thing I struggle with most as a business owner with a full-time job and two young children is balance. Whether you’re a mumpreneur, employee or the CEO of your household, you’re most likely juggling tasks on a daily basis and finding balance is an ever-elusive element to conquer. Some days we’re…
Confessions Of A Working Mum
By Lesya Jan I had it all, dream job, career and the guy that I was madly in love with. My sudden pregnancy threatened it all. No, I have never considered a termination, but I was petrified of all the changes that lay ahead. Thirteen years ago, I didn’t know what it’s like to love…
Single Motherhood
By Rebecka Growing up, I had a mum and a dad. That’s the norm right. A nuclear family. It is what everybody desired, admired and wanted. I had a great childhood, and looking back I was so lucky to have two parents. Even though it is not spoken about much, single parenting is very common….
Business & Babies
By Samantha Let’s talk about business and babies…. I set up my company at 19, in fact it got so busy I left university 3 months before my dissertation and have never looked back! 13 years later I am the CEO of three companies (2 start ups – started in lock down) and 1 that…
Mama Realness – Post Baby Body
By Laila Nachar Before I share… ahem, I mean confess my personal story of my post-baby body, it’s only fitting that you get to know a bit about me first. My family and I have been living an expat life in Abu Dhabi for TEN years! We are an American-Lebanese family enjoying this beautiful and…
Single Mom Struggles
By Jodie Allport @bonnie_and_mummy If you’re here reading this then maybe you find yourself in a similar situation to me or perhaps you just want to read about another Mums experience. Either way I hope I can offer help/advice to at least one person out there. So to start, a bit about me…. My name…
A Psychologist’s Experience Of Returning To Work (& Top 3 Tips)
By Jayne Ruff @Parenting_Point Eighteen months ago, I returned to work after nine months of maternity leave with my first child. This was something I was prepared for. In theory. Having trained and worked as an Occupational Psychologist for 15 years, I was aware of the challenges facing returning parents; the conflicting priorities, impact on confidence…
Being a Nurse-Mum During Pandemic – Mom Guilt
By Gabriella legall @mommaandsquishx I think it’s universally accepted that being a working mom is tough (understatement) and nursing shifts are no exception we flit from one job to another where it’s our role to care for everyone in our vicinity. Personally, working all night and doing the mum thing by day can be daunting and…