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ISSUE 3 DECEMBER 2015 KATE LANGBROEK: THE 'WORKING MUM' JUGGLING ACT
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I SSU E 3DECEM BER 2015
KatE LaNgBRoEK:thE 'woRKINg MUM' jUggLINg aCt
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8. Editor's Letter
10. Q&A with Kate Langbroek
12. The great juggling act
14. Running a Business With a Baby At the Hip
16. Redefining the mythical creature that is work & life
18. The Art of Letting Go
20. It's All About Boundaries
22. Nurture Your Creativity
26. How to find your daily happily ever after
28. The Business of School Holidays
30. Four little words every woman deserves to hear
32. How to become a Mumpreneur
34. Happiest Birthday darling Jordan
38. Conquer Your Parenting Struggles
40. Say Goodbye to Mother's Guilt
42. Can we have our cake and eat it too?
45. Planning your best year yet!
46. Can you really have it all?
48. The Purrfect Solution
50. 7 Effective Ways to Let Go of Mother Guilt
54. 5 words to reenergise your life
56. Hit the Ground Running
58. A mother of a journey
60. The Power is in your Hands
62. Leadership Fatigue
64. Say Goodbye to Worry
66. How my invention came to life
68. My Working Style
70. Frantic Schedule? P.L.A.N. for Success
74. It’s all about the timing
76. Food for Thought
78. My Chrysalis
81. Riding Life’s Seesaw
82. Balancing my babies
84. The mumpreneur’s guide to thriving (not just surviving) this holiday season
86. What Failing Taught Me
90. Working Out Work-Life Balance
92. Collaborative Partnership Opportunities – Hiding in Plain Sight!
96. Are you a Mumpreneur or a SuperMumpreneur?
98. Say NO to Mummy Guilt
100. Reaching Equilibrium
102. I Can Do This
104. It’s always darkest before the dawn: Emerging from divorce
108. Can you still set big goals for yourself when you are a mum?
110. 5 tricks to juggling your busy life + creating downtime for you
114. How to live happily ever after & change the world at the same time
117. So you are a Dadpreneur…Nah didn’t think so.
118. Restyling Motherhood
120. Combining Motherhood and YOU!
124. Contradictions in Motherhood: Why Adding More Work Gives Me More Balance
126. How I learnt how to live & breathe linen
128. The Secrets to Mumpreneur Success
130. What is Motherhood and Life Balance? A heartfelt story
132. Where’s your morning routine at?
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OUR FABULOUS CONTRIBUTORS
IAW Magazine donates $1 from each magazine sale to charity. Children's Cancer Foundation is the recipient for Issue 3.
Amanda AndersonAnne Clark
Barbara GucwaBarbara Hannay
Carolyn GrantCas McCulloughCatherine Plano
Danielle PriceDenika Carothers
Emily MorganFrancesca Varney
Amanda JesnoewskiDanni Guerreiro
Belinda BowFelicity O'Donohue
Fiona CraigJacqui PryorJodie Blight
Jude MortonHelen Druitt
Alli PriceKaren MorrisKash O'Hara
Kate LangbroekKatrina McCarter
Kelly FryerKrista Magidson
Kylee EllisGabriela Vega
Ling Wong Lynsay GrahamMaggie Travers
Meg GarridoPeace MitchellIsabel Starck
Rachel Dowdy
Rebecca LeoHelen Andrew
Rose AkokoSally A Curtis
Sarah O’BryanSarah Poppy
Shannon HarrisonSharon WittShaylin RoseStacey PriceSue Davey
Tania DarvellTanja Mrnjaus Tanya Leckie
Tara DarlingtonUldouz Van Eenoo
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Editors LetterTHE THEME OF our latest edition is Motherhood & Life
Balance. Which seems like a bit of a misnomer doesn’t it? Especially when any mother will attest to the fact that
the simple act of motherhood leaves you so little time and energy for anything else that there often seems no possibility of life balance!
Motherhood & Life Balance is a topic that’s had some press in recent years and we’re exploring the theme further, because – alarmingly – despite the Feminist revolution and years of campaigning for equality (not just in the workplace), women still draw the short straw when it comes to housework, caring and career.
