The Pursuit of Balance When… You’re a Parent

Finding balance can be incredibly challenging as a parent, whether you’re in paid employment, freelance. or in an unpaid caring role. There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution.

Balance looks different for different people, and our sense of balance often changes in different stages of our (and our children’s) lives. On this page, you can read the ‘work-life balance stories’ of parents from all walks of life about how they balance their work and careers with other things in life that they need, and want, to do.

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  From Boardroom to Classroom: Home-schooling Lessons from (and for) the Workplace
  12th May, 2020 Almost two months have passed since a temporary assignment to become a home-school teacher was suddenly imposed on me, spinning my professional routine and identity on its head. I have three primary-school aged children whose home tutoring needs are demanding and diverse, and with each week of lockdown that passes, I amContinue reading “From Boardroom to Classroom: Home-schooling Lessons from (and for) the Workplace”
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  Darren’s Story – Confessions of a Workaholic
  Understanding the roots of individual work values can help make sense of work-life balance choices, encouraging self-reflection, acceptance and compassion – towards oneself and others. To this end, I’ve set out to use this blog to feature a series of “work-life balance profiles“, exploring the personal history behind work-life balance choices, one story at aContinue reading “Darren’s Story – Confessions of a Workaholic”
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  Sheara’s Story – Behind the Movie Scenes: A Tale of Full-Time Working Motherhood
  Work-Life Balance Profile #2 – Sheara Abrahams Why is it that when discussing careers with full-time working mothers, invariably the conversation turns to childcare arrangements and relationship dynamics? Is it just me or are these topics slower to come up in similar conversations with full-time working men? My impression is that however much progress hasContinue reading “Sheara’s Story – Behind the Movie Scenes: A Tale of Full-Time Working Motherhood”
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  Marsha’s Story – From high-flying professional to stay-at-home-mum
  Work-Life Balance Profile #3 – Marsha* This Work-Life Balance Profile tells the story of a high-flying City professional turned stay-at-home-mum, Marsha, who found working part-time after having children to be the “worst of both worlds”. After a devastating redundancy, she did not return to the workforce and has devoted the past decade to her family’sContinue reading “Marsha’s Story – From high-flying professional to stay-at-home-mum”
• Sarah’s Story – Motherhood and the Mental Load: marriage, self-employment and primary care-giving
  Work-Life Balance Profile #5 – Sarah Macmull Caitlin Moran paints a brilliant portrait of the “many lives” of the working mother, where “the wife, the employee, the mother and the housekeeper all take it in shifts”. The “niggle”, she points out, “is that they all happen at once”. This came to mind when I wasContinue reading “Sarah’s Story – Motherhood and the Mental Load: marriage, self-employment and primary care-giving”
• Sam’s Story – Fighting the Good Fight: Part-Time Working Fatherhood, Paternal Working Rights, and Living with Cancer
  Work-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”
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  Soli’s Story – “Sunny-Side Up, Please”: Self-Care for Caring Professionals, Finding Balance in Mid-Life & Staying Positive When the Course of Motherhood Doesn’t Run Smooth
  Work-Life Balance Profile #7 – Soli Lazarus I grew up in a family of teachers; my late grandfather was a retired Headmaster, my mum was a primary school teacher, and my brother undertook his teacher training qualification while we were both still living at home. So I know first hand how much work, and role modelling, takes placeContinue reading “Soli’s Story – “Sunny-Side Up, Please”: Self-Care for Caring Professionals, Finding Balance in Mid-Life & Staying Positive When the Course of Motherhood Doesn’t Run Smooth”
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  Matthew’s Story: The Work-Life Balance Logic of a Full-Time NHS Key Worker – It’s a Science, not an Art
  Work-Life Balance Profile 8 – Matthew* This has been the year for recognising the value of healthcare workers. As we ride the wave of a global pandemic, the world’s population is leaning on their skills and services like never before. I interviewed Matthew, an NHS key worker, some months ago and my write-up has satContinue reading “Matthew’s Story: The Work-Life Balance Logic of a Full-Time NHS Key Worker – It’s a Science, not an Art”
