Library

Welcome to our Library - a rich bank of online content updated weekly. Browse our collection of Guides and Expert Articles, listen to our Podcast series discussing views and perspectives from both experts and those with lived experience, and our popular Blog series where members share their experiences of balancing work and home.

Blog

Linda’s blog: For This I Am Grateful

For the last couple of weeks I have been lingering as I’ve leant over my sleeping childr...

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Podcasts

Gender, Bias and Confidence at Work

Cityparents’ Anna Richards talks to Joy Burnford, Founder of My Confidence Matters about progre...

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Expert Articles

How Comeback Coaching Can #BreakTheBias For Mother...

My third baby turns 10 later this year (my eldest, Monty, will turn 16 and Artemis, 14) and I ...

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Blog

Ruth's blog: Whose Turn For The Office Today?

Since last autumn, my husband and I have been travelling to the office on a semi-regular basis...

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Expert Articles

Do You Have Mess Stress?

Do You Have Mess Stress Right now, I have three family members isolating at home with cov...

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Blog

Ruban's blog: Sticky Labels

Hands up who has bought a shiny new thing, only for the whole unwrapping experience to be tain...

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Blog

Caroline M's blog: Am I A Grown Up?

Some weeks back, my six year old daughter said ‘When I finish Year 6, will I be a Grown ...

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Expert Articles

8 Ways to Make the Most of Your KIT Days

Ensuring you effectively use the Keeping in Touch (KIT) days available to you whilst on your m...

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Blog

Barbara's blog: “Two Roads Diverged in a Wood, and...

A week ago, my daughter Francesca went for her first college interview. It was a momentous occ...

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Expert Articles

Four Choices to Boost Resilience

As the UK comes out of the pandemic and all its associated struggles, now is a good time to re...

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Blog

Julia's blog: Light and Shadows

As I write this, news has broken of the lifting of the most recent Covid restrictions. Gleeful...

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Expert Articles

When Your Child Won’t (Or Can’t) Talk About Their ...

Whilst some children have a great understanding of what feelings are and how they feel in thei...

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Expert Articles

Three Energy-Boosting Techniques for Busy Parents

Describing the last year as exhausting feels like the understatement of the millennium! T...

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Blog

Linda's blog: Stuck in The Middle

"I feel like a limp lettuce" I said to my friend.  We were sharing our worries ...

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Blog

Angel's blog: Practice Makes Perfect

Happy New Year to everyone.  In November I started a new job.  I had been at my prev...

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Blog

Jasmina's blog: Fitness in Middle Age – Is It Down...

I turned 40 last year during Lockdown 2.0 (or maybe 3.0, I’ve lost count). Lockdown scup...

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Expert Articles

Health, Happiness, Rest and Recovery: What’s reall...

“I wish I had let myself be happier.” This is one of the top regrets of the...

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Blog

Laura's blog: Life After London

I lived in London for 20 years, since I was 18 (the last 12 years in Balham/Streatham Hill) an...

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Expert Articles

Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall… The Crisis of Compari...

This voice of the wicked queen seeking validation in being ‘the best’ in compariso...

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Blog

Jasmina's blog: The rise of the domestic pet-child

My parents grew up on the other side of the world in abject poverty, where domestic animals ea...

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Blog

Anushka's blog: First day back in the office

So, it’s my first day back in the actual office in over 18 months.  I have seen mos...

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Expert Articles

Are you resting or are you recovering?

What's the difference between resting and recovering? Everyday life can leave us wiped out...

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Podcasts

Celebrating Disability at Work

In this episode which recognises International Day of Disabled Persons on December 3rd, we talk...

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Blog

Uchenna's blog: I can't play that game

Trigger warning: racism My darling son, Today you asked me to play cops and robber...

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