Eek, this is awkward
Eek, this is awkward. I’m not sure how to deal with it to be honest! Running the How DOES she do it?! Community puts me in a blessed position – whenever anyone in my home or my work life asks me if I know of a certain type of product maker or service provider,...
Guest Blog – Taking The Leap – Mez Leyland
Early last year I braved my first HDSDI networking event. As a naturally introverted person (albeit one with an extroverted job), entering a room of strangers is completely out of my comfort zone. Everyone was really friendly though and I quickly felt comfortable and...
The Social Media Detox
Maybe I’m just getting old, or perhaps my mental health has now been pinned more firmly to the top of my to do list! Boundaries and completion are my words of the year and they came to me after Christmas whilst I was reflecting on 2019 and thinking about my year...
Guest blog – The Accidental Sober Person! – Sue Saker
It all started when I was killing time in my local library, with my kids. A book caught my eye by Allen Carr, ‘The Easy Way for Women to Stop Drinking’. I thought ‘I don’t want to quit but that will help my Dry January be easier’. I decided to read it. Then, an...
Guest Blog – Tamsyn Jefferson-Harvey
In May, I went to Jo's networking event in Guildford. Bev Tighe was talking about finding happiness. She talked about not being able to pour from an empty cup, and encouraged us to find time to fill up our cup. I had tears in my eyes as I was listening to Bev,...
Running a business, living with chronic illness – Riyaza Rodriguez
Being diagnosed at the age of 39 with stage 4 endometriosis was devastating. It sent me spinning. Would the pain ever stop? Could I live a normal life? Could I have more children? In the spring of 2016 I had surgery to remove as much of the endometrial lining from my...
Guest blog – Embracing the madness, enjoying every minute – Emily Watson
The holidays with your own business and a child are crazy! Throw in some crazy heat and who knows what might happen!!! I’m going to try and embrace the madness and enjoy every minute! I also want to try to make the most of family time! I know I’ll be trying to work in...
Guest blog – When there’s no opportunity to work from home – Debs Carey
As a single parent with sole financial and practical responsibility, I returned to full-time work before my daughter celebrated her first birthday. With no opportunity to work-from-home, I had to be in the office Monday to Friday, 9 to 5.30. My employers were great in...
Guest blog – Juggling a toddler and a business over the summer holidays – Emma Louise Martin
As I sit here on the bathroom floor whilst attempting potty training, I try to hold in the importance of getting it right. That whilst having hit the milestone age of 3 means that we can finally use more reasonably priced summer camps, but under the proviso that all...
Guest blog – Now it is so much easier – Angie Brown
Summer holidays used to be a nightmare to manage for me! I never had enough holiday to cope with the school curriculum and used to tear my hair out wondering how on earth I am going to cope. I’m Angie Brown and owner of Angie PA Ltd. I’m a single mum and when I...
Guest blog – Doing it differently this year – Christine Murray
Previously I have tried … Not working – makes me feel guilty and it feels so hard starting up again after the Summer. Working all holidays – leaves me feeling guilty, I did not spend as much time with the children as I would have liked to, when I did it was not even...
Guest blog – The school holidays – Carly Hooper
School holidays start very soon! Just seven days of school left, or for one of mine it’s five days & two inset days, and the for other it’s six and a half days as he finishes at lunchtime on the last day. At the moment with them both at school I feel I am chasing...
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