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  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”
• John’s Story – “It’s a Dad’s World”: on fatherhood, male primary care-giving & gender equality
  Work-Life Balance Profile #11: John Adams Introduction to John’s ‘Work-Life Balance Profile’I interviewed John, the award-winning creator of Dad Blog UK, late one evening in January 2021. We had just entered our third Coronavirus lockdown in the UK, and both of us were adapting (again) to managing home-schooling children while working from home. This wasContinue reading “John’s Story – “It’s a Dad’s World”: on fatherhood, male primary care-giving & gender equality”
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  Parent Power
  There is nothing ground-breaking about the theme I’ve recently noticed emerging from the interviews I’ve been conducting for my blog: the role that parents play on the balance that their children grow up to construct for themselves between “work” and everything else in life. I mean, the impact of parenting has been discussed and writtenContinue reading “Parent Power”
• Jhilmil’s Story – “My Work, My Identity”: on competitiveness, co-parenting & surviving job loss
  Work-Life Balance Profile #12 Introduction to Jhilmil’s ‘Work-Life Balance Profile’ Jhilmil was concerned that she would come across as “shallow” by saying how caught up her identity is in her work. On the contrary, I think that what she expressed is far from shallow, but rather a deep-rooted, universal feeling. Through my blogging, I’ve oftenContinue reading “Jhilmil’s Story – “My Work, My Identity”: on competitiveness, co-parenting & surviving job loss”
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  A Fine Balance – The Podcast: Episode 2 Out Now
  Episode 2 of ‘A Fine Balance- The Podcast’ is out now. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. I was first introduced to the guest of my second podcast episode, Jhilmil Kishore, in April 2021. She had read my blog, said that she thought it was an exciting project, and put herself forward to be interviewed. At theContinue reading “A Fine Balance – The Podcast: Episode 2 Out Now”
• Her Story Made History
  I’ve been reading Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s book “My Own Words” lately, and this week I watched the movie dramatisation of part of her life story, “On the Basis of Sex”. Numerous themes that have emerged from my blog have been playing on my mind since, including: The ‘power of parenting’ in setting an individual’s attitudeContinue reading “Her Story Made History”
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  “Stay at home, Mum”: Nadine’s Story – on opting out of a career path & valuing a mother’s presence
  Work-Life Balance Profile #16: Nadine* You can listen to the episode of ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’ based on this blog entry by clicking here. Introduction to Nadine’s Profile Writing a blog about how differently individuals strike a balance between “work” and “life” has brought me into contact with many working mothers from acrossContinue reading ““Stay at home, Mum”: Nadine’s Story – on opting out of a career path & valuing a mother’s presence”
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  A Fine Balance – The Podcast: Episode 4 Out Now
  To listen to Episode 4 of ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’ click here: Michelle Green discusses Nadine’s Story on finding balance as a stay-at-home-mum, opting out of a career path & valuing a mother’s presence. This episode feels like it has been a long time coming, but that could be because since interviewing Nadine,Continue reading “A Fine Balance – The Podcast: Episode 4 Out Now”
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  “Multitasking Mastery: A Seamless Work/Life Blend”. Adunola’s Story – on finding balance after being let down by an employer & valuing financial independence within a marriage
  Work-Life Balance Profile #17: Adunola* Introduction to Adunola’s Profile The subject of my latest Work-Life Balance Profile, Adunola, has got it all figured out: an exact equilibrium between work and home life, which includes holding down a career that she loves while simultaneously being the main carer of her children. How does she do it?Continue reading ““Multitasking Mastery: A Seamless Work/Life Blend”. Adunola’s Story – on finding balance after being let down by an employer & valuing financial independence within a marriage”
• Multitasking Mastery: A Seamless Work/Life Blend?
