Hi! I'm Amanda Alexander PCC, Director of Coaching Mums. Welcome to the blog!

Since founding Coaching Mums in 2003, I've helped thousands of working mums across the World to create a sense of balance, fulfillment and success on their own terms.

Here on the blog, you'll find tonnes of free online coaching tools and tips to help you as a working mum to juggle all the roles you play... without losing the plot!

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Working Mothers

Friday, November 06, 2009

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When you are working through college or in the early years of your career, your life can feel pressure packed and often a little overwhelming. Fast forward through maternity and you'll have a good idea of what "overwhelming" really feels like, as you try to balance motherhood with your career aspirations. Working mums face an unenviable challenge, as they have to strive for efficiencies in so many aspects of their daily lives. They have to be able to balance their career with what their clients, bosses and fellow workers expect of them along with the considerable challenge of raising a happy family. Little wonder that many working mums in this situation turn to online life coaching to help them get a grip on it all!  Read More



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Six Tips for Single Mums Seeking Mr Right

Thursday, November 05, 2009

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Whatever circumstances you find yourself in and however you arrived at your role of single mum, after a certain time you will probably seek romance once again!  Read More



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How to Find Time For Yourself as a Single Working Mum

Thursday, November 05, 2009

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It is nothing short of amazing to think how a single mum can balance her time between so many commitments. After all, it can seem very difficult when there are two parents in the household, so how on earth do single mums cope? Answer: They just do! There is such a lot to do in any given day and as a single mum you simply get on with finding ways to achieve it all.  Read More



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A Guide to Swine Flu Planning for Working Mums

Thursday, November 05, 2009

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We hear a great deal these days about the prospects for a major outbreak of a flu pandemic, particularly the swine flu. As mums we are likely to be particularly concerned if we have young children and we try to do everything that we can to prevent them from being infected.  Read More



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Planning for Maternity Leave as a Senior Manager or CEO

Friday, October 16, 2009

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A generation or so ago it was traditional for the husband within a marriage to have a career and for the wife to raise the children at home. While this arrangement may have worked well back then, life is very different these days and both members in the relationship usually have busy careers to consider when planning a family.  Read More



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Five Home-Based Business Ideas for Mums

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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The thought of working from home can be very appealing if you are a mum-to-be or are just starting to enjoy your maternity leave. You may have been thinking about options for some time even before you became pregnant and the thought of those gruelling commutes and tedious hours may now take on additional significance.  Read More



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How To Prepare Colleagues For Your Maternity Leave

Friday, October 09, 2009

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When you find that you are pregnant, there can scarcely be a happier feeling in the whole world. This feeling of euphoria knows no bounds and you want to share this happiness with everybody.  Read More



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After Maternity, is it Time for a Career Change?

Sunday, September 20, 2009

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If you are a first-time mum, you are probably going through a range of emotions as you look ahead and see your maternity leave clock ticking away. On the one hand you are overjoyed with your new family life, with the prospect of spending a lot of time with your newborn and harnessing all your maternal instincts to do what mums do best. On the other hand, you're more than a little bit daunted by the challenge of bringing up the baby and cannot imagine how you are going to cope with a schedule of work as well.  Read More



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Enjoy summer with your kids...hair and sanity intact

Sunday, July 12, 2009

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During July and August both working mothers and SAHMs face the challenge of how to keep the kids entertained whilst also trying to maintain their own sanity and emerge in September with as much hair on their head as they had in July.  Read More



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