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How maternity coaching differs from leadership or executive coaching
Maternity return coaching is a specialist and relatively new form of coaching. It plays an important role in supporting those...
Laura Duggal
Nov 15, 20233 min read
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Parental transition coaching – why it is unique
Parental transition coaching – coaching that takes place around the time of becoming a parent, is a particular kind of coaching. It takes...
Laura Duggal
Nov 8, 20234 min read
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Do you need to be a parent to be a maternity coach?
Usually, as a coach, it is not necessary to have a shared experience with your client because our role is not to provide advice and...
Laura Duggal
Oct 25, 20232 min read
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Coaching women in the workplace during the menopause
Menopausal women are the fastest growing workforce demographic. We are an ageing population; one in three of the workforce will soon be...
Laura Duggal
Oct 23, 20233 min read
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What can I use my maternity return coaching sessions for?
If you’ve been offered coaching by your organisation, and you’ve not worked with a coach before, you might be finding it tricky to know...
Laura Duggal
Oct 11, 20233 min read
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5 arguments for offering maternity return coaching in organisations
This video is aimed at you if you are an HR director or work in an HR team and have been tasked with putting something together to...
Laura Duggal
Oct 4, 20233 min read
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How to build an organisational business case for return-to-work coaching
In this uncertain world, organisations that thrive are those that are agile and able to adapt to their changing context. This demands a...
Laura Duggal
Sep 27, 20233 min read
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Building a proposal for return to work coaching? Here are some key statistics & benefits to include
More and more we’re being approached by those returning to work, who want access to return to work coaching and are asked by their Line...
Laura Duggal
Sep 13, 20233 min read
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3 tips for tackling the Mental Load of Motherhood, that don’t require any more thinking!
If you’re about to return to work after having a child, now, more than ever, you might be feeling the weight of the mental load. If...
Laura Duggal
Sep 6, 20234 min read
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Saying no and setting boundaries
As a working parent, managing the multiple demands that you face on a daily basis can be overwhelming and, frankly, exhausting. The sheer...
Laura Duggal
Jul 19, 20235 min read
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How to ask for help
The irony is not lost on me that as I write this blog I’m simultaneously thinking about: My daughters swimming kit for school Birthday...
Laura Duggal
Jul 12, 20233 min read
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An exercise to help you manage guilt
Guilt by definition is as “feeling of deserving blame especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy”. Although these...
Laura Duggal
Jul 5, 20233 min read
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6 ways to stay visible and progress in your career after children
According to a 2022 survey carried out by ‘That Works for Me’, 98% of mothers want to work, and we would agree with this statistic. One...
Laura Duggal
Jun 28, 20233 min read
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An exercise to boost your confidence as you return to work after parental leave
In the run up to the return to work, individuals can find themselves experiencing a new sense of vulnerability and diminished confidence....
Laura Duggal
Jun 21, 20233 min read
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How organisations can support working dads
When I am talking to pregnant women in my coaching practice just as they prepare to go off on maternity leave, I say to them “you don’t...
Laura Duggal
Jun 14, 20234 min read
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What does a smooth return look like for organisations and parents?
In this video we explore what a smooth return looks like. The video is split in two parts, in the first part we look at a smooth return...
Laura Duggal
Jun 7, 20233 min read
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Maternity and Parental Return to Work Coaching – Frequently Asked Questions
In this video we explore some of the most frequently asked question that tend to come up when we are talking to both organisations and...
Laura Duggal
Apr 19, 20234 min read
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What Role Does Coaching Play in Supporting Clients’ Mental Health?
In our experience as Maternity Return Coaches, one of the most frequently asked questions we hear is ‘what’s the difference between...
Laura Duggal
Mar 28, 20234 min read
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How Line Managers Can Ensure Working Parents Feel Valued, Appreciated and Included
Over the course of this month we have been reflecting on the topic of parental mental health. In particular we have explored how mental...
Laura Duggal
Mar 22, 20234 min read
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Mother's Day Reminder – You Matter: Ways to Stay Sane When You Have Young Children
I don’t know about you, but the phrase ‘self care’ just doesn’t do it for me. I wish it was called something different that didn’t give...
Laura Duggal
Mar 15, 20234 min read
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