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Transition to Parenthood - Tips for Professionals Pre-Maternity Leave career development confidence building d&i strategies pregnancy self care Apr 13, 2022

This phase really does feel like a rollercoaster to every woman: excited, energised one moment, sick or tired and fearful of the future the next moment, coupled with a changing body shape and rather adhoc emotions. It’s no surprise that it is a somewhat confusing period in our lives...

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Do you think you got enough sleep this past week? d&i strategies self care Oct 18, 2019

Do you usually wake up feeling refreshed and ready to start the day or do you feel groggy and slow and in need of a caffeine kick? If this is how you feel, then you are not alone as the majority of adults nowadays are not getting the recommended eight hours of sleep each night.

Sleep is one of...

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Do You Feel Relaxed After A Family Holiday With Young Children? d&i strategies self care work life harmony working parents Sep 03, 2019

There’s a good reason you often hear people say they need a holiday to recover from their family holiday with young children. It’s meant as a joke, but it’s sometimes true…

As we return to work after the summer we tend to feel a range of things - relief mixed with sadness...

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How Can Sophrology Help Working Fathers? d&i strategies fatherhood managing working parents self care work life harmony working parents Jul 10, 2019

During Men's Health Week (10 – 16 June in the UK), we read many of the excellent articles and personal stories shared by men. In our work at Thriving Talent, we hear daily how stress manifests itself when working fathers are trying to juggle personal and professional lives.

Working fathers...

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Looking Back To Look Forward in 2019 d&i strategies self care smart and flexible working Dec 20, 2018

As the festive season is soon upon us, I am “walking the talk”. How, you may ask? Well, I am doing what we encourage others to do all the time - I am taking a moment to press “pause”.

When I think about the conversations over this festive, sociable period, family, friends...

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Top Ten Tips to Prepare for Motherhood d&i strategies motherhood pregnancy self care Nov 30, 2016

Hindsight is a wonderful gift and a particularly helpful one if you are pregnant for the first time. At Thrive we would like to share some top tips with you on how you can best prepare for Motherhood, so that the transition is as smooth as it can be, with fewer unknowns and unhelpful...

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Navigating Career and Family - Can You Have It All? career development confidence building d&i strategies self care work life harmony working parents Apr 26, 2016

Is this known as “having it all”? Can you even have a career and family without the burden of guilt, overwhelm and fatigue? There isn’t a text book standard response to this. Why? Because everyone’s definition of “having it all” is unique and it’s based...

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What to pay attention to when you return to work after your maternity break career development d&i strategies motherhood return to work self care working parents Feb 12, 2016

This is such a personal journey that there is no script to follow. There is no right or wrong way of balancing parenthood and professional life. Each person has their unique way of balancing the two, based on their own value system, needs, motivations and aspirations. The only criteria here is...

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