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January Isn’t Just for Goals. It’s for Repair.
January can feel loud — goals, resolutions, plans. For working parents, that noise is amplified by an ongoing mental load: work deadlines, children’s needs, logistics, routines, and the quiet pressure to “start the year strong”. This year, my January feels different. Instead of feeling energised and ready to push forward, I feel quieter, unmotivated, and behind. By becoming aware of that before adding more goals, I know I need time for repair . “You are not behind. You are no

Mafalda Novo
Jan 212 min read


The Workplace Culture That Shapes Generations
What if the way you lead your team today doesn’t just affect performance—but shapes how the next generation perceives work? When employees leave the office, they take their experiences home. Their mood, energy, and the conversations they have with their families subtly influence their children’s understanding of work, leadership, and professional relationships. The respect, fairness, and care modelled in the workplace today can become tomorrow’s blueprint for how children see

Mafalda Novo
Dec 18, 20252 min read


“Am I Good Enough?” — The Quiet Weight So Many Mums Carry
Some days, even the most devoted mums feel like they’re falling short. Days when patience runs low, screen time creeps higher, routines feel like battles, and you wonder if your child truly feels seen and loved. When everything — work, the house, relationships, your mental health, the state of the world — piles on at once, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and question your motherhood. And then comes the thought most mums never say out loud: “Am I good enough?” If you’re in a tou

Mafalda Novo
Dec 4, 20252 min read


How Employers Can Champion Working Parents — and Unlock Retention and Performance
Support working parents with flexible transitions, transformational coaching, and compassionate leadership to boost retention, performance, and wellbeing.

Mafalda Novo
Nov 25, 20252 min read


Parenthood and Work: How to Ask for Support — and Thrive
Becoming a parent is transformative. In the beginning of 2025 , I surveyed over 100 parents about their experience juggling work and family. Key findings reveal the depth of the emotional, practical, and professional adjustments parents face: identity shifts, emotional stress, and work-life tension. The good news? You can ask for support proactively and create a sustainable balance between parenting and work. What Parents Feel Identity shifts : Who am I now? Emotional highs

Mafalda Novo
Nov 12, 20252 min read


Why Every Mum Needs a One-Year Plan — Not Just a Birth Plan
We prepare for the birth, for feeding, for sleep schedules — but rarely do we prepare for ourselves. Motherhood changes everything — your body, your time, your relationships, your career, and even your sense of self. Yet most mums only plan for the logistics, not the life that comes after. You spend months researching the best pram, packing the hospital bag, setting up the nursery, and reading about newborn routines… but when the noise quietens, a new question arises: Who am

Mafalda Novo
Nov 5, 20252 min read


Who’s Really Guiding You in Motherhood?
Whose advice do you follow? Who’s truly guiding you through your motherhood journey? Is it your friends, family, colleagues, or the experts on social media —or that quiet voice inside you that sometimes whispers when everyone else is shouting? Five years ago, when I went back to running, I didn’t have a goal. I wasn’t trying to lose weight, get faster, or prove anything. I just needed something for me — a moment to breathe, to feel alive again during the pandemic. But as soo

Mafalda Novo
Oct 13, 20252 min read


The Seasons of Our Values: Growing Into Who You Are
Over the past six months, I’ve noticed an interesting pattern. Certain values seem to take the lead at different moments in my life. In...

Mafalda Novo
Oct 9, 20252 min read


What Is Your Non-Negotiable “Me Time”?
Being a parent is amazing — but exhausting. Between work, household tasks, emails, endless to-do lists, and being there for our kids,...

Mafalda Novo
Oct 1, 20252 min read


Embracing the Journey of Motherhood
Since becoming pregnant for the first time, I feel I live my life in a rollercoaster of transitions and transformation. Every role I hold—woman, daughter, wife, mother, professional—brings its own twists and turns. Each new challenge leads me to obstacles, yes, but also to new choices, opportunities, and discoveries about myself.

Mafalda Novo
Sep 23, 20254 min read


Rediscovering You: The Hidden Transformation of Motherhood
When a baby is born, the world celebrates. There are smiles, gifts, visits, and so much love for this new little life. Yet in the quiet...

Mafalda Novo
Sep 18, 20252 min read


Embracing the Return: Navigating the Emotional Journey Back to Work After Maternity Leave
Returning to work after maternity leave is more than just a change in your daily routine — it’s a profound transition that touches the...

Mafalda Novo
Sep 4, 20253 min read


Motherhood: The Quiet Force That Changes the World
Explore how motherhood transforms lives and shapes the world. Discover the quiet force of motherhood and its impact on future generations.

Mafalda Novo
Mar 10, 20252 min read


Finding Connection in the Hospital Ward Kitchen: A Parent's Reflection
There’s something quietly transformative about standing in the shared kitchen of a hospital ward. It’s a space of pause—a place where we...

Mafalda Novo
Mar 4, 20254 min read


Consistency to achieve your goals
Find out how can you create the conditions to keep consistency in the process of achieving your goal.

Mafalda Novo
May 2, 20223 min read


From positive impact to creativity
Aiming for the best for our children, we must look at ourselves too, and how we are supporting our children to grow and develop.

Mafalda Novo
Mar 16, 20224 min read


Positive Impact People: the creators of a powerful transformation
The best qualities you hold as part of your identity, purpose and mission are your most powerful traits to inspire and change people's lives

Mafalda Novo
May 12, 20216 min read


Know yourself and expand your creativity
Explore what, why, and how to create. Also, benefit from some key reminders that will help you to expand and maintain your creativity.

Mafalda Novo
Feb 12, 20214 min read


Who are you in your life: the passenger or the driver?
Being on the driver's seat will give you a sense of ownership for your own thoughts, feelings, choices, actions, results and success.

Mafalda Novo
Dec 1, 20203 min read


Human Connection
I have been collecting meaningful conversations with amazing human beings that are showing up in ways that are so inspiring.

Mafalda Novo
Oct 29, 20203 min read
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