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Sioux's blog: Academia vs The School of Life

I am not well educated. I have a few GCSEs to my name, never did A-levels and my lack of university attendance was, for a long time, a big old chip on my shoulder. But just because I am not degree le... Read More

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Sheila's blog: An Average Day at the Office

The older I’ve become and the more this disease progresses, the more I realise that everyone is dealing with something. My average day is not the same as anyone else’s but it is mine. ... Read More

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Dolly's blog: Help The Aged

There’s nothing like driving behind an ambulance containing one’s parents to get in the mood for Easter.  At least we’ve moved closer, so when the call came to say Dad had coll... Read More

Ruban's blog: New Tears Resolution

Hello and Happy New Year to you all!!! This is my first blog entry this year so I feel like it could be deemed appropriate to wish everyone in mid-March but then again, it feels uncomfortable saying ... Read More

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Barbara's blog: You Were Born an Original

I started this year feeling like I needed a mindset reboot, after coming out of a challenging period of time. And although I have not yet managed to tie up all the loose ends, the light at the end of... Read More

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Linda's blog: The Big Clear Out

We moved into our terraced house as a recently married couple. For a long time the sound of our feet on the floorboards echoed against the bare walls of sparsely furnished rooms.  14 years,... Read More

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Anushka's blog: The Pros of Social Media for Kids…

…are none you may say? I may have triggered a knee-jerk response into how childhoods were ‘so much better in our day’ and social media has led to low attention span, superficiality... Read More

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Devinder's blog: Time Doesn’t Heal

They say that time heals and I’ve believed this for years…until recently.  I had an arranged marriage over 20 years ago.  It is what our culture makes us believe should be... Read More

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Jill's blog: Yes People

Recently, I’ve been in a conflicted headspace about a rather important personal issue. It got to the point where it had been in my head for too long and I need to get it out, but I was still no... Read More

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Lee's blog: Seventh Heaven

My eldest daughter turns seven this month and I can’t lie its making me feel many things: Old Nostalgic Excited Apprehensive  She is beyond excited – she... Read More

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Rachel's blog: My Journey into High Performance

And just like that… …It’s another January and a new year spans out in front of us. This time last January I felt the pressure of ‘new year, new you’ like I h... Read More

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Sarah's blog: Laughter

As a young girl growing up in Africa, my parents always encouraged laughter in our communication. Often, as we shared meals around the table, it was typical for either my mother or father to tell a h... Read More

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Eliza's blog: Life After University: Navigating the Corporat...

For me, 2023 has been a year of change. From starting my career, moving out of my family home, and pushing myself to try new things, I am grateful for everything that has happened. While I still... Read More

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Sioux's blog: The Mum Guilt is Real

I recently returned to work after 10 months’ of maternity leave and I’ll be honest, it’s been a tumultuous time. Whilst I was off my company merged with another so I left employed b... Read More

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Sheila's blog: To Reveal or Not to Reveal?

I have MS, it doesn’t have me. I am a full time cityworker, wife and mother of two daughters (12 and 10). I was diagnosed with MS in 2019 but the doctors think I’ve had it since my early ... Read More

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Dolly's blog: The Office Christmas Party

This year was my 25th office Christmas party. Pray for me, for nothing says “Party time!” like a room full of balding lawyers doing dad dancing in a suit.  In my 20s I happily a... Read More

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Ruth's blog: Losing My Balance

The last blog I wrote was about the summer holidays ( link ) and I am writing this in early December with chocolate advent calendars already started. I am sure that like many of you juggling wor... Read More

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Ruban's blog: Holidays are Coming

Growing up as a child, the choral tones of "Holidays are coming" blasting through your home signified the start of the Christmas holidays and yuletide greetings. As a fully grown adult with... Read More

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Susan's blog: Year End Recalibration

Outwardly, I appear to be confident, and to some extent, I am. However it has become more and more clear to me that somewhere over the years I  have allowed myself to skew the lines between... Read More

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Barbara's blog: Decision Fatigue

It’s been a busy few years. Actually, I feel like I have not drawn breath since forever, due to a number of things happening one after the other. It started with my mother-in-law’s death ... Read More

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Linda's blog: Highs and Lows: What a Drama!

Much as I love to go to the theatre, the homework I like to oversee least is drama.  First there's the painful line by line repetition, then the addition of exaggerated expression and finall... Read More

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Anushka's blog: To ski or not to ski, that is the question…

It’s that time of year when we book our group family ski holiday.  I skied once aged 8 on a school trip,  hated it, vowed never to do it again.  As an adult in my ... Read More

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Devinder's blog: The Evil Eye of Toxicity

We all have that person in our lives.  The person who we speak to regularly, maybe daily, maybe even two or three times a day. The person listens, offers solutions, helps us form an opinion or m... Read More

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Lee's blog: In Death as in Life

There are periods in life and in parenting when you don’t even realise you are holding your breath until you finally exhale. I have just come out of such a period. Our childminder died peaceful... Read More

Ashley's blog: Perfect Isn’t Welcoming

One sunny afternoon the kids were helping me tidy up the house in anticipation of some friends coming round. They were in charge of deconstructing their floor is lava obstacle course in the garden an... Read More

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Katie's blog: All Change!

After I had my two children, I seriously considered changing my career. I wanted to pursue my professional interest in psychology. However, it wasn’t straightforward decision. I had a good job ... Read More

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Louise's blog: Stop Chasing the Money

As I hit my 35th birthday this September I also hit that moment in my life where I realised the point of my career was not about ‘the money’.  As I reflect on my career cho... Read More

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Uchenna's blog: "Jesus is coming!"

It’s not the outburst I expected when I unpicked my friend’s four-year-old son from the wall. He knew play was over seeing me stride over after repeated cries to “get off the wall&r... Read More

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Dolly's blog: My Family and Other Animals

It was when the dog ate my almond croissant that I seriously considered going on strike. This was the pastry version of the last straw.  The symbolism of my Saturday morning croissant ... Read More

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Ruth's blog: Town Mice and Country Mice

It’s now the first week of September and by Tuesday we are all back at school and work, for until half term.  Uniforms were dug out, PE kits found, shoes tried on - and that was just the a... Read More

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