  I really struggled to decide on the title for the latest addition to my blog’s “Work-Life Balance Profiles” series, Adunola’s Story, “Multitasking Mastery: A Seamless Work/Life Blend”. Really I wanted to add a question mark: “A Seamless Work/Life Blend?”, rather than “A Seamless Work/Life Blend”. But then I thought, that’s my question mark, not Adunola’s.Continue reading “Multitasking Mastery: A Seamless Work/Life Blend?”
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  A Fine Balance – The Podcast: Episode 5 Out Now
  Episode 5 of ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’ is out now: CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This episode is a follow-up interview with Sarah Macmull, who was first featured on ‘A Fine Balance – The Blog’ in October 2020. It’s rare to hear a feminist extolling the virtues of home-keeping alongside career drive. And it’sContinue reading “A Fine Balance – The Podcast: Episode 5 Out Now”
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  “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”
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  A Fine Balance – The Podcast: Episode 8 Out Now
  EPISODE 8 of ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’ is out now! This episode of ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast‘ features Tom McLaughlan, a retired Government Relations Advisor, who now works voluntarily for a crisis intervention charity. Tom first featured on ‘A Fine Balance – The Blog’ in August 2021. In this podcast episode,Continue reading “A Fine Balance – The Podcast: Episode 8 Out Now”
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  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”
• When “Work” Dominates the Work-Life Balance Scales. And that’s OK.
  If I’ve reached any conclusions since blogging about work-life balance for the last couple of years, it’s that parity in a work:life ratio is not equivalent to work-life balance contentment. Sometimes a person can feel balanced when either side weighs heavier than the other. What I’ve also observed is that a person’s work:life ratio isContinue reading “When “Work” Dominates the Work-Life Balance Scales. And that’s OK.”
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  Marathon Running and the Pursuit of Balance
  What running a marathon taught me about Work-Life Balance What does running a marathon have to do with pursuing a balance between work and everything else in life? Having spent the past six months or so training for, and then participating in, my first marathon, I can safely say that it isn’t the most obviousContinue reading “Marathon Running and the Pursuit of Balance”
• “My Work is My Health”: Finding Balance When Work Comes First – Gilles’ Story – On the Virtues of Working Hard, the Perils of Loneliness, and the Importance of Quality (over Quantity) When it Comes to Spending Time
  Work-Life Balance Profile #20: Gilles Dahan (TL;DR heads-up that this is a long blog post! The following introduction provides a flavour of the content) Introduction to Gilles’ Profile References to improving your work-life balance usually allude to reducing the “work” side of the work:life ratio. For example, by taking regular lunch breaks, clocking off earlierContinue reading ““My Work is My Health”: Finding Balance When Work Comes First – Gilles’ Story – On the Virtues of Working Hard, the Perils of Loneliness, and the Importance of Quality (over Quantity) When it Comes to Spending Time”
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  The Pursuit of Balance for Working Parents: Attending School Events
  Picture this: Your child has been asked to read a few lines in a class assembly. All parents of the class are invited to attend the assembly, which will last around an hour, at the start of the school day. Although your child will only be performing for a short time, you will be expectedContinue reading “The Pursuit of Balance for Working Parents: Attending School Events”
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  On Finding Balance as a Career-Driven Family Man, When Work Takes Priority: Gilles’ Story
  ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’: Season 2, Episode 3 Out Now The third episode of this season’s podcast is out now, featuring Gilles Dahan, a former banker and head of global trading, who left the finance industry in 2019, and now works as a consultant and entrepreneur. This podcast episode contains some great nuggetsContinue reading “On Finding Balance as a Career-Driven Family Man, When Work Takes Priority: Gilles’ Story”
