Leaving your children for the first time is a big step - there's just no getting around it. Whether you're re-joining the workforce after a career break or your maternity leave is coming to an end, the return to work can be nerve wracking.
Is it just January blues, or have I fallen out of love with my career?
Michael Georgiou from Aligned Career Coaching, helps professionals who have fallen out of love with the work they do find careers that both fulfil them and bring them joy. We asked Michael what falling out of love with a career might look like, and what professionals can do to start the process of finding a job they love…
Fairy Tales
Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry
It's something of a cliche, isn't it, to talk about our literary heroines as being brave. Fearless. Determined. But it's been a long time since we've come across a protagonist like Elizabeth Zott. An utterly deadpan trailblazer, Elizabeth is punished for the cardinal sin of being herself in the face of society's attempts to turn her into someone else.
Out with the old, in with the new…
Nobel Endeavours
Feeling hot, hot, hot
In recent years, menopause in the workplace has become something of an – excuse the pun – hot topic. A report published last year by the cross-party Women and Equalities Committee revealed that the UK is “haemorrhaging talent” in the workplace as a result of menopausal symptoms – and of the stigma, lack of support and discrimination that can sometimes follow in their wake.