Life Lessons Everywhere

I was watching my son's team compete in the Tandridge League U8s Trophy Final on Sunday, after a strong first half they ended up losing 6-3, which was a shame…

In hindsight there were some great life lessons to think about

• Do what works, if passing the ball worked in the first half, keep doing it - stay consistent.

• Stay aware of what's happening around you, sometimes you need to slow down, keep possession (of your thoughts) and look for the pass (opportunity.)

• Making life easier for yourself and 'your team' is so important, it's easier the keep the ball then chase and have to win it back again.

• When there's a good option to pass, take the pass, don't always try and score by yourself.

• If you try and to do it all yourself people stop making themselves available for you, if you ignore the teammate running into space to create an easy 1 2 1, then maybe next time they might not make the run.

T.E.A.M. = Together Everyone Achieves More.

What life lesson did you notice this week?

"Helping Stressed Dads Balance Work and Fatherhood"

I believe that the transition from 'lad to dad', especially the first time round, is the most important and fundamental change any man will face, but it's a transition that leaves many really struggling.

Whereas mums, carrying a baby, are intimately connected to the process of getting ready to be a parent, dads tell me again and again that they only "became a father" when their baby is born.

Birth itself can be sudden and traumatic for everyone involved and this just piles the pressure and stress on, no wonder dads experience depression and mental health challenges.

BTW if you have any doubts you need to read Elliott Rae's PTSD story

Let's talk about dads, let's talk about the pressures and the support that is available, and most importantly let's normalise dads at the heart of the conversation about parenting, because equality at home is fundamentally linked to equality in the workplace.

Research call

WOMBA and Hult International Business School are collaborating to conduct a research study exploring how working parents experience the transition to parenthood in an organizational context. As part of this project, we are inviting working parents (mums and dads) to take part in an interview to share their experiences.

They want to interview:

Working fathers - professional men who have taken shared or enhanced paternity leave within the past two years.

If that sounds like something you could help with please contact

alison@wombagroup.com

Photo Credit Daniel Norin via Unsplash @danielnorin