• Three Work-Life Balance Hacks: Coming soon in the Next Episode of ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’
  Over what’s been a very busy holiday period, I’ve been beavering away in the margins editing the next episode of ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’, which features the indomitable Ruth Todd CBE as my guest. There are three work-life balance hacks that I’ve so far picked up from listening back to Ruth talk aboutContinue reading “Three Work-Life Balance Hacks: Coming soon in the Next Episode of ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’”
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  On Finding Balance When You Want to “Have It All”, Teamwork & Avoiding Stress: Ruth’s Story
  ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’: Season 2, Episode 4 Out Now I’m delighted to introduce the guest of my next podcast episode, Ruth Todd CBE. Ruth’s career has been full of managing complex infrastructure and change projects for a string of blue-chip companies, often under public scrutiny. Formerly Programme Director of the UK’s VaccineContinue reading “On Finding Balance When You Want to “Have It All”, Teamwork & Avoiding Stress: Ruth’s Story”
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  The Interdependence of Art and Life
  “Art is a necessity apart from being a profession”. This was one of Alice Neel’s quotes, plastered across the walls of the exhibition I visited yesterday at the Barbican Centre, displaying some of her most famous pieces. Wandering around the exhibition, I was reminded of the blog post I wrote featuring Ali Miller, who talkedContinue reading “The Interdependence of Art and Life”
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  On Teenage Pregnancy, Teacher Burnout & Finding Balance When You’re “Busy”: Laura’s Story
  ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’: Season 2, Episode 5 Out Now The recording process for this episode of ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’ was plagued with quite a few mishaps. Thankfully, my guest Laura Krantz, who is a mother of five, and has spent most of her career working in the most challengingContinue reading “On Teenage Pregnancy, Teacher Burnout & Finding Balance When You’re “Busy”: Laura’s Story”
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  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”
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  Fatherhood and the Pursuit of Balance
  For what it’s worth, 57½ : 42½ is the combined work:life ratio of all the fathers I’ve interviewed on the blog and podcast, A Fine Balance. Each of these fathers balances their fatherhood with their work and other relationships and interests in their lives differently. There are no rights or wrongs. Just a personal andContinue reading “Fatherhood and the Pursuit of Balance”
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  On Pride, Acceptance & Finding Balance by Parenting Equally: Paul’s Story
  A Fine Balance – The Podcast’: Season 2, Episode 6 Out Now How does a married couple – with a young child (and a puppy) – find a balance between each partner’s career and home life, when they both work full-time? My guest this episode, investigative journalist Paul Morgan-Bentley, claims to have the answer: theyContinue reading “On Pride, Acceptance & Finding Balance by Parenting Equally: Paul’s Story”
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  Finding Balance When You Work “Unsociable Hours”
  Did you know that the dance studio where the Royal Opera House ballet dancers rehearse is the same size as the stage in the main auditorium? That was just one fact I learned on a behind-the-scenes tour I recently took of this iconic theatre. The tour, which was brilliantly delivered, provided insight into the complexContinue reading “Finding Balance When You Work “Unsociable Hours””
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  What Works for Working Parents?
  Juggling parenting and work responsibilities in tandem is an immense challenge, regardless of what family or career set-up you have. Next Wednesday evening, I’ll be joining parenting expert Anita Cleare at an online discussion about work-life balance for working parents. In preparation, I’ve been reflecting on all the interviews I’ve conducted with working parents forContinue reading “What Works for Working Parents?”
