S4 Ep8: Stress less, prioritise joy & manage your time more effectively with Negar Farah

Welcome back to the Careering into Motherhood podcast, In this episode, Jane interviews Negar Farah about effective time management strategies for working mothers. Negar shares her journey of overcoming anxiety and burnout while managing a demanding career and raising three children. She emphasizes the importance of planning joy and free time first, followed by meticulous scheduling of work tasks. Negar advocates for creating strategic blocks of focus time to achieve specific results, turning off distractions, and being selective about commitments to maintain work-life balance. She offers practical tips for maximizing productivity, such as identifying peak hours of productivity and setting boundaries to prioritize personal well-being. Through insightful anecdotes and actionable advice, Negar inspires listeners to take control of their time and thrive as working mothers. Meet Negar (@negarfarah_coach ), a Career Coach who empowers women in professional services to foster positive habits, rekindle motivation and confidently pursue ambitions. She believes you deserve to have balance in life and work and do that with a career you love. Ready to explore a future that resonates with your authentic self? Connect with Negar to create a roadmap to a future that aligns with your true self, finding the work-life balance and fulfilment you desire. You can learn more about how Negar can support you by visiting her Careering into Motherhood page. And, if you're a Coach interested in joining the Careering into Motherhood partnership programme, find out more here Become a Partner Coach - Careering into Motherhood where you'll also find details of all of our Coaching Partners and a library full of coaching tools to help working mums find fulfilment.

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Why do so many of us go careering into motherhood, unaware of just how hard it is to have a meaningful career as well as family commitments? And why don’t men struggle with their careers in the same way? We talk about the rise of flexible jobs and work anywhere policies, executive burnout and the pressure to be “always on,” Government claims that 75% of mothers are in work, and yet there's being in work and there's having a career. If you’ve had a career break, been on maternity leave, want a career change, want to relaunch yourself back into work or just want a happier balance between work and everything else, Careering Into Motherhood is here with practical advice, insightful interviews and real human stories. Jane Johnson helps empower women and negotiate with employers to offer flexible working so they can stay in their careers. She negotiated her own senior role as a job-share, and in 2019 she set up the Careering Into Motherhood Facebook Group to promote discussion around flexible working, the group now has more than 8,000 members and a successful women’s mentoring programme.