We wish all working mums a wonderful day on Monday and we hope you are celebrating with some great women somewhere!
Here's some interesting facts on IWD from the website: www.internationalwomensday.com
'International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, IWD is a national holiday. The first IWD was run in 1911. Next year is IWD Global Centenary 1911-2011.'
Let's make the centenary next year a big one for celebrating working mums!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Is Sleep better than Sex?
Is Sleep better than Sex? For a lot of working mothers it seems so – particularly those mums with kids under five who are still waking during the night. A recent article mentioned some tips for getting more sleep so that we can feel better and be more productive during the day:
1. Set a bedtime for yourself and keep it! (you may just lose weight if you do this as you won’t be so tired and have all those food cravings!)
2. Invest in some proper pyjamas (I suggest wearing silk – it makes you feel good and a lot more feminine than just ‘mummy’ type clothes – and it’s proper ‘sleeping’ attire)
3. Switch off your mobile while it charges overnight.
4. Don’t check the time or switch on the lights if you do wake up during the night.
5. Counting backwards from 300 in sets of three helps you drift off.
6. Cut out some of the other stuff, like an hour watching TV to ‘wind down’ at the end of the day – sleep is more essential!
7. Stop believing that working 24/7 shows you are serious – you can be professional and get some sleep.
SO go some some more sleep! Read the whole article at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7021747.ece
1. Set a bedtime for yourself and keep it! (you may just lose weight if you do this as you won’t be so tired and have all those food cravings!)
2. Invest in some proper pyjamas (I suggest wearing silk – it makes you feel good and a lot more feminine than just ‘mummy’ type clothes – and it’s proper ‘sleeping’ attire)
3. Switch off your mobile while it charges overnight.
4. Don’t check the time or switch on the lights if you do wake up during the night.
5. Counting backwards from 300 in sets of three helps you drift off.
6. Cut out some of the other stuff, like an hour watching TV to ‘wind down’ at the end of the day – sleep is more essential!
7. Stop believing that working 24/7 shows you are serious – you can be professional and get some sleep.
SO go some some more sleep! Read the whole article at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7021747.ece
Monday, January 18, 2010
Working Mums Tip #6 In Essence – Being Grateful for What You DO Have In Your Life
If you do nothing else from reading these tips – then do this last one!
This will make a HUGE difference to your life and to how you feel about everything that happens. Don’t take our word for it, just try it!
If you are reading this tip now, this means you already have an amazing life compared to most people in the world. You have enough food, shelter, clothing , your family and children have access to leading edge medical treatment and you have ways of earning income to help yourself and those you love. This is more than 95% of what the world’s population have got.
And yet we want more – and things to be better for us. And that’s OK. That’s how the world works and how our knowledge and skill expands – to provide for us and others coming behind us. So it is good to ASK for what we want – to wish for things that we would love to have in our life – more money, more freedom, better health, easier relationships – if you can think of wanting it, then it’s OK for you to have it!
What we have learnt DOESN’T work – is asking for these things from a place of complaining, or scarcity, or not having them. If we constantly think about what we don’t have - from a place of complaining that we don’t have them -then we don’t get them. Or if we focus on how other people have things that we want – new house, new car, different job, luxurious holidays etc – then we just make ourselves feel bad that we don’t have them.
But if we are grateful for what we DO have in our life – and give that thanks every day – and ASK for what it is that we would like more of – then we have found that that’s what works. Coming from a place of gratitude to ask for more – rather than a place of lack to ask for more.
So here’s our last tip – every day, when you wake up - and before you go to sleep - and any other time of the day that you can remember:
Give thanks for the love in your life – for your family and for being able to have or look after children – many people can’t.
Give thanks for your career/job/employer/business for the opportunity to earn income and support your family and your aspirations in life.
Give thanks for the food in front of you – the roof over your head – the clothes on your body – the health you enjoy – for this glorious, abundant, safe country that we live in.
Give thanks for ALL you have in your life – however small or insignificant you think it is. Many people in the world would LOVE to have what you have.
And then focus on what else you would LOVE in your life – what would you really LOVE? And then believe it will come to you….
Wishing you many good things – and hoping to see you at an event soon…
This will make a HUGE difference to your life and to how you feel about everything that happens. Don’t take our word for it, just try it!
If you are reading this tip now, this means you already have an amazing life compared to most people in the world. You have enough food, shelter, clothing , your family and children have access to leading edge medical treatment and you have ways of earning income to help yourself and those you love. This is more than 95% of what the world’s population have got.
And yet we want more – and things to be better for us. And that’s OK. That’s how the world works and how our knowledge and skill expands – to provide for us and others coming behind us. So it is good to ASK for what we want – to wish for things that we would love to have in our life – more money, more freedom, better health, easier relationships – if you can think of wanting it, then it’s OK for you to have it!
What we have learnt DOESN’T work – is asking for these things from a place of complaining, or scarcity, or not having them. If we constantly think about what we don’t have - from a place of complaining that we don’t have them -then we don’t get them. Or if we focus on how other people have things that we want – new house, new car, different job, luxurious holidays etc – then we just make ourselves feel bad that we don’t have them.
