Two simple steps to productivity
What goes hand in hand with work-life balance? Productivity. Most people want to find chunks of time to get what THEY want to be done, lamenting about the frustrations of what gets in the way. Lots of “if only” phrase pop up. “If only I had more time I would …...
Book Review: The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
When was the last time you said “Yes?” Truly embraced an opportunity? Or do you hide away, staying in your lane, not taking a risk or trying new things? What reasons do you come up with for not taking the next step? Time? Kids? Energy? Money? Are you honest with...
Book Review: The Story Telling Entrepreneur by Melissa Addey
When we think of storytelling we often harp think to our childhood. Evenings spent under a blanket reading the latest library haul or your Christmas book from your favourite relative. Your imagination running riot whilst images of far and distant lands filled your...
Book Review: Bonkers by Olivia Siegl
I’m going to make quite a dramatic statement for the opening of this book review. This book will change lives. It do believe it will actually save lives too. Bonkers “A real Mum’s hilariously honest tales of motherhood, mayhem and mental health” is Olivia Siegls’s...
Book Review: How To Be Really Productive by Grace Marshall
There is an assumption to be productive you must be exceptionally organised. Or that you need apps and technology and systems OR ANOTHER PERSON to manage your life. How To Be Really Productive – achieving clarity and getting results in a world where work never ends –...
Book Review: Thrive by Arianna Huffington
I first came across Thrive (The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder.)* in 2015, not long after it had been published in the UK. I was in the process of a massive transition in my life, going through a redundancy...
Book Review: The Idiot Brain by Dean Burnett
The brain is a wonderful thing. It keeps up alive without us noticing. It gives us the ability to walk and talk and fall in love and learn multiple languages. However hard we study to understand our brain, there are things that it makes us do that simply don’t make...
Book Review: Plot Twist by Mark Sephton
How many times does your life undergo an unexpected change? Something you didn’t plan that throws you off-kilter? What happens next? Do you panic, freeze or embrace the new opportunity? This is the starting point of Mark Sephton’s Plot Twist. Mark has shared the...
Why self-care is essential for the self-employed
Self-employment can be a wonderful thing, especially as a working parent who needs flexibility. However, time and time again, I can see the one thing that gets sacrificed is self-care. When someone owns the role of entrepreneur, on top of their other responsibilities,...
Book Review: Big Magic (Creative living beyond fear) by Elizabeth Gilbert
As a parent, I can also see how ideas aren’t always encouraged in education. With pressure being put on Teachers and Students to tick boxes and hit arbitrary targets, the pleasure in experimenting is at risk of getting lost. When I met another likeminded ideas person,...
Book Review: “HELP!” by Oliver Burkeman
How do you solve the problem of human happiness? Happiness is often one of the answers that come from the question “What does work-life balance mean to you?” But what is happiness, and will it actually make a massive difference to our lives? As part of The Balance...About
Clara Wilcox is a straight talking, practical and experienced coach helping clients navigate the tricky waters of returning to work, career changes and professional development. The Balance Collective is a social enterprise focused on improving the lives of parents, by working together to build inner confidence and promote a healthy work/life balance.
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