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Why the return to work after maternity leave can feel hard

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“The desire to work and to have a thriving career doesn’t make the transition back to work after maternity or adoption leave easy,” says business coach and HR expert Alice Darbyshire…

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Contributing Writer 3rd December 2020
Work Life

The Early Hour mentorship launches: Sinead Carey, founder of PaperGrace

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The editor Annie Ridout has launched The Early Hour mentorship scheme, taking on one freelance mother to mentor every six months. Her first mentee is Sinead Carey, founder of PaperGrace stationery and mum-of-four. Here’s an introduction…

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Annie Ridout 14th May 2018
Work Life

Emma Gannon on women, confidence and success

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Emma Gannon hosts the hugely popular Ctrl, Alt, Delete podcast (2m downloads), was one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 this year and is about to publish her second book. We discuss what it’s like to be successful, as a woman…

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Annie Ridout 3rd May 2018
Work Life

Maybe mothers don’t want to share parental leave

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Amidst all this talk of shared parental leave – low uptake for the men, the fault lying with outdated work cultures and sexist bosses – there’s an important voice missing: the mothers. Maybe 98 per cent of leave is taken by women because that’s what they’d prefer…

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Annie Ridout 11th April 2018
Work Life

On having another baby: “But what about your career?”

Annie Ridout - The Freelance Mum
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Motherhood may impact a woman’s career but it doesn’t have to destroy it. In fact, The Early Hour’s editor, Annie Ridout, found hers blossomed after giving birth. Here, she argues against the idea that babies are a barrier to your career…

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Annie Ridout 3rd April 2018
Work Life

10 tips for how to succeed as a woman in tech

Abadesi Osunsade
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“Facebook’s motto used to be ‘move fast and break things'”, says Abadesi Osunsade – former Amazon employee, and the author of Dream Big Hustle Hard: A Millennial Woman’s Guide to Success in Tech. “This captures the sentiments of most tech startups.” Osunsade shares 10 excellent tips…

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Contributing Writer 5th February 2018
Work Life

I had an epiphany: I could work less and achieve more

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One of the first questions you should ask yourself when setting up a business is: why am I doing this? Annie Ridout revisited her initial reasons for setting up The Early Hour and realised she’d lost her path. So now she’s making a change…

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Annie Ridout 15th January 2018
Work Life

5 writing tips that will turn you into a writer, instantly

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“Nora Ephron, the famous screenwriter, once said – ‘When you slip on a banana peel, people laugh at you. But when you tell people you slipped on a banana peel, it’s your laugh.’” Writer and editor Anniki Sommerville shares five excellent writing tips to help get you started…

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Contributing Writer 14th January 2018
Family

From corporate to creative: “Having children made us re-evaluate things”

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Helen and Oliver Jackson were unhappy in their office jobs so after the birth of their daughter, they both opted for a career change. Helen re-trained as a florist and launched Petal and Pot, Oliver as a carpenter – he runs Work the Plank. Here’s their story…

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The Early Hour 5th January 2018
Wellbeing

How photography helped me to overcome postnatal depression

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Kerry Bartlett had her first child aged 21 and suffered with severe postnatal depression. To get through it, she focused on her new career as a freelance photographer. Here, she discusses her struggles and how she overcame them…

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Contributing Writer 28th December 2017

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