A coach of mine was recounting a story today.  It was of a client who said that her mother worked all the time and never left her office and it gave this woman the impression that her mothers work was more important than her. That made me think of my dear little three year old [...]

Laying low after having a baby, recovering from an illness or long days in an office chair can have a huge impact on how you feel about yourself and your body.  Finding that confidence in yourself again takes new thoughts, changes in your schedule, support and some get-up-and-go but you might find the end result [...]

What is your name?  Kate Christie What is your business name?  Babysitters and More Website address: http://www.babysittersandmore.com.au Please tell us about your business:  Babysitters and More (BaM) is an online service connecting busy people with local home helpers including nannies, cleaners, housekeepers, personal carers, pet carers, and more.  BaM covers Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra [...]

There are so many e-courses, how do I decide which to enroll in? I absolutely love enrolling in e-courses. In fact I love learning in general and have 3 University Qualifications, 4 Accreditation’s and have attended many online courses. I am also a qualified trainer and am quite critical when I review the training courses that come my way [...]

Setting an overall vision for your business is really important. Particularly when time in the business takes away from time with your children, partner or ‘me-time’. What is Your Business Vision? You should think about: Why am I doing this? What am I trying to achieve What lifestyle am I trying to create How much [...]

I remember my first 6 months of maternity leave as a time of sleep deprivation, adjustment and lots of cuddles and bonding with my daughter Ava. I took 12 months off but 6 months in I was feeling like I needed something more than just going shopping, mums group and endlessly comparing my daughter’s sleeping [...]

There is a strange phenomenon around mother’s who have been on maternity leave. Despite the fact that they have taken on the hardest job in the world – carrying a child, giving birth and surviving through the newborn months and severe sleep deprivation – they experience massive lack of self-confidence. Perhaps it is the time [...]

Many of my clients come to me wanting to start a Mumpreneur business because they do not feel that their busy life of being mother, partner and employee has left any room for the things they feel passionate about. They want to create a more flexible lifestyle doing what they love. While becoming a Mumpreneur [...]

The number of mums who contact me for coaching citing their number one concern as ‘lack of confidence returning to work’ is amazing. Whether they have had 6 months off or 6 years the concern is the same ‘will I be able to do my old job again?’ or ‘will anyone really want to hire [...]

In a recent blog post I talked about finding your life’s purpose and how to identify when you have. However I think the concept of finding your Life’s Purpose can be a bit misleading as it can suggest that in each person’s life there is just one thing that they should be doing. My clients [...]