• Working Parents Working at Finding Their Balance
  One of the things I love most about blogging and podcasting is the incredibly vast network it has opened up, creating opportunities to engage with people I wouldn’t imagine crossing paths with otherwise. One such opportunity was meeting and collaborating with the brilliant author and parenting expert, Anita Cleare, whose work I have admired sinceContinue reading “Working Parents Working at Finding Their Balance”
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  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 as a Mother – when You’re Ambivalent About Having Kids
  Not every woman has a burning desire to be a mother. The rhetoric I’ve usually come up against when interviewing working mothers is that motherhood is a longed-for and revered part of their overall ambition. But, of course, that’s not always the case. Parenting responsibilities are often cited as the reason for work-life balance considerations.Continue reading “Finding Balance as a Mother – when You’re Ambivalent About Having Kids”
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  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”
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  How Parents Influence Their Children’s Work-Life Balance Choices: Work, Life, Balance Lesson #2 – Podcast Episode Out Now
  What did you learn from your parents about the way they worked when you were growing up about the pursuit of balance? Did their work-life balance approach inspire you to follow in their footsteps? Or did it have the opposite effect and encourage you to do things differently? In turn, as a parent yourself, howContinue reading “How Parents Influence Their Children’s Work-Life Balance Choices: Work, Life, Balance Lesson #2 – Podcast Episode Out Now”
• Podcast Episode Out Today: On Housekeeping, Middle Age, and the Pursuit of Balance When Your Marriage Comes to an End – Helen’s Story
  My interview with Helen Hayward primarily centres around the subject of her latest book, “Home Work”, a series of essays about the work we do around the home. It was fascinating to delve into a discussion on something so ordinary, yet such an integral part of daily domestic life. Helen’s analysis illuminates a perspective ofContinue reading “Podcast Episode Out Today: On Housekeeping, Middle Age, and the Pursuit of Balance When Your Marriage Comes to an End – Helen’s Story”
• How To Be A Domestic Goddess
  Are you more of a home-made or shop-bought birthday cake kind of parent? My latest podcast guest, Helen Hayward, describes the pride she took in home-making when raising her two children. For her, this was a conscious decision. To be domestic. To make her home a comfortable, nourishing, aesthetically-pleasing haven for her family. Contrary toContinue reading “How To Be A Domestic Goddess”
• Work, Life, Balance Lesson #3: How To Find A Work-Life Balance When There’s Housework To Be Done
  Housework is an unavoidable, time-consuming labour-intensive reality of adulthood. Whether you own your own home or rent, live alone, with friends, strangers or family members, the house-keeping tasks that make a house a home need doing. The part that home-making plays in a person’s work-life balance varies from person to person. The subject of “domesticity”Continue reading “Work, Life, Balance Lesson #3: How To Find A Work-Life Balance When There’s Housework To Be Done”
• On Marketing, Corporate Cultures, Having Fun, and Asking for Help: New Podcast Episode Out Now, Featuring Dan Knowlton
  My guest this episode is the marketing professional, business owner, and podcast co-host, Dan Knowlton. Dan readily admits to not taking himself too seriously, and says that finding fun both in and outside of work contributes to his sense of balance. Yet, our conversation during this podcast episode takes a serious turn too, when DanContinue reading “On Marketing, Corporate Cultures, Having Fun, and Asking for Help: New Podcast Episode Out Now, Featuring Dan Knowlton”
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  Tips on How to Create a Morning Routine That Enhances Your Work-Life Balance: Work, Life, Balance Lesson #5 – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW
  Do you rely on your morning routine to set yourself up for the day? Could your morning routine do with some improvement? Are you curious about how establishing a morning routine could help enhance how you balance work with everything else in life? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then thisContinue reading “Tips on How to Create a Morning Routine That Enhances Your Work-Life Balance: Work, Life, Balance Lesson #5 – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW”
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  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”
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  How To Reset Your Work-Life Balance by Mastering Four Internal Elements – With Faust Ruggiero – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TODAY
  In this episode of A Fine Balance – The Podcast, I’m joined by Faust Ruggiero, a US-based therapist and author whose career spans over 35 years of working with people from all walks of life. From his time in clinics, prisons, and inpatient facilities to his role as a consultant for major corporations, Faust bringsContinue reading “How To Reset Your Work-Life Balance by Mastering Four Internal Elements – With Faust Ruggiero – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TODAY”
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  On Climbing the Career Ladder When You Haven’t Gone to University, and Single Motherhood When You’re Co-Parenting Following an Acrimonious Divorce – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TOMORROW
