How this blog can help you create a career to enjoy
When I started writing articles for this site, over six years ago, I have a very simple outcome in mind. I wanted anyone who landed on my website to be able to use the advice, tools and techniques, to create their career to enjoy. This guides the topics within my...
Five ways to have a balanced summer
The juggle over summer is real. It doesn’t matter what your work status is: self-employed, employed, work from home, career break or stay-at-home parent (or any combination of the above), when you have school-age children, your whole day looks different. All of a...
Is a dream job a realistic aspiration?
Whilst recently scrolling through one of my, numerous, social media feeds I came across a meme that made me chuckle. I may be slightly paraphrasing here, but it went something like this. “What is your dream job? Well, in my dreams I don’t work!”. At a time when the...
Book Review: Motherhood by Dr Pragya Agarwal
I’ve been searching for a book on Motherhood for my personal development book club for a while Something that would challenge make me (and others) reflect and speak to the modern conundrum of parenthood. Having read “Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias” by Dr Pragya...
Twenty-four ways to uncover your next career move
If you haven’t already guessed, I aim to help you find a career to enjoy. This underpins everything I write on this blog. By unpicking all the layers of expectation that society has laid down, you can begin to understand what works for you. Sometimes that means a...
Is it ever the right time to return to a previous company?
During a recent “Ask Me Anything” Q & A session in my Facebook group, I was asked my professional opinion about returning to a previous organisation. What things should they consider? How can they make a decision? Ultimately, they were wondering if it is ever the...
What can the “missing generation” of parents teach us?
Through my work as a Coach, I speak to many Mums and Dads who are further on in their parenting journey than some of my clients. Their children are now at school, college, or even starting to have children of their own! When we speak about their experience of...
Why everyone deserves a career they enjoy
“Do you assume that everyone hates their job, Clara?” OUCH. You can imagine that stung. When you are running a business that has a strapline “creating careers to enjoy not endure”, I can see why that assumption would be made. But this misunderstanding comes from...
When should parents access career coaching
I often think back to the time BC. Before children. I thought I knew what IT would be like. I thought I understood what I would be like! Yet the reality of being a parent has never quite fit with what I expected. I have relished certain areas, struggled in others and...
How do you want hybrid working to work?
It has started to happen. A resounding call for “returning to the office”. How it’s pitched is varying across sectors. Some have insisted on an immediate return; others are taking it slowly, listening to their staff. All of this is happening with a backdrop of a...
How to manage promotion anxiety
Career confidence shifts and wanes through time, often influenced by those around you. Are you most confident when surrounded by support and trust, in a role that enables growth, challenge and you can witness your achievements? Even within these, seemingly, perfect...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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