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Work At Home Mums

Oct 5, 2011 Work At Home Mums

Mumpreneur…be inspired!

There’s a new chick in town. Everyone is talking about her. She is smart, organised, has considerable drive and is able to dig deep into her energy pools to get things done. Impressive hey.

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Jun 22, 2011 Work At Home Mums

Things you will miss by not working in the office

by Leah Gibbs

Corporate work has its own thrills and excitements. It’s much like a sport. You feel the adrenalin rush as you try to strategize which tasks to prioritize. There are days when it seems you’re at the losing end, when Murphy’s Law is at play and everything you do seems to go wrong. There are also [...]

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May 30, 2011 Work At Home Mums

Simple joys of a work-at-home mum

by Leah Gibbs

Mums who work at home can be considered lucky. They have the opportunity to make money while spending more time with the family. Sure, there are trade-offs like no employment benefits, difficulties in setting up a business, or the occasional loneliness and boredom.

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Apr 27, 2011 Work At Home Mums

A guilty work at home mum and how to deal with constant distractions

by Leah Gibbs

Whoever said that working at home is easy is clueless. Sure, work-at-home mums like me have time on our hands but it’s certainly not a walk in the park. It’s more like running around a park with screaming kids, Frisbees being thrown at you from all directions and dogs biting your ankles.

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Sep 30, 2010 Work At Home Mums

Every Mothers dream. Working from home and being there for your family

by Leah Gibbs

When Rebecca Mackey served in the Australian Air Force, her 3 year old daughter was in day care for 10 hours most days. Now, Rebecca is home with her daughter while she works, thanks to her involvement with the Successful Resumes Australia group. Rebecca discovered the group when she contacted them to create her own [...]

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Jun 12, 2010 Work At Home Mums

8 Positive Thinking Tips for Work At Home Mums

by Justine Simard

Positive thinking can help work at home mums achieve their challenge to work from home while being a stay-at-home mum. Here are some actions and positive adjustments you can make to have positive thinking and help you achieve your goals. Though some of the following pointers could sound superficial, try them for yourself, on a [...]

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May 28, 2010 Work At Home Mums

Work At Home Mums: The Mindset Issue

by Justine Simard

Whether you are a mum thinking about working from home or starting your own successful home based business, or whether you have already started working at home, you may be wondering if this is for you. What do work at home mums do to be successful? What is key to their success: Hard work? Talent? [...]

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May 21, 2010 Work At Home Mums

Work At Home Mums: Success is a Work In Progress

by Justine Simard

The long-term projected outcomes of our efforts often reflect our definition of success. That is, we deem that we will be successful once we have achieved the ‘big picture’ goals. We want to go from the dream to the realisation without giving much credit to the middle act. While work at home mums are busy [...]

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Apr 30, 2010 Interviews

Karina Pengelly – The Australian Home Study Institute

by Leah Gibbs

Karina Pengelly, Director of the Australian Home Study Institute talks to Your Balance about being a work at home mum and working part time. She obviously has a super power, running a busy family with her husband Jay and family of four kids – she still gets time to read a book, go to the [...]

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Apr 23, 2010 Work At Home Mums

Me time – is it a Work at Home Mummy Myth?

by Linda Enever

This is a question I pondered today as my husband and I sit over our computers, run in and out of the house and try and meet all the deadlines. Scheduled into my day is time for my child, time to work, time to cook and time to clean but what about me time….

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Jan 20, 2010 Interviews