Back to Work, Back to You
Rebuild Your Confidence and Find Your Feet After Maternity Leave
You are not starting again. You are carrying on.
In a Totaljobs and Fawcett Society survey of working parents, more than 80% of mothers said they found it difficult to return to work after maternity leave, and around 30% said they had no support at all from their employer. If you are lying awake the night before, wondering whether you can still do this, you are in very good company. Back to Work, Back to You is a warm, practical, UK-specific guide to the first weeks, months and decisions after maternity leave. Inside, you will find:
- why confidence dips, and how to rebuild it with evidence
- your rights in plain English, from KIT days to flexible working
- childcare, logistics, plan Bs and fifteen-minute dinners
- how to share the mental load, shake off the guilt and ask for what you need
Checklists, scripts for hard conversations and UK help-lines included. Because you are still you.
By Harriet Langley · Oliver Kane Publishing
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Harriet Langley
Going back to work after leave raises plenty of questions, and Harriet Langley takes them one at a time: what the first week might look like, how to plan the mornings, what to say to colleagues. Back to Work, Back to You is a steady, practical companion for that stretch, written in an encouraging voice. It does not promise a perfect balance, only a workable start.