Rebi writes : “When are you going ‘back to work’ felt like a very jarring phrase for me when I started paid work again after having my first child. This was for two reasons I think – 

1. 9 months into the hardest ‘work’ I had ever done, the phrase didn’t really work for me!! Becoming a mum was a 24/7 work that I couldn’t take a day off from, not recognising that I had been ‘working’ felt discrediting to the journey that the last 9 months had been! 

2. The concept of going ‘back’ felt strange, like I was going to return to a life that felt so different to when I was last ‘at work’, again an impossible task given all that life now entailed.

Processing these two things and the segway back into earning money again was a huge change in season and one that I chose to spend time processing with a coach. I cannot say how hugely beneficial it was to have space to say things out loud, to hear my own thoughts and to work out how I was going to navigate the road ahead. 

If you’re on maternity leave or about to process a big life shift which will impact your work life – we would love to provide that space for you to think and work it out together – get in touch!