11th November 2009
Seven years ago I had a brand new 14-week-old baby and I had to go back to work. I'd left my husband, bought a flat on my own and was striking out to support my little family as best I knew how. I was good at it. I had a great job, a good routine ... then...
04th November 2009
Single Parent Holidays, as a phrase, is a bit of an oxymoron (you know, like 'deafening silence' or ' bitter sweet'). We can all be full of expectations of relaxing, reading maybe a bit of nail painting. But in reality, taking children on planes, trains,...
03rd November 2009
How often do you decide that you want something different for your life? Better relationships with your children, ex-partner or friends. Better fitness, more money, a bigger house, a more flexible job, a 'cooler' wardrobe, a new relationship, or simply mo...
27th October 2009
Quality Time - When Your Kids Are With Your Ex!
There’s now doubt about it, when I first became a single parent, which was from day 1 ( I left my marriage when I was 3 months pregnant), I wanted so much to separate my ‘new life with my daughter (w...
20th October 2009
I read books on metaphysics (the philosophy of ‘being’) on a regular basis. There’s a huge raising up of global consciousness around the fact that our limitations rarely come from our government, our society, our family or our friends. Our limitatio...
15th October 2009
There’s now doubt about it, when I first became a single parent, which was from day 1 ( I left my marriage when I was 3 months pregnant), I wanted so much to separate my ‘new life’ with my daughter (who I adored from the first second I saw her) from...
16th September 2009
You know one of the reasons we can end up single parenting is that we no longer share the same values as our children’s other parent and our respect and understanding of that person alters to the point of break down.
So how do we keep improving the ...
16th September 2009
The thing about single parents and work is that we’ve got to be way more innovative in our thinking, our planning and our dedication to delivering value in our workplaces. When there are 2 parents contributing to finances and to homemaking there’s of...
14th September 2009
Setting Goals – And Sticking With Them
How often do you decide that you want something different for your life? Better relationships with your children, ex-partner or friends. Better fitness, more money, a bigger house, a more flexible job, a ‘co...
10th September 2009
I read books on metaphysics (the philosophy of ‘being’) on a regular basis. There’s a huge raising up of global consciousness around the fact that our limitations rarely come from our government, our society, our family or our friends. Our limitatio...
07th September 2009
We’ve all had feelings of guilt about the fact that we’re at work when our children are being looked after by other adults. At the outset of this phase for me (7 years ago), I found it hard to get my head around. But I’ve come to understand that t...
05th September 2009
As the end of the year comes round yet again, there’s an expectation for peace and good family time from we parents … and a desire for presents and sweets galore from the children! How do we come together in the compromise and make our shared year end...
03rd September 2009
The thing about single parents and work is that we’ve got to be way more innovative in our thinking and our dedication to delivering value to our workplaces. Those of the adult workforce who have 2 parents contributing to finances and to homemaking hav...
20th August 2009
We’ve all had feelings of guilt about the fact that we’re at work when our children are being looked after by other adults. At the outset of this phase for me (5 years ago), I found it hard to get my head around. But I’ve come to understand that t...
18th August 2009
1. Commit To Your Schedule
I remember going back to work after maternity leave (of about 14 weeks!) and how I had discussed with my boss before going back that I’d have to leave by 5pm each day, no exceptions. Anyway on day 3 of me being back my boss...
