Women sharing life together
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It’s amazing that she has any time to spare, but Lulu took the time out to inspire us here at The Raphael Project and share this latest chapter of her amazing career ….. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that at the age of 62, I can now add successful businesswoman to my resume! [...]
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How often do you sit and think? Actually sit and ponder? About anything – or about something! We’re so attached to phones with Facebook and Twitter these days that how often when you have 3 minutes to spare do you check Facebook rather than stop and smell the roses? We’re sacrificing crucial thinking time, mental [...]
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I came across this piece written by Shirley Conran and really wanted to share it with you as it gets to the heart of the relentless “everything-ness” of the working Mum! Don’t take it all as gospel, take from it what works for you. Personally, I was reminded that I don’t need to do all [...]
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Do you feel like 2010 just chewed you up and spat you out? Are you reeling from a whirlwind year of a million things happening but yet you can’t really remember anything significant? ….or particularly good? Were you standing there on New Year’s Eve holding your glass saying “well there goes another year then” ? [...]
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I worked like everyone else in some respects, it was never a 9-5 job, but I had a fairly decent salary, and with it came the pension, and the medical insurance. I could have stayed in the company for many, many years if I wanted to, working my way up that invisible ladder. That invisible [...]
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How many times have you gone through life just this last year and made decisions based on “it seemed like a good idea” or “it made sense at the time” when your gut was telling you otherwise?? How many times have you looked back and said “I wish I trusted my instincts”? It goes against [...]
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My name is Devon and I grew up in a small mountain town in California, USA. Being one of 6 children and the youngest girl, you can imagine the chaos that swirled around our tiny home during my childhood years. Having siblings much older than me was an incredible gift, one I wouldn’t trade for [...]
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You know the phrase “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”…? well actually, it’s not only WHO you know, but also HOW you go about knowing them! Ever wondered why someone with less ability than you seems to go further and do better than you? Is there someone who just seems to get [...]
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I think we can all agree that life has changed dramatically from the days when we were children. Life is more expensive, families are more spread out, often across the world meaning less Grandparents on call and the working environment has changed drastically with far more flexibility and many working from home. This means the [...]
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Bullying?… Not just in the playground … By Alice Todd For three years I, Alice Todd, was bullied. There, I’ve said it! That wasn’t so hard … it’s taken me seven years to admit it out loud because I wasn’t bullied at school. I was bullied at work. I was 30 years old, in a [...]
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