Category Archives: Motherhood

Managing work requests during personal time.

You have been looking forward to your time away from work. Your out of office is set, your team is fully briefed and you have delegated everything. Despite all this, the WhatsApp messages with various work related requests keep coming. Read on and see some strategies that you can try to manage this.

I gave myself a YES day and now I am making it a YES year

There is a definite place for a NO and there is a definite place for a YES. What is important is to be clear what you are saying NO to and what you are saying YES to.

Career Lessons From Netflix’s Miniseries Inventing Anna

All things being equal, people prefer to do business with people they KNOW, LIKE and TRUST. This came out very strongly in the Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna. Believe it or not there are some career lessons to be gleaned from that series.

Trust God to keep doors that you shouldn’t be walking into closed!

Not all opportunities are really meant for you and that’s okay. Sometimes it’s not easy to decide which opportunities to pursue and which to ignore. When I am faced with such decisions as a woman of faith, my prayer is always Lord close and lock the doors that I shouldn’t be walking into. You can trust Him to do that and order and direct your footsteps. Read my personal testimony.

Dear tired and sleep deprived mum…

For most mothers of young children, being sleep deprived is the order of the day. This isn’t a how to or what to do post. It’s me saying I see you. I was there before with 3 children, who were all below three years. It gets better. Hang in there!

Why I love working from home.

A year into the pandemic, I know for a fact that I prefer and love working from home. The flexibility that this has afforded me to have a more integrated life is something I wish to see continuing. I am not naive to the extent of presenting WFH as all rosy. In my case theContinueContinue reading “Why I love working from home.”

Learning to say NO

Saying NO is not easy. Personally I gravitate towards YES. However NO is one of the words that I quickly learnt to use more often the moment our twins were born and all our three children were under three years. When you are a sleep deprived working mom, weekends become the days to catch upContinueContinue reading “Learning to say NO”

When school is out

School holidays are bitter-sweet for me. I will share the bitter first so that you have a sweet taste in the mouth afterwards.😊😊😊😊 My biggest concern is how do I keep three little people entertained for almost four weeks without breaking the bank? I also don’t want them in front of the TV the wholeContinueContinue reading “When school is out”

Can you own your success?

Sometime last year I graduated from our company’s in-house leadership programme. Each graduate was asked to provide a citation of their achievements during the two year program and their career goals going forward. I had some really good achievements of projects I had led successfully. My problem was writing about it and having it readContinueContinue reading “Can you own your success?”

If i wasn’t afraid…

This past week i was in a workshop in Dubai organised by the Facebook Middle East and Africa office. I learnt in two days what would have taken me months but that’s not the purpose of today’s post. On the walls at the offices, there are different posters that speak to some of Facebook’s beliefsContinueContinue reading “If i wasn’t afraid…”

Fit your own mask first….

Pre flight, aviation operators always announce that in case of emergency, you should fit your own oxygen masks first before assisting children or anyone else who might need help. You know why? Because without your own mask fitted, you cannot assist anyone else. As a mother it comes naturally for me to put the needsContinueContinue reading “Fit your own mask first….”

Lessons from motherhood… update

I wrote the first edition of Lessons From Motherhood back in December 2015. You can read it on this link Lessons from motherhood. Two years later, there are more lessons to share. 1. Back then i was all about easing the guilt of being away from my children by doing everything when i was around.ContinueContinue reading “Lessons from motherhood… update”