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Eleanor's ProfileWriter, consultant, blogger and mother of two small children, Eleanor strives against reality to 'have it all'. By night she swigs wine from the bottle while she manages a mummy blog... (read more) |
Each time we have had to go into the ER for one reason or another, I catch sight of the sign pinned above the check-in desk that reads something like ‘Violent or abusive behaviour towards hospital employees will not be tolerated’ and I wonder how anyone would get violent or abusive with the staff.
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By night I’m a mum, wife, cook (poor quality), writer and blogger. By day, I’m a Management Consultant specializing in strategic Human Resources. I thought I’d merge day and night in a few special posts here on KIV in the hopes that I can bring some value to KIVers.
I get asked a lot of questions [...]
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The Arsenic Hour does me in every night. In case you’re not familiar with the expression, it’s that transition time between 5 and 7 when the day draws to a close and family members come home, hungry, tired and the pressure is on. By 7 most nights I’m in a state…. exhausted, growling, limp or [...]
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With Mother’s Day fast approaching, the women who have been influential in my life have been on my mind. And I’ve had my fair share of them. My mum, of course; that wise and fun figure who has shaped so much of who I am. There’s my grandma, my pretend grandma, the woman who should [...]
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As a child, I was given plenty of chances to go off the rails. My parents, Canadians in Britain were always the outsiders on the street. The ones who didn’t quite conform, who did things a little differently; with their funny accents and ‘American’ words and odd cooking habits. You have to also realize that [...]
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For the last ten years I’ve been waiting; April 1st circled in fluorescent pink on my calendar.
My brother, who is two years older than me, is a perfectionist. He flew through high-school, a straight-A student. He received the coveted position of Head Boy and was the lead in the school musical that year. He went [...]
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It seems that I’ve been labouring away under a false assumption that after the dust has settled; the newborn stage is over, the kids are weaned, sleeping starts to settle, toilet training is complete….that suddenly everything would get easier. I’ve been labouring away. And labouring away and labouring away and oh my GOD! I’ve just [...]
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Summer 1998 in the UK was cool, wet and dull but I didn’t care. I was 26, had a good job, tons of friends, a brand new car and had just bought my first house in Liverpool where I’d been transferred for work. There was so much to see and do; cool bands played there, [...]
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