Braving the Wild: SEND help‪!‬ Claire O'Hanlon

How do you create a long term business strategy when you can't predict the next 10 days?A client who has a child with a highly complex condition asked me this question recently and I thought it's one that needed a public answer because I know so many parent carers making teh transition from employed to self employed are asking the same question.Designing a business that fits around your life is very much a strategic decision and that's where building your strategy so that you can earn around ...

In this episode I share a simple, yet effective process for laying the foundations that will support you to create a business that works around your life.It's easy to jump straight into the 'business' side of starting or growing a business, but as a parent-carer to a child with additional or complex needs, you run the risk of creating something that just doesn't work for you and your family.It's so important to get clear on some stuff first. things like your non-negotiables, the values that r...

What would happen if you could silence that little voice is your head that keeps shouting at you, telling you that you're a failure, that you're unreliable, that you're not good enough...?According to research published in PubMed, caring for children with disabilities has a negative effect on mothers’ labour market participation, working hours and labour income. This is a huge societal issue with more needing to be done on a policy level to equal the playing field and make work accessible to ...

Every Tom, Dick & Harry is yelling at you to set goals... easy for them to say when they don't have the unpredictability of caring for a child with complex or additional needs to contend with as well as work. So much of the goal setting stuff out there at this time of year is well meaning but mostly unrealistic for working parent carers who are already stretched to the limit. So, here's a podcast dedicated to goal setting specifically for parent carers that will help you to:See ...

So many women who are parent carers feel like they have no choice but to leave work as the demands of caring for a disabled child while also juggling work commitments just simply no longer work for them.Without amazingly strong support systems including childcare, which is often difficult to secure for disabled children, working the traditional 9-5 just isn't workable.In this episode of the Braving the Wild: SEND Help Podcast, I share my story of moving from 9-5 to self-employed. It's an info...

In part 1 of the Survival to Thrival episode we introduced you to our SNACK acronym - a framework to help you reduce overwhelm and thrive as a busy parent juggling work with managing the care of a child with complex or additional needs. We gave you lots of ideas for Simplifying everyday tasks and for embedding self care/ Nuturing practices.In this episode, we explore. lots of ideas for Asking for help, making Connections and supporting resilience & balance AKA Kilter