Working Parents SOS - coming soon!
Welcome to Working Parents SOS, a place for working parents to come together and lighten the load.
The aim? To build an informal, friendly community that helps busy working parents feel more resourced and more resourceful. Being a working parent can sometimes feel ridiculously hard and we all need an injection of support and inspiration every now and then. Like all the parents that have come before us, we’re parenting in a world we didn’t grow up in. So it’s no surprise it can feel difficult and as though we’re making up as we go along - we are!
I believe the best way to care for our children is to care for parents, and we’re often pretty rubbish at looking after ourselves. Hopefully this community will help as we share real-life experiences and practical insights, tackling some serious topics with lightness and humour.
Gill Simpson: coach, business owner, mum, wife, daughter, sister, dog-owner, expired-half-marathon-runner, life admin expert, finder of lost things, kids’ taxi driver, Bath rugby fan; book club member… Oh, and PTA chair. Because life isn’t busy enough.
Why SOS?
Because three little letters can mean so many things.
Save Our Sanity: The start-point for this whole thing. A space to feel slightly less unhinged. True sanity might not be realistic until the kids move out, but hope? We’ve got that covered.
Series Of Shorts (or a Series Of Sorts, you decide): Quick, digestible nuggets of wisdom from the world of psychology, child development, neuroscience, and more. Perfect for parents who can barely finish a text, let alone an article from the British Journal of Development Psychology.
Sources Of Support: Resources and tools, tips and ideas, and a community of kindred spirits who ‘get it’. Wine not included, but you’re welcome to bring your own.
Sharing Our Stories: Learning from each other, normalising the struggles, and sharing the ‘what was I thinking’ moments. And knowing that not-knowing is okay too.
Start Off Small: Rome wasn’t built in a day and your life won’t magically transform overnight either. Pick one thing, try it, learn from it, and go again.
I could go on, but you get the gist. Over the past 10 years or so I’ve learned loads of stuff as a coach and parent that I’d like to share with you. It seems daft not to. I hope you find it useful.
JOINING THE COMMUNITY
A Series Of Shorts
Every month we’ll dive into a hot topic for working parents. Topics like: the good-enough parent (and why getting things wrong helps our kids); breaking free from constant guilt; mastering our time and energy; and raising kids in a digital world. And so much more!
You’ll have access to articles, activities, practical tips, and reflection exercises - all super digestible and actionable.
And twice a month, you can join us for 1-hour group coaching conversations related to our monthly topic:
- Lunchtime sessions (on those rare occasions you actually break for lunch)
- Evening sessions (for those able to stay awake past 7pm…)
These warm, safe spaces are all about learning, connecting, and finding support in the challenges we face as working parents.
Start Off Small
Ready to make changes but don’t know where to begin? Dive into our mini ‘work-outs’: exercises, tools, and frameworks to help you explore topics in more detail so that you can ‘work out’ what’s really going on for you and what to do about it.
These ‘work-out’ videos are designed to help you think differently about your issue and take around 15-20 minutes to complete. Small steps, big impact.
Sources Of Support
An ever-growing treasure trove of resources to help support you, however you like to learn. Including articles, research papers, book reviews, guest opinions, and expert insights. An endless source of inspiration!
For a deeper dive, you can also unlock discounted one-to-one coaching sessions and tailored coaching packages anytime you need.
Share Our Stories
This is your space to chat, vent, ask questions, and share those “you won’t believe what happened yesterday” moments. Connect with other working parents, normalise the chaos, and find strength in the shared journey.
Once you’ve signed up, you’ll get an invite to join our private Facebook group – your new go-to for support, connection, and sanity.
“I really value the opportunity to share and reflect with other working parents. The simple act of knowing others have similar challenges and struggles is really comforting.”
Senior Director, Hilton.