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Serenity and Acceptance
Does serenity really come from accepting what you can’t change and changing what you can?
Sidestepping the religious association with this question, the quick answer, is yes… it oft... Read More
Clear is better than fast - especially with email
In the digital world, everything is instant. Instant notifications. Instant messaging. Instant downloads.
In the world of email, we get drawn into thinking that faster is better. That a fast res... Read More
How to have successful virtual meetings
How to have successful virtual meetings: your questions, my answers
In our new world of working from home, having effective virtual meetings is now critically important for business. But a... Read More
Back To School: Top Tips to Overcome Separation Anxiety
We are living through an unprecedented time for us all. The Covid-19 virus and the collective determination to slow and stop it’s spread amongst us, has led to a significant rapid and sustained... Read More
Supporting Your Child’s Feelings and Behaviours During the P...
Have you noticed a change in your child’s behaviour during the COVID 19 pandemic? Are they more clingy than usual? Are they struggling to sleep? You’re not alone! A survey carried out by ... Read More
Working from home: productivity, motivation & success
How to be healthier, happier and at your best when working from home.
Working from home is becoming the norm. More and more of us are now required to work this way. In these situations, we mu... Read More
Self care: 5 questions to ask yourself every day
Since the UK government implemented the lockdown, many of us are suffering from anxiety and fear. In the video at the link below Lianne Weaver, an anxiety specialist who is passionate about helping i... Read More
Supporting older people through Covid-19
Supporting our older friends and family
John McGeachy, Campaigns Officer at Age UK London, shares advice and suggestions for supporting older people during this period of Covid-19 . ... Read More
Supporting children's mental health during social isolation
The current crisis will be a challenging time for some families who may find it difficult to be confined in the same space for a long time. Not only can our kids hear everything that is going on arou... Read More
Top Tips: Working productively at home
Flexible working has changed, virtually overnight, from being perceived by businesses as a supportive tool, to a business essential. Many firms are already responding to the spread of COVID... Read More
Opinion: Five ways to beat anxiety and take back control of ...
Anxiety is tough to deal with at the best of time. It’s even tougher when we’re in the midst of a pandemic that is causing chaos around the globe. Dr Olivia Remes shares her top tips on ... Read More
Q&A: Parenting through Coronavirus by Sarah Ockwell-Smith
Author and parenting expert, Sarah Ockwell-Smith responds to questions about parenting through the Coronavirus.
Q: What is a good way to explain the virus to children? What should we be... Read More
Effective multitasking: home working and childcare, by Anita...
Working from home sounds like a great idea. There’s no commute, no distractions, you can dress down and you’ll never miss the postman. But what if you have to work from home and look afte... Read More
Top Tips: Working from home when your partner is too
How to work from home - with your partner
For many of us, working at home - either occasionally or regularly – has become an accepted feature of our working lives. But what happens when ... Read More
Top Tips: Home-Schooling
As many working parents begin, or face the prospect of, home-schooling their children for a period of time as the world deals with COVID-19, experienced home educator Clare Emerson shares with ... Read More
International Women’s Day and the importance of Real Life Ro...
In celebration of International Women's Day and ahead of our Real Life Role Models event taking place tomorrow, we asked two of our panellists, Faye Levin and Dr Julie Humphreys to share th... Read More
International Women’s Day and the importance of Real Life Ro...
On March 10th 2020, we will be holding a special event inspired by International Women’s Day. Chaired by Cityparents’ Director Helen Beedham and kindly hosted by BSC Consulting, we will ... Read More
Top Tips: Making Flexible Working work for you
The benefits of working from home have been high on the agenda following Working from Home Week at the end of January. Cityparents asked global coaching consultancy Talking Talent what makes a worki... Read More
Beyond the Curriculum: How to support your child’s intellect...
With an increasingly compartmentalised approach to education forcing young adults to specialise and make subject choices years ahead of university applications, students can often be left with a blin... Read More
Re-energising your mentoring conversations
January is a good time to re-energise your mentoring and other career development conversations. How can you make sure that your good intentions will continue to receive the attention and priority t... Read More
The problem with resolutions
A week into 2020 and you may already be feeling exhausted, its no surprise that many of us consider January to be one of the hardest months. The short dark days, the limit of funds after a Christmas ... Read More
Wellbeing in the workplace
As mental wellbeing becomes a growing priority for City businesses, some companies are creating roles that are fully focused on supporting and improving the wellbeing of their staff. Bird & Bird... Read More
Parenting tips from the professionals: The Intuitive Parent
Parent Coach and Author of Intuitive Parenting Jennifer Day explains how you can learn to trust your intuition and listen to your 'inner voice'.
Parent intuition, both... Read More
I'm A Parent ...But I'm Doing My Best!
It’s not just at school or work that you are being appraised - it can sometimes seem that as a parent everyone has an opinion on how well you are doing. Susan Hamlyn, Director Emerita at ... Read More
Working Families: Work Life Week 2019
As National Work Life Week draws to a close for another year, we have a chance to reflect on what positive changes can be made by both employers and employees to increase work-life balance and wellb... Read More
Career corner: How to have good mentoring conversations
How do you help others to develop professionally through the conversations that you have with them? Sarah Tennant, Cityparents Mentoring Programme Director and Executive Coach/Facilitator, sets out ... Read More
An interview with…Sarah Crowther DAC Beachcroft
Sarah Crowther, an insurance litigator at DAC Beachcroft talks to Cityparents about how she balances her home and professional responsibilities, looks after her mental wellbeing and how she prepared ... Read More
Top tips: A healthy use of technology
In our recent Cityparents survey this Summer we asked our respondents to share any tips they had for finding a positive relationship with technology, we had so many great ones we decided to share th... Read More
Wellbeing: Top tips for managing the summer holidays
Now that the school summer holidays are nearly upon us, can you feel a dual sense of excitement and panic creeping in? The lovely, long, light days, lots of travel and quality family time. But the s... Read More
Tech Talk: How to create a screen time contract
With the school holidays upon us, how do you make sure that your child doesn't spend every waking moment on their tablet or device? Rachel Vecht founder of Educating Matters share... Read More