"I've always worked, even after having children, but like many women, I squeezed myself around my husband, Neil, who was the breadwinner, working in the insurance industry in London. Between having our two daughters, who are now 22 and 18, I became a stay-at-home mom. I looked after the children and the house, and managed to shoehorn my own part-time career as a counsellor and therapist around that."
"Before this, he would leave for work at 6:30 a.m. and come home at 8 p.m. He had been off the map in terms of home life. He wouldn't have been able to tell you what class the kids were in, where they had to be at any given time, what clubs they attended, or what was in the kitchen cupboards. He was purely focused on his career. That disappeared overnight."
"Without question, Neil took on all the domestic responsibilities so I could focus full-time on my business and career. I've been growing my business ever since, to the point where I've been able to expand what I do to launch my " Flourish Midlife" online program for women ages 40 to 60. Many women who work full-time are still also worrying about everything else - the running of the house, the ferrying around of the children, while often also looking after their older"
Sarah Turner, 49, based in Suffolk, balanced childcare and household duties while maintaining a part-time counselling practice after having two daughters. She became a stay-at-home mother between the children, supporting her husband's London finance career. In 2020 she felt unhappy in her job and launched a business at her husband's suggestion. Neil moved from long hours and little home involvement to taking full responsibility for domestic tasks overnight. That shift allowed Sarah to focus full-time on business growth and to create the Flourish Midlife online program for women aged 40 to 60. The change highlights persistent pressures on working women to manage both paid work and household care.
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