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Bump in the road: the impact of pregnancy on your career

Bump in the road: the impact of pregnancy on your career

by Leah Massingham | May 24, 2026 | In Your Body, In Your Body top story, Popular Stories

We all know about the motherhood penalty. When you have children, unfortunately the workplace looks over you. You’re written off as unambitious. But the motherhood penalty doesn’t begin when a woman has a child. It begins the moment pregnancy becomes visible. Not when...
Coffee is not lunch: How hustle culture convinced women hunger was a sign of dedication

Coffee is not lunch: How hustle culture convinced women hunger was a sign of dedication

by Phoebe Huzij | May 24, 2026 | In Your Body, In Your Body top story, Popular Stories

It’s 3 PM. Your brain has left the building. You’re staring at a spreadsheet that’s stopped making sense, willing yourself to focus, and reaching for coffee number four. The internal monologue kicks in: Why am I like this? Why can’t I just...
Hustle culture is breaking you – here’s how to start recovering

Hustle culture is breaking you – here’s how to start recovering

by Nina Brooksbank | May 23, 2026 | In Your Head, In Your Head top story, Popular Stories

By her late twenties, Ella-Jane had checked every single box on the corporate bingo card. A fast-rising career at a London property tech start-up? Check. Regular promotions? Check. Direct access to the CEO? Check. On paper, she was the absolute blueprint of a...
Workplace Boundaries: why they’re non‑negotiable – and how set them without apology

Workplace Boundaries: why they’re non‑negotiable – and how set them without apology

by Harriet Miller | May 23, 2026 | In You Workplace top story, In Your Workplace, Popular Stories

Some days, the only thing standing between you and a full fucking mental breakdown is the word “no”, and even that feels impossible. But experts say boundaries at work are the difference between thriving and burning out, raising the question of what they look like for...
What nobody tells WOC about making it into the room – and how to hold your ground once you’re there

What nobody tells WOC about making it into the room – and how to hold your ground once you’re there

by Asya Bakr | May 22, 2026 | In You Workplace top story, In Your Workplace, Popular Stories, WOC in white-dominated spaces

Jenny Garrett OBE knows what it’s like to have to work a million times harder than most. Recipient of a Diversity Powerlist Award, an OBE for her contributions to women in business, two bestselling books, two TEDx talks, clients including Mastercard and the NHS,...
The Great Escape: why burnt-out women are choosing flight over fight.

The Great Escape: why burnt-out women are choosing flight over fight.

by Phoebe Huzij | May 22, 2026 | In You Workplace top story, In Your Workplace, Popular Stories

This is Daisy. For Daisy, the breaking point didn’t arrive as a dramatic office meltdown. It arrived at 11:47 PM on a Wednesday, when her phone buzzed with yet another work email marked ‘urgent’. She’d been in bed for two hours. And she...
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