Mothers at work:

A 5 part Training program for coaches, Facilitators, consultants and leaders to drive change for working mothers

Are you looking to support your clients or employees in managing the overwhelm, guilt and mental load that comes with being a working mother?

Want to support your clients or employees to increase their sense of confidence, work-life integration and satisfaction, and reach their goals in their mothering and/or their careers?

This one of a kind sociological training is designed specifically for yoU.

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The Mothers at Work program helps you to support working mothers through evidence-based sociological information and practical tools.

Whether you're a psychologist, coach, organizational leader, or you are building a business and career in the mother-support space, this course provides the knowledge and resources you need to address the unique challenges faced by mothers in paid work - including in both organisations, or running their own businesses.

From navigating guilt and the mental load to leveraging the 'motherhood asset,' you'll gain insights that can transform how mothers navigate their work and show up for themselves.

Mothers at Work equips you with strategies and tools to confidently support working mothers, driving transformative results that boost your practice's impact, visibility, and success.

But the first step towards implementing effective change, is to first actually understand what the problem really is, and where it comes from…

this is why we start with a definition of

the care Career Conundrum

Venn diagram titled "The Care/Career Conundrum" showing overlap between "Care" and "Career." "Care" circle includes "The demands of being a ‘good Mum’" and "Career" circle includes "The demands of being a ‘good employee/business owner’." The overlap states "MOTHERS caught in the middle of competing demands."

The care career conundrum is a sociological model explaining the challenges mothers face balancing career and motherhood. While broader social change is necessary for complete resolution, there are ways we can help mothers navigate ‘the juggle’, ease their mental load, reduce guilt, and increase their confidence and level of support.

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This program is for you if you work with mothers in any of the following ways:

  • You support mothers one-on-one such as within individual counselling or coaching sessions who are working for organisations/companies as employees

  • You support mothers one-on-one such as within individual counselling or coaching sessions who are working for themselves in their own businesses

  • You lead or facilitate group sessions with mothers or group programs

  • You work with mothers within HR, management, employee engagement and experience, or within a leadership position

  • You are a consultant, strategist or coach who is interested in delivering organisational training

  • You are interested in learning more about supporting mothers in juggling paid work and family life, reducing guilt and the mental load, and feeling greater satisfaction and confidence in their working and mothering lives

this program equips you with essential knowledge and resources to effectively support mothers in:

navigating the ‘care/career conundrum’

managing the mental load,

and releasing guilt

to feel greater presence with their families and greater satisfaction at work.

  • "I highly recommend Dr. Sophie Brock's 'Mothers at Work' course for any mother-support worker who might guide their clients through the journey back to paid work. As a career coach specializing in supporting mothers through matrescence and career transitions, I was truly