On a good day I feel like a rockstar – the geeky type in a suit and wiping bottoms after work – but a rockstar nevertheless. I might have placed a successfully round of calls to my international clients, had interesting debates in meetings and received good feedback, and ticked off more things off my Read More
Tag: career
The most inspiring pep talk I’ve received as a career mum
I recently attended a training course called “How to make an impact in meetings” which I had thought would be very relevant to me since I’m in a client facing role in investment banking. The intensive, one-day course was lead by Esther Stanhope who, in my opinion, is a brilliant public speaker and an influencer Read More
Career Mama? Tips on how to make it work
“After a baby, don’t bounce back. Bounce forward.” (Tiffiny Hall, Ted Talk) Now that I’ve survived my first three months back in investment banking after the 13-month career break also known as the maternity leave, I wanted to share what has helped me get through this rather testing period and how I intend to go forward. Read More
Can emotional stress and anxiety translate into physical pain?
I’ve always believed there is a strong link between mental and physical wellbeing but recently it’s really felt like the heart ache and separation anxiety from being apart from my 1-year old daughter had turned into actual, physical pain. And at times it felt quite unbearable… Last Friday I used all of my energy to peel Read More
First day back at work from maternity leave – just as bad as I thought
Let’s be honest, it was always going to be a sh*t day. Words can’t describe how it felt to walk away from Maia with whom I’ve been every single day and night from the moment she was born. I felt almost physical pain from the separation, something I could not have understood prior to becoming Read More
How to beat the anxiety about returning to work from maternity leave?
I knew this would happen. I knew I would get really stressed and anxious about returning to work from maternity leave. Ever since Maia was born I’ve dreaded the day I would have to leave her to go back to work. For almost eleven months now we’ve been together every single day and night, apart Read More
Pressing the reset button on life
For the past three weeks I’ve been packing and unpacking my stuff again, for the sixth time in nearly five years, ever since my big move to London. Combined with wedding planning (only two weeks to go – eek!) it’s made me reflect on certain decisions I’ve made in life, all those times I’ve packed Read More
6-months of maternity leave gone – time to return to work?
I’ve been at home with Maia for six months now. In many places – including here in London – I would have normally returned to work already, especially considering that I work in the male dominated finance sector where the corporate culture isn’t supportive of long parental leaves. By the UK law my exact job Read More
My last pre-baby business trip
Feeling a bit nostalgic looking back at this week… For the past four years I’ve been flying between London and the Nordic capitals regularly, but this week’s trip to Stockholm and Copenhagen was my last business trip for awhile. In all honesty, I was not sure if taking on this trip was a good idea. Read More
Being pregnant makes me vulnerable and being vulnerable is scary
I feel that pregnancy has made me vulnerable in many ways. When we fall in love, we take a risk of getting rejected and our feelings hurt. It’s hard to let our guard down and to be vulnerable in front of a new person but equally it’s necessary for love to grow. If things don’t Read More