Episode 104 - Returning to work as a parent (Interview with Lizzie Martin)

In this Episode I spoke to Lizzie Martin a career and Executive coach. 

Within this Episode we spoke about: 

• The work that Lizzie does to support mums return to work 
• The main themes around women returning to work after becoming a mum 
• Confidence and how this affects women in their careers 
• How motherhood changes women's outlook and career ambitions
•  Motherhood vs being a working mum 
• The motherhood penalty and if it's hindering women returning to work. 
•  Career change and working parents 
• KIT and SPILT days what are and tips around this 
• We also looked at some current themes in the news see links below 

Blog post mentioned in the podcast that Lizzie wrote about KIT and SPILT days - https://www.worklifemother.com/post/make-the-most-of-your-kit-days 

The articles that we looked at and discussed in this episode. 

1. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/sep/04/a-kick-in-the-teeth-british-mothers-and-pregnant-women-fear-return-to-workplace

2. https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/01/should-workplaces-be-giving-us-time-off-work-to-cope-with-covid-burnout-15186212/

Other Episodes you may useful 

1. Returning to work after a career break - https://anchor.fm/careerhappiness/episodes/Episode-7---How-can-I-restart-my-career-after-a-career-break-e3k3bc 

2. Clara Wilcox - https://anchor.fm/careerhappiness/episodes/Episode-66---Supporting-parents-with-their-careers-Interview-with-Clara-Wilcox-entv8b

You can connect with Lizzie by going to site https://www.worklifemother.com/ 

Connecting with her on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizzie-martin33/ 

Or following her on Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/worklifemother/ 

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