And history tells us that it is only by openly discussing and championing issues we really believe in, that we can evoke change. And we really must, as a society, start supporting our Mothers in a much more meaningful way than we are doing now.
There is no more powerful love than a mother’s love for her child. If this didn’t exist we wouldn’t exist. It is also true that the love and the selflessness required to raise a child can be so primal and so overpowering that some women completely lose themselves in it. I was one of these women. And yet, while I gained an extraordinary amount in return from my son, I felt a loss – of the person I was before motherhood.
In this issue, we look at this important aspect of Motherhood & Life Balance too, because the ‘loss’ doesn’t have to be a negative. It can be the momentary dark before the dawn, the start of something wonderful…. Something transformative.
There are some extremely thought provoking articles in this issue, and some very personal points of view. Each of these considers the role and the impact of motherhood in relation to other aspects of life, such as business, work, career, relationships, divorce, parenting and family values, health and wellbeing, mental and emotional health and long-term illness.
In my line of work, coaching women from all walks of life, I hear continually that the resounding pressure in trying to achieve Motherhood & Life Balance comes from the guilt that we feel, juggling all of our responsibilities and worrying that we are not
BY CATHERINE PLANO
doing justice to any of them, particularly our roles as mothers. The solution here of course is self-care. We cannot possibly be of service to others without being strong, healthy, capable, relaxed individuals ourselves, first. This is not selfish – it is necessary. But much harder to actually achieve than it is to talk about.
There’s no question that by and large the women authors of this issue agree that, as with everything else in a mother’s life, balance can only be obtained once it has been made a priority and has been given focus, time and planning.
In a quest to find their own sense of Motherhood & Life Balance (which is never a concrete proposition, rather a flexible and sometimes fleeting state that has a tendency to change from moment to moment!) our writers share their experiences and their insights.
I know you’ll enjoy reading what they have to say.
Mwah x
"There is no more powerful lovethan a mother’s love for her child."
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Kate Langbroek discusses the working mum juggling act
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IAW: What’s your secret for remembering everything? Do you write lists? Do you have a white board? What works for you?
KL: I don’t remember, I haven’t even remembered to buy a calendar for this year yet… and it is past half-way through … Basically, my husband does a lot of remembering… He really is a great guy. I forget his name.
IAW: Kids are so unpredictable. Imagine this scenario – Suddenly someone’s got a temperature and diarrhea. This means no school and plans for the day need to be changed. How do you cope? Do you have a strong network of family and friends you can call on to assist?
KL: We are incredibly lucky to have family who are willing and able to help. My in-laws and my parents are both on hand … and my husband is self-employed which gives us a lot of flexibility around situations we just haven’t planned for.
IAW: Do Peter and yourself get any time to just be alone together? How do you make sure you keep your connection strong?
KL: Peter and I try to have a late Sunday lunch together, after my 7-year-old’s footy game. One of my favourite things to do is to get a babysitter on a Sunday afternoon so we can fly unencumbered out of the house like lovebirds.
IAW: Do you find time for yourself? What’s your favourite thing to do when you do?
KL: I find the whole notion of ‘time for yourself’ is a bit of a trap when you’re a Mum. Basically, if I claim some time for myself, I have to rebuild the house of cards that has collapsed! I think many parents feel this way... That said, when it’s all about me, I love to take a long bath, and then laze on the couch with some Amy Schumer on telly.
IAW: Juggling it all – marriage, family, career. When it gets hectic what’s your number one stress buster?
KL: ANGER! Ha Haha Hahhahaha… (insert psychotic laughter here). Seriously, this year I have started going to the gym two or three times a week, just for half an hour or so. I’ve noticed that I feel great afterwards (when it’s over!) so it helps, I guess. But life is constantly changing so you’ve just got to go with the ups and the downs. [IAW]
Since graduating high school Kate has worked consistently in the media and was formerly an actress and a writer for the Australian drama "Neighbours". She is well known for her work in radio, television and print and is currently co-host of ‘Hughesy and Kate’ 4-6pm Weekdays on the KIIS national radio network.
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