How to start the week strong as a working mum?
A working mum's honest take on tight deadlines, stretched teams and why a little preparation before Monday is worth the late Friday night.
CHEF'S WIFE DIARY
the chef’s wife with a corporate career who doesn’t have to cook
CHEF'S WIFE DIARY
the chef’s wife with a corporate career who doesn’t have to cook
Small wins for working mums: why school pick-up saved my week?
Fifteen minutes before I was due to switch off for the weekend, my boss’s request landed in my inbox. Review the major planning document. Deadline: 11.30am on Monday, well before the meeting. I did the sums in my head and…
Working mum career dilemma: stay or leave?
A working mum on whether to stay in a steady job or chase ambition, while selling a home and raising two children in a squeezed economy.
Workplace fairness: when female bosses lack empathy.
I was three sentences into a routine business travel request when I saw it: the team get together trip had been brought forward to the exact week of my son’s 3rd birthday. Not near it. Not around it. On it…
Working mum guilt: what one late pick-up taught me about setting boundaries.
It was supposed to be ten minutes. I told myself that walking into the call, an intern on my team who’d asked to talk, thirty minutes before I needed to leave for camp pick-up. Ten minutes, I decided, wouldn’t hurt…
Why modern motherhood’s “silent hardship” is our greatest power.
I came across a social media post yesterday reflecting on the concept of silent motherhood hardship. It got me thinking, why is it so often ‘silent‘? As a full-time corporate employee and a chef’s wife, my days are a constantly…
How one late-night decision ruins a working mum’s entire tomorrow.
Let’s be honest for a second: if there is one piece of advice I want to shout from the rooftops this week, it is this: think twice before you decide to switch on your “work brain” after dinner. Of course,…
Why I stopped trying to make friends at work.
Six years ago, I landed in London. It was the absolute peak of the pandemic, and I was stepping into a new world with a job transfer in hand. Moving across the world is daunting enough, but doing it when…
The reality of the corporate climb: ghosting, rejection, and guilt.
The email I had been waiting for finally arrived at the exact moment I least expected it. The interview process, which began back in early April, had been an intense journey spanning three rounds of escalation. Because I hadn’t received…