My Return to Work After Baby #3 - And the Coach Who Helped Me Thrive
Returning as Someone New - Again
After my third baby, I knew the return to work would be different. I’d done this before - twice, in fact. But this time, something had shifted on a deeper level. I wasn’t just coming back to work as a mother of three - I was coming back as a new version of myself. And although my job hadn’t changed, I had.
The thought of returning filled me with questions and uncertainty. Would I be able to keep up? Would anyone understand how different I felt? How would I juggle three children, a career, and still show up as myself?
What I didn’t realise then was how profoundly my manager - who also happened to be a qualified life coach - would change my experience.
I Felt Heard
From the very first check-in, I felt something rare: I felt truly heard. She didn’t just ask how I was - she really listened to the answer. She didn’t rush to fill the silence or offer solutions. Instead, she created space for me to be honest, vulnerable, and human.
I didn’t have to pretend I was “fine.” I didn’t have to power through or prove anything. She understood what it meant to return to work as someone who’d been changed by life—by motherhood, by time away, by growth.
Coaching with Compassion
She helped me make sense of the whirlwind of emotions I was carrying - guilt, doubt, pressure, even moments of grief for the version of me that no longer existed. But she also helped me reconnect with my confidence, values, and inner calm.
What made her different wasn’t just her experience as a manager - it was her ability to coach from a place of deep compassion and clarity. She introduced me to the Three Principles - a simple yet powerful understanding of how our experiences are shaped by thought, consciousness, and mind. That insight changed everything.
It wasn’t about fixing myself. It was about seeing myself more clearly.
She Showed Me What Was Possible
Watching her work—balancing calm leadership with quiet strength - inspired me in ways I couldn’t have imagined. She was living the life coaching dream: running courses all over the world, helping others reconnect with their own wisdom and resilience through the Three Principles.
And I started to think: What if I could support others the way she supported me?
My Why
That’s why I started my own coaching practice - to help others return to work after life-changing events, especially after maternity leave or extended absence, when everything on the outside looks the same, but nothing feels the same inside.
Because I know what it’s like to return not just to a job, but to yourself.
And I believe everyone deserves to feel seen, heard, and supported through that journey.