053: Navigating the Complexities of Your Clan and Your Career

Our strengths come so naturally to us that usually we dismiss them

[Fay Wallis]

Life isn’t always straightforward. Blended families are now common-place. Women have careers to juggle as well as the kids. There’s so much to think about and so much to juggle that it’s hard to know what to focus on first.

In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we’ll be discussing blended families, forging a career you love and how to stay on top of work and home.

My guest today is SuperMum, Fay Wallis.

Fay lives in Greater London, with her husband, Ian and their sons who are 10 and 5 years. Fay’s blended family is a labyrinth, spanning two generations. Her parents having been married 4 times, she has two half siblings, two full siblings and 2 step siblings. This helped Fay to negotiate the logistics of parenting children with vast age ranges and different needs. For when she married Ian, he too had children from his first marriage, and she became a step-mother herself.

Whilst juggling the logistics of organising Sunday lunches and enough birthday and Christmas presents to serve a small army, Fay forged a successful career in HR. She later trained to become a Career Coach, helping people to access the tools to empower themselves to lead a fulfilling working life.

Fay will help us navigate the maze of returning to work, changing career and spending quality time with family, all whilst finding enough time to look after herself too.

I am excited to welcome Fay to my show today where she will tell us all about her busy life and empower you to live the career and home lives you deserve.

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In this episode, we talk about:

How Fay balances a busy schedule of family events whilst running her own business

Fay’s advice for re-entering the work place after a career break

How to make your network work for you both, personally and professionally

Fitting quality time in with all family members when they are at different stages with different needs

Time management in your career without being thought of as ‘slacking’

What inspired Fay to launch her own business

Managing your employers and colleagues expectations

Hope you enjoy todays show!

Tell me what you think?

If you want to leave a comment for Fay, whether it’s about the practicalities of blending many branches and generations of family; or how to handle a return to work and have a rewarding career, then we’d love you to come and say hello.

And let us know in the comments;

Are you from a blended family? How do you manage your career and family?

Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!

Lisa York x

Show Notes:

FAY’S INFORMATION

Website: Bright Sky HR
Facebook: Bright Sky HR
Twitter: Bright sky HR
LinkedIn: Bright Sky HR

ARTICLE’S BY FAY:

Unleash the Power of Your Network
Are Your Email Habits Damaging Your Career? (where we talked about eating the frog first)

NETWORKING GROUPS

BNI: Business Network International
Networking Mummies

PREVIOUS EPISODES

PROFILE: Laura Stack

BOOKS:

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
Eat That Frog!: Get More of the Important Things Done by Brian Tracy

BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway: How to Turn Your Fear and Indecision into Confidence and Action by Susan Jeffers

PSSST, IS IT JUST ME?: Thanks to Dylan age 7 from London, UK

If you would like your little one to feature at the end of my show, send me an email and I’ll show you how

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Lisa York

Lisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, finding time for herself is an ongoing challenge. But she’s trying.

Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.