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Tackling Postpartum Trauma and Depression… in Men

Tackling Postpartum Trauma and Depression… in Men

June 3rd 2024 Did the inclusion of “men” in the title of this post surprise you? Just for a moment, think about how you might feel if a male employee or colleague told you about his recent traumatic birthing Read more

An alternative view on new motherhood and work

An alternative view on new motherhood and work

July 3rd 2023 It can be difficult to speak openly about the pressures of new motherhood and work. From the moment you tell your employer that you’re expecting, it’s easy to feel as though you’re letting them Read more

Combining Fertility Treatment and Work: Advice for Employers

Combining Fertility Treatment and Work: Advice for Employers

December 5th 2022 It’s a simple fact that having children changes your life. As such, most employers have clear legislation-guided policies in place, which allow for these natural and expected life-changes. Read more

5 Things She Could Be Thinking (But Not Saying)

5 Things She Could Be Thinking (But Not Saying)

September 1st 2022 How to Manage Maternity Leave, So You Retain Happy and Talented Employees Many employers think of the words “maternity leave” as a signal for change. Change as in: who’s going to provide Read more

Riding an Emotional Rollercoaster: Why Adoptive Parents Need More Support at Work

Riding an Emotional Rollercoaster: Why Adoptive Parents Need More Support at Work

June 6th 2022 “It’s OK, you can always adopt”. If you’re unable to have a child, the chances are you’ll have heard these words before. But although they’re usually meant well, the people saying them Read more

"Maternity Leave is Just a Long Holiday, Isn’t It?"

"Maternity Leave is Just a Long Holiday, Isn’t It?"

March 11th 2022 If I had a pound for every time I heard this from an employer, I’d be a millionaire by now. Admittedly, I don’t always hear it first-hand. It’s often the pregnant employee herself who tells Read more

How to Manage Maternity Leave, So You Retain Happy and Talented Employees

How to Manage Maternity Leave, So You Retain Happy and Talented Employees

October 28th 2021 5 Things She Could Be Thinking (But Not Saying)... Many employers think of the words “maternity leave” as a signal for change. Change as in: who’s going to provide maternity cover, and for how Read more

What to Expect When You’re Expecting (Reduced Hours after Maternity Leave!)

What to Expect When You’re Expecting (Reduced Hours after Maternity Leave!)

October 17th 2021 In September this year, Alice Thompson was awarded £185,000 by an employment tribunal. The tribunal ruled that Alice had suffered indirect sex discrimination when her employer refused to Read more

Why Do So Few Employees Use Their Benefits-Packed KIT Days?

Why Do So Few Employees Use Their Benefits-Packed KIT Days?

August 2nd 2021 I was so happy to report recently that two of the firms we support, BDB Pitmans LLP, and Winckworth Sherwood LLP, have agreed to amend their policies, now classing my planned parental coaching sessio Read more

How Do Employers Tackle the Taboo Subject of Abortion?

How Do Employers Tackle the Taboo Subject of Abortion?

July 1st 2021 Our work as employee support coaches takes us in many different directions. Put simply, we are the people whom organisations contact when an employee is struggling with an intense life challenge, Read more

Postpartum psychosis and the workplace: the value in support

Postpartum psychosis and the workplace: the value in support

May 18th 2021 As an employee maternity coaches, we have welcomed the media’s recent foray into talking about postpartum psychosis (described by the NHS as a “serious mental health illness that can affect a wom Read more

Be ready to deal with the ‘quiet horror’ of a traumatic birth

Be ready to deal with the ‘quiet horror’ of a traumatic birth

May 18th 2021 My nephew was born after a traumatic caesarean section 22 years ago and I witnessed the emotional harm it caused my sister for years to come. I’m not telling an unusual story here, by the way: giv Read more

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