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The best advice I have ever been given

by Helen on November 24, 2009

This post is inspired by Josie’s Writing Workshop over at her Sleep Is For The Weak blog. The best piece of advice I have ever been given came to me  in the middle of Wales in 1993. By a guy whose name I can’t even remember. I was coming to the end of my university [...]

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Becoming a parent for the second time

by Helen on September 11, 2009

Becoming a parent for the second time is very different to the first time. Like all second-timers, we wondered how we could possibly love baby two as much as we loved baby number one.  In the first fifteen months of her life, Little Lindop One had been a lot of hard work – how were [...]

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Business plus two babies!

by Helen on August 11, 2009

My baby is due this week, so I won’t be posting as much as usual for a short while (hopefully just a few weeks). Apparently the secret is to learn to breastfeed and type at the same time… I’m hoping Mr L will help out and do a bit of writing from a Dad’s point [...]

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You might remember that I had a breakthrough in deciding which business to run when I realised that I must do what I want to do instead of what I could or should do. (If you missed it, you can read more about this here.) I said I’d let you know what happened next, and [...]

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I was delighted to find myself featured on a couple of my favourite mums-in-business blogs on Friday, Mums The Boss and Family Friendly Working! I thought that blogging would be a solitary experience, but using online forums, Twitter and Facebook alongside my blog I’ve ‘met’ far more people than I ever could in person, well, [...]

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I was delighted with all the comments and feedback from my post 'Mumpreneur Mistakes Number 1', especially from people who have succeeded at running a business from home around their children. But one comment from Chloe Wilson really got me thinking,  'I think it’s very hard to find work that is really what you want [...]

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After last week's light bulb moment (see Mumpreneur mistakes number 1) I've been working through 'Finding your perfect work' by Paul and Sarah Edwards. It's a much bigger book than I expected! And it's full of worksheets, which will take me a little time to work through, but I'm hoping it'll be time well spent. [...]

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