Managing the Mental Load: Strategies For Health and Wellbeing for Returning Mothers

As mothers returning to the workforce, the transition encompasses more than just resuming professional duties; it involves managing a mental load that can feel overwhelming. This mental load includes juggling work commitments, family responsibilities, personal wellbeing, and societal expectations. How do we navigate these challenges without compromising our health and sanity? What strategies can we employ to not just cope but thrive in balancing these aspects of our lives? This workshop is designed to explore these questions, offering practical tools and insights to empower returning mothers.

Key outcomes: (Bullet Points) In this transformative 90-minute workshop, you will delve into the complexities of the mental load carried by mothers re-entering the workforce. We will explore:

• Strategies for Managing Stress: Learn effective techniques to handle workplace pressures alongside family responsibilities, minimizing stress.
• Combating Guilt: Discover methods to address and alleviate the guilt often associated with balancing professional and personal life, fostering a healthier mental state.
• Promoting Wellbeing: Gain insights into integrating self-care practices into your daily routine, ensuring your wellbeing is nurtured too.
• Empowering Return to Work: Equip yourself with the tools to return to work with confidence, understanding how to assert your needs and boundaries.
• Building Support Systems: Understand the importance of and strategies for building a supportive network, both professionally and personally.

Through a combination of interactive discussions, personal reflections, and practical exercises, this session aims to lighten the mental load of returning mothers, enhancing their overall health and wellbeing. Led by a mum of 4, a pre and post natal specialist and expert in psychology, nutrition, and work-life integration, participants will leave with a renewed sense of empowerment, equipped with strategies to manage their dual roles more effectively and with less stress.

About

Rebecca Fredericks is a women’s health and wellbeing specialist, mum of 4, executive coach, nutritionist, personal trainer, speaker and author. She uses her background in psychology, NLP, nutrition and exercise to help women thrive through the difficult transitions of pregnancy, maternity return and menopause. She’s worked with thousands of women helping them to create lasting change through talks, workshops and executive health coaching.

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