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- Sam’s Story – Fighting the Good Fight: Part-Time Working Fatherhood, Paternal Working Rights, and Living with CancerWork-Life Balance Profile #6 – Sam Franklin International Men’s Day (IMD), which takes place annually on 19th November, has never been more on my radar than this year, thanks to the subject of my latest blog: Sam Franklin. IMD is an occasion to address and champion serious issues affecting men and boys, such as highContinue reading “Sam’s Story – Fighting the Good Fight: Part-Time Working Fatherhood, Paternal Working Rights, and Living with Cancer”
- Susan’s Story – Climbing High: on Single Motherhood and Social Mobility
Work-Life Balance Profile #9: Susan* Introducing Susan, the subject of my latest Work-Life Balance Profile. Having come across my blog on social media, Susan approached me to share her perspective on finding balance as the single mother of two children, one of whom has particularly demanding needs. The story I unearthed about social mobility, however,Continue reading “Susan’s Story – Climbing High: on Single Motherhood and Social Mobility” - “It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way” – Finding Balance by Setting Precedents: Katherine’s Story – on setting work-life boundaries as a legal professional & sharing the workload in marriage
Work-Life Balance Profile #18: Katherine Brownstein Introduction to Katherine’s Profile There are so many ‘work, life, balance’ facets to Katherine’s story that my challenge in writing up my interview with her has been how to summarise them concisely: finding balance in a traditionally inflexible profession; sharing “work” equally in a marriage; the conflicting struggles ofContinue reading ““It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way” – Finding Balance by Setting Precedents: Katherine’s Story – on setting work-life boundaries as a legal professional & sharing the workload in marriage” - Finding Balance by Using Time Wisely: Julia’s Story – on Time Management, Choosing Jobs that “Matter” & Advocating for Improved Flexible Working Rights
Work-Life Balance Profile #19: Julia Elmer (TL;DR heads-up that this is a long blog post! The following introduction is a brief summary) Introduction to Julia’s Profile Julia’s story is one of a full-time working mum of two, who considers herself to have an optimum work-life balance of 50:50. This hasn’t always been the case forContinue reading “Finding Balance by Using Time Wisely: Julia’s Story – on Time Management, Choosing Jobs that “Matter” & Advocating for Improved Flexible Working Rights” - Finding Balance When the ‘To-Do List’ is Never Done: Kerry’s Story on Solo Motherhood, Job-Sharing, and the Lure of the Expatriate Lifestyle
Work-Life Balance Profile #21: Kerry* (TL;DR heads-up that this is a long blog post! The following introduction provides a flavour of the content) Introduction to Kerry’s Profile There is no shortage of examples in this blog of situations where people feel overwhelmed by their “work” and “life” loads. After all, that is often the catalystContinue reading “Finding Balance When the ‘To-Do List’ is Never Done: Kerry’s Story on Solo Motherhood, Job-Sharing, and the Lure of the Expatriate Lifestyle” - On Part-Time Working Fatherhood, Perfectionism & Finding Balance When Living with Cancer: Sam’s Story
A Fine Balance – The Podcast’: Season 2, Episode 8 Out Now If you were told that your life had an “expiry date”, would you make any changes to how you balance your work with everything else? Such is the reality that was thrust upon my latest podcast guest, Sam Franklin, when he was toldContinue reading “On Part-Time Working Fatherhood, Perfectionism & Finding Balance When Living with Cancer: Sam’s Story” - Finding Balance by Turning Your Passion into a Side Hustle: Bettina’s Story
Season 3, Episode 2 of ‘ A Fine Balance – The Podcast’ – Out Now There’s a saying that I’ve heard banded around communities of side hustlers that goes: “Your nine-to-five may make you a living. But your five-to-nine makes you alive“ This certainly rings true for the guest of my next podcast episode, BettinaContinue reading “Finding Balance by Turning Your Passion into a Side Hustle: Bettina’s Story” - DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH SPECIAL: On Finding Balance When You Work and Live With a Disability – Emma’s Story – Podcast Episode Out Now
This is a special episode to mark Disability Pride Month, which falls every July. My guest is Emma Livingstone, a married mum of three, who, in 2018, founded a campaigning movement called “UP – The Adult Cerebral Palsy Movement“, to improve care services for adults living with Cerebral Palsy (CP). Emma was diagnosed with CPContinue reading “DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH SPECIAL: On Finding Balance When You Work and Live With a Disability – Emma’s Story – Podcast Episode Out Now”