If you are feeling low in confidence on parental leave or after returning to work, you’re not alone. Taking an extended break from work for any reason can result in a loss of confidence in both men and women, with 42% of women experiencing a loss in confidence after returning from a break. But why does it happen, and what can you do about it?
You might be feeling excited about being back at work; you’ve missed your colleagues and you’re happy to be feeding that other part of your identity that craves time to be you and do what you do well. But you have this overwhelming feeling that you won’t be up to your role anymore. That you have forgotten what to do and will let your colleagues and clients down by not performing as well as you did before your leave. You’ve lost your confidence.
We share confidence boosting tips and exercises to help you regain your confidence and overcome self-doubt. We look at how we gain confidence and why we lose it on parental leave, then how to make positive changes in our lives to regain our confidence.
As you might still be on parental leave when completing this course, it's designed for busy parents - we know how hard it is to find time to do even the simplest tasks when you have children around. The bite sized lessons and downloadable worksheets are designed to make it easy to complete around even the busies work and family life.
The good news is that confidence is not an innate characteristic and there are ways we can develop it over time. This course will share some hints and tips to do just that.
How do we develop confidence?
How we boost our skills while on parental leave
Identifying and overcoming self-doubt and self-limiting beliefs
How to manage our mindset and challenge negative thoughts
The importance of support in building self-confidence
Building resilience ready for challenging times
Developing healthy habits and time for self-care
Developing your professional image
The importance of gravitas when you return to work
Boosting your visibility and reputation at work
This course is aimed at anyone who has become a mother, however that may happen, who feels they have lost confidence while on parental leave or after returning to work. Depending on the questions you have or the support you specifically need, you can take from the course what is most helpful to you.
This course is designed so you can dip in and out of it, so even if you have 10 minutes here and there to grab a cup of tea and complete a lesson you will benefit from it. It is structured in bite-sized lessons to fit in with busy work and family lives.
You will have lifetime access to it and to any updates we make. So you can come back and revisit the content whenever you need it.
If you need any help while completing the course, please drop us an email at [email protected]