But if we are grateful for what we DO have in our life – and give that thanks every day – and ASK for what it is that we would like more of – then we have found that that’s what works. Coming from a place of gratitude to ask for more – rather than a place of lack to ask for more.
So here’s our last tip – every day, when you wake up - and before you go to sleep - and any other time of the day that you can remember:
Give thanks for the love in your life – for your family and for being able to have or look after children – many people can’t.
Give thanks for your career/job/employer/business for the opportunity to earn income and support your family and your aspirations in life.
Give thanks for the food in front of you – the roof over your head – the clothes on your body – the health you enjoy – for this glorious, abundant, safe country that we live in.
Give thanks for ALL you have in your life – however small or insignificant you think it is. Many people in the world would LOVE to have what you have.
And then focus on what else you would LOVE in your life – what would you really LOVE? And then believe it will come to you….
Wishing you many good things – and hoping to see you at an event soon…
Friday, May 8, 2009
How to make a Mother's Day
Just read a brilliant article about how much mothers are criticised and judged by others - often by people in public that they don't even know. With Mother's Day looming and all the spin about really caring for mothers and 'it's the most important job in the world' then why is there so much judgment and criticism of mothers? Damned if they go to work and leave their kids, passed over socially if they don't work as not being anyone of consequence - what's a poor woman to do? not have children? Then she's damned for being too selfish. We can't seem to win any which way.
If only we could give mothers the praise that they so rightly deserve - the courage to bring another human being into the world and nurture them in the best possible way they know how. To be a 'good-enough' mother. Let's all give at least one mother some positive comments this Mother's Day about what she's doing that IS working. That will make her Mother's Day!
Read the article http://tinyurl.com/px3xw4
If only we could give mothers the praise that they so rightly deserve - the courage to bring another human being into the world and nurture them in the best possible way they know how. To be a 'good-enough' mother. Let's all give at least one mother some positive comments this Mother's Day about what she's doing that IS working. That will make her Mother's Day!
Read the article http://tinyurl.com/px3xw4
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Right to ask for flexible working rights in the UK
UK parents of children under 16 now have the right to ask for flexible working hours from their employer . Previously only legislated for parents with children under 6, this is an outstanding recognition that children need support from parents all through their school years as well.
Fantastic achievment UK - what's Australia doing about this? C'mon -let's get with the times!
...'the business benefits of flexible working, with three in five (59 per cent) saying it would improve staff morale, two in five (40 per cent) working mums believing flexible working would reduce absenteeism, and more than a quarter saying it would improve staff retention and attract talented staff. Recognised business benefits of flexible working also include increased productivity and recruitment savings.' So why are so many Australian employers not doing this?
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/24480
Fantastic achievment UK - what's Australia doing about this? C'mon -let's get with the times!
...'the business benefits of flexible working, with three in five (59 per cent) saying it would improve staff morale, two in five (40 per cent) working mums believing flexible working would reduce absenteeism, and more than a quarter saying it would improve staff retention and attract talented staff. Recognised business benefits of flexible working also include increased productivity and recruitment savings.' So why are so many Australian employers not doing this?
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/24480
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Paid Maternity Leave - Come on Australia Let's Do It!
Australia is one of only 2 OECD countries that still doesn't have paid parental leave (USA is the other one - surprise surprise!).
Kevin Rudd promised that paid leave would be on the agenda when he won office but has claimed the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has now put this on the backburner - but why? Surely this would help struggling parents just as much as any stimulation package???
This is also the view of Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (mother of a 2 year old) who argues in this SMH article for Paid Parental Leave to be a definite in this May's Budget.
Let's support the debate to make sure it is!
http://tinyurl.com/cgdn6w
Kevin Rudd promised that paid leave would be on the agenda when he won office but has claimed the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has now put this on the backburner - but why? Surely this would help struggling parents just as much as any stimulation package???
This is also the view of Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (mother of a 2 year old) who argues in this SMH article for Paid Parental Leave to be a definite in this May's Budget.
Let's support the debate to make sure it is!
http://tinyurl.com/cgdn6w
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Southern Cross University Supports Working Women
Thank goodness some organisations are still seeing women as a valuable asset.
FIVE universities were dropped from the 2009 employer of choice for women list last week (albeit due to changes over pay gender equity criteria). Southern Cross University (SCU) was named as a new 2009 Employer of Choice for Women yesterday, as a result of ensuring a fair workplace for working women.
The Development Program for Women offered at Southern Cross University includes a mentoring program, as well as a networking forum hosted by the Equity Services and Human Resource Services.
Mentoring and networking forums - just what we've been offering for years. So listen up all you other organisations that don't currently offer this.
That's what we want. That's what we need.
FIVE universities were dropped from the 2009 employer of choice for women list last week (albeit due to changes over pay gender equity criteria). Southern Cross University (SCU) was named as a new 2009 Employer of Choice for Women yesterday, as a result of ensuring a fair workplace for working women.
The Development Program for Women offered at Southern Cross University includes a mentoring program, as well as a networking forum hosted by the Equity Services and Human Resource Services.
Mentoring and networking forums - just what we've been offering for years. So listen up all you other organisations that don't currently offer this.
That's what we want. That's what we need.
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