“I don’t know what you did in that first session but I feel completely different. I’ve got this!”

Becoming a parent for the first, second or fifth time, is a life changing event. Our lives change both on a practical level and on an emotional level. Our values continually shift as we constantly re-prioritise according to the needs of both our family and our professional lives.

I’ve returned to work after maternity leave twice. I understand how terrifying it can be both to work out what kind of role will work for you and your family, and to then re-engage with your ‘work skills’ so you can present a confident, rather than exhausted, version of yourself when it really matters.

I work with clients as they navigate all this, sometimes after a year away, sometimes after many years away, from the work place. Some are going back into existing job roles, some are creating new careers for themselves to fit with their new family commitments and some are going back to study, but all of them are dealing with the juggling act of being a parent alongside all the usual work challenges – managing work relationships, making difficult decisions, thinking about the next career move –  that might come up in leadership coaching conversations.

I work with clients in a private capacity or can be employed by your organisation to provide a series of coaching sessions to help you transition back to the workplace after maternity, or paternity, leave.