Reflections of a maternity leave

Sammy asked me to be on the show with a months notice. At first I passed it over but was encouraged to do it. It was a great experience outside of my comfort zone. Lockdown pregnancy, maternity leave and birth have all been different to the first time round. #slowlife. While on my second maternity leave I've been busy; keeping a toe in my "professional" world with #APConnect conference, #FEReadingCircle plus reading for pleasure #RfP, breastfeeding peer supporting training, return to work coaching, volunteering on Twitter for #MTPTProject and @Pboro&Hinch_MVP and most recently appearing on JoyFM's podcast about maternity. I've also been binge watching TV series and reading! Along with rest when pre-schooler is busy! Many women suffer in their career progression around the time they have children and while caring for them. Termed the motherhood penalty. This can also occur when caring for other  family members.  While this hasn't directly affected me I am p...

Stars 5/5 Time taken to read a couple of days in  May Bought because I had seen a post from Matt on FB and then saw it in the bookshop top 5. Thoughts Loved it hence I read it so quickly with 2 children around! It reminded me of those books you could read and choose your path to the end.  Life is about choices. Inspiration Make the most of life within the energies we've got.  With 2 kids I find my time can be limited to reading at night when tired or nap time with my baby while big boy is at pre-school. The description in the book was so easy to visualise and I felt I was in the story. Highly recommend reading this #RfP.