This morning was the first episode of my new radio show Real Women/Real Success.
You can listen to the show or download it to iTunes at Blog Talk Radio
My guest today was Karen Miles, the author of The Real Baby Book You Need at 3am and an expert on motherhood and it’s impact on women’s identity and career. Karen and I had a great chat.
Here are some of the insights that I took away from our conversation:
- Women are setting themselves up for failure as mothers, right at the start, with the concept of the ‘birth plan’. The baby has the plan, not you!
- It’s important as a working mother to reinsert yourself into the equation, considering yourself and your needs doesn’t make you selfish
- Juggling is something that clowns do really well, and not something that people do particularly well
- Focus on work life mix – what’s in your day that fulfils you professionally personally, as a mother and so on
- Invest in yourself and your key relationships
- Create clear delineation between working time and family time
- Get back to You First Thinking; back your instincts, back your needs and back yourself as a person.
Karen is also the founder of Miss Scarlett, an online stationery boutique that creates gorgeous cards for time-savvy mums who want the option to email their cards.
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