Category: Career
Rebuilding Confidence after Redundancy
Some advice on redundancy over on the Daily Slog: Rebuilding Confidence After Redundancy
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First Thrive Global Article!
This month I was delighted to have my first article published on Thrive Global. If you’re not familiar with Thrive Global – it’s Arianna Huffington’s venture, offering daily advice, insight and inspiration. There’s a dedicated channel for women and work – see here. Here’s a link to my article:https://www.thriveglobal.com/stories/17341-redundancy-and-maternity-leave-finding-my-strength-within-and-thriving-through-change
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Congruence, Connection & Mental Fitness
In the space of one crazy week last month, I had the pleasure of attending these fantastic events: Women’s Inspire Network (WIN) Conference; the Mental Health and Wellbeing Summit (MHWS); the Irish Positive Birth Conference (IPBC) and Unplug’s ‘Maximising Performance in a Distracted World’. What an eclectic mix of events […]
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DisruptHR Dublin – WAHM version…
Bit of light-hearted humour for the working parents among us! If you haven’t seen my recent DisruptHR talk, you can watch it here. This is the polished version, where I’ve had time to practice and make myself presentable. I’m a parent of two small children, so when I’m not with clients […]
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October News & Update
Hello there, it’s been a while! Time is flying by and I can’t believe we are well into October already. When I started this blog I committed to a new post every week, possibly every fortnight but have been MIA now for well over a month so might need to […]
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Measures to tackle the Gender Pay Gap
In August this year the Department of Justice and Equality commenced a public consultation, seeking views on measures to tackle the gender pay gap. Strength Within was delighted to be able to participate in this consultation, you can see our response here: Consultation Response – Strength Within – 4 October 2017
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Free Coffee Mornings: Back to Work After Baby
Before becoming a parent, I hadn’t ever really given much thought to mum & baby community support groups, or possibly no thought at all. I knew that parenting was tough-going (everyone said so) and I kind of thought that maternity leave would be a bit monotonous and tedious, but rewarding […]
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Feature #3 – Herfamily.ie: A practical guide to ditching the mummy guilt… once and for all
A practical guide to ditching the mummy guilt… once and for all My latest feature on Herfamily.ie… https://www.herfamily.ie/parenthood/a-practical-guide-to-ditching-the-mummy-guilt-once-and-for-all-271177
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Thriving Through Change: reflections on Inspirefest 2017
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/thriving-through-change-reflections-inspirefest-2017-claire-flannery I had the privilege of attending Inspirefest 2017 in Dublin this week. For anyone who hasn’t heard of this yet, it’s the world’s leading event on STEM and Inclusion. To quote inspirefest.com, it’s a “truly unique international festival of technology, science, design and the arts, which places diversity and inclusion at […]
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