  In the upcoming episode of Work-Life Balance Confessions: A Fine Balance, I share the anonymous “work-life balance confession” of someone who, for legal reasons pertaining to an acrimonious divorce, did want to reveal her true identity. We agreed on the pseudonym “Susan”, who revealed in a confidential interview the emotional and financial struggles she contendsContinue reading “On Climbing the Career Ladder When You Haven’t Gone to University, and Single Motherhood When You’re Co-Parenting Following an Acrimonious Divorce – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TOMORROW”
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  Emergency Podcast Episode: The Pursuit of Balance When You’re Living Through War
  On 7th October 2023, the world woke up to horrific news of a terrorist attack in Israel. The trauma of this attack, and the war that has ensued, is far-reaching and multifaceted. And, as I write, it is still so raw and unfolding. With the help of my friend, clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, Dr IanContinue reading “Emergency Podcast Episode: The Pursuit of Balance When You’re Living Through War”
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  On Being Bored and Unfulfilled at Work, Virtual Assistant Diary Management Tips, and Finding Work-Life Balance by Quitting Your Corporate 9-5 and Starting Your Own Business – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TODAY FEATURING WOW MOM’S RACHEL GREEN
  Burnout at work can be like a fire that flames intensely until it eventually devours all its fuel and extinguishes in exhaustion. Conversely, boredom at work can be more of a fading ember, gradually fizzling out into oblivion. What they have in common, however, is their potential to lead to a similar work-life balance tippingContinue reading “On Being Bored and Unfulfilled at Work, Virtual Assistant Diary Management Tips, and Finding Work-Life Balance by Quitting Your Corporate 9-5 and Starting Your Own Business – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TODAY FEATURING WOW MOM’S RACHEL GREEN”
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  On The Interplay Between Productivity and Work-Life Balance NEW PODCAST OUT NOW FEATURING LYNDSEY SEGAL
  Productivity is the metric by which so much of our working and home lives are measured. On the surface, it’s all about getting done what you need to get done. And who doesn’t feel good when you get lots of things you need to do done, right? Yet, what’s the interplay between productivity and work-lifeContinue reading “On The Interplay Between Productivity and Work-Life Balance NEW PODCAST OUT NOW FEATURING LYNDSEY SEGAL”
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  On Self-Worth, Skincare Rituals, and Finding Balance Under the Weight of Parental Expectations – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW FEATURING DR FERNANDA DA SILVA TATLEY
  Podcast episode featuring Dr Fernanda da Silva Tatley: On Self-Worth, Skincare Rituals, and Finding Balance Under the Weight of Parental Expectations My guest in this episode is no stranger to mixing things up: she has moved countries and even continents multiple times in her life; she is a scientist with a PhD, describes herself asContinue reading “On Self-Worth, Skincare Rituals, and Finding Balance Under the Weight of Parental Expectations – NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW FEATURING DR FERNANDA DA SILVA TATLEY”
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  On “Leaving the Ladder Down”, Navigating Work-Life Balance as a Working Parent, and the Transformative Power of Therapy: NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW, FEATURING DOLLY JONES
  Beyond the Catchy Title When I came across Dolly Jones’ book Leaving the Ladder Down: How to Combine Career and Motherhood, from the Women Who’ve Done it, it immediately resonated with the approach I’d taken when starting the blog A Fine Balance, which evolved into the Work-Life Balance Confessions podcast. Both Leaving the Ladder DownContinue reading “On “Leaving the Ladder Down”, Navigating Work-Life Balance as a Working Parent, and the Transformative Power of Therapy: NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW, FEATURING DOLLY JONES”
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  MAY NEWSLETTER: Everything Changes (And So Does Work-Life Balance)
  As with every month’s end, as May has drawn to a close, I started thinking of a dominant theme covered on and around the podcast this month on which to base my newsletter. My latest podcast edits have featured interviews with people whose work and personal lives have undergone huge changes; I’m moving jobs soonContinue reading “MAY NEWSLETTER: Everything Changes (And So Does Work-Life Balance)”
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  NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW: The Work-Life Balance Diary of a CEO & The Pursuit of Balance When Your Child is Struggling – Featuring Liza Berresford
  In this episode of the Work-Life Balance Confessions podcast, I’m joined by Liza Berresford, CEO of Thresholds – a provider of career support programmes – who speaks with remarkable honesty about what it really looks like to juggle a senior leadership role, family life, and her own wellbeing, while still very much in the thickContinue reading “NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW: The Work-Life Balance Diary of a CEO & The Pursuit of Balance When Your Child is Struggling – Featuring Liza Berresford”