When UK schools shut during the March lockdown, the childcare and homeschooling fell disproportionately to the mothers. And their careers suffered. Here’s how to do it differently this time…
Category Archive: Work Life
Work Life
“As a family, we try to collect as many books featuring Black protagonists and characters as we can, and yet our collection is nowhere near as big as we’d like,” says Ebony Lyon. So she founded a publishing company with her husband…
Work Life
Co-parenting in any instance can be difficult, but co-parenting while social distancing and self-isolating? This can hike up the tension in even the most amicable of relationships. Divorced copywriter Felicity Haythorn offers some ways to take control and even enhance your co-parenting regime…
Work Life
For those of us with the kids at home full-time, it’s a real challenge finding the time to work. What we need is a work schedule that takes into account our lack-of-time. Guess what? We’ve created exactly that, just for you…
Work Life
Stuck at home and thinking about launching a side-hustle? Or perhaps you’d like to grow an online presence. Either way, web designer Julia Ferrari has five top tips that will help you to create your own website…
Work Life
Dr Fern Kelly has gone from full-time in the office and working on her side-hustle in the evenings, to being home with her partner and their child. It’s requiring some adjustments, but there are definitely benefits…
Work Life
Events are being cancelled. Workshops can no longer take place. So what work can you do from home, online, while the COVID-19 virus is preventing us from mixing socially? Here’s one idea…
Work Life
When a woman explained that she was struggling to be both a present mother and a productive worker, Annie Ridout was reminded of a time when she felt exactly this. Here’s how she adjusted the balance to make it better…
Work Life
“Life is without a doubt a juggle, but I try not to see it as a negative, and instead just see it as another challenge. I think these days it’s a juggle for everyone, kids or no kids,” says Sofia Wilde, founder of Sound Generation…
Work Life
This summer, Amy Benziane and her family left London for Bordeaux, France. Here, she tells us what an average working week now looks like for them. It all sounds rather idyllic…