Happy International Women’s Day to all the incredible women out there. The women running households, leading pitches, collecting water, hiring and firing, feeding children, dashing for trains, walking miles to see a doctor. Wherever you are in the world, whatever you’re doing, we celebrate you. And to the women who went before us, thank you.
Harriette Foulkes-Arnold One of the reasons I started Contented was because I believe financial independence should be open to everyone.. Financial independence tends to start with education.When access to free education is absent, this creates a stumbling block to getting paid work that enables us to earn our own money. Being financially independent gives someone
How is January looking for you? Already smashed your resolutions? Got your 1-year business plan in place? Strategy being executed as you read this? Or not? Perhaps you’re feeling overwhelmed that you’re already into the second week of January, you haven’t even thought about new year resolutions – and as for your one year business
Harriette Foulkes-Arnold is the founder of The Contented Agency, a remote-first agency focused on delivering excellent content by a global team, free to work in the best way for them. She has three daughters, including three-year-old twins and believes in a truly flexible approach to business – brands get the very best content when people
“If you had broken your leg, would you accept help?” “Yes,” I replied. “Of course.” “Well, what you’re going through is equally debilitating. Actually much, much, more so.” That conversation happened nine years ago in a small therapy room in Birmingham. I had been diagnosed with severe postnatal depression. I had borderline psychosis and up
From rituals to rebellious coffee making, here are the team’s pointers As much as the COVID-19 pandemic is a physical health issue, it is also a mental one. The pandemic’s impact on mental health is absolute. The World Health Organisation states that “The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on the mental health and
Listen, these things aren’t going to blow your mind – deep down you probably know them all already, but the idea is that having it all in one place to refer to will be helpful for you. And the formulas might just be something you find useful when you’re writing or reviewing copy. Top tip:
Flexible working is not a temporary band aid, but a long-term cure The phrase “flexible working” often brings to mind working parents. Although consideration of this group is extremely important – without them, businesses and entire economies look to lose access to a huge range of skills and experiences – the benefits of flexible working
The Paula Principle, Motherhood and Flexible Working by Rhiannon Fielder-Hobbs Today I am wearing the mirage of millennial professionalism. Laptop on the cafe table, coffee in hand. Yesterday I was scrubbing toilets. Perhaps, just call me Paula? The Paula Principle, as penned by Tom Schuller in his book of the same name, looked to explore
Let’s clear two things up before we kick off this controversial topic, in conversation with Tom Hillman, Head of Performance Marketing at Qatalog, and Arran Rice, Founder of Simple Flying. One, there’s a big difference between being a remote-first business, and one that says: ‘you can work from home’. Two, being a remote-first business doesn’t
