I didn’t always have a coaching business that focuses on helping stressed dads balance work and fatherhood. In fact, I started out balancing work, hockey and ad-hoc binge drinking….
There wasn’t that much work life balance to worry about. For the first 4/5 years of my working life there was no laptop, no email on my phone and no worries once I walked out the office.
And I definitely wasn’t thinking about International Men’s Day (IMD)
Learn what International Men’s Day means to Men in this article for WorkingDads.co.uk
Including:
A lack of Awareness
There’s a concern that celebrating would lead to backlash
Recognition of the potential power for good
But maybe “real men” don’t need a special day?
Read the full article here:
https://www.workingdads.co.uk/what-international-mens-day-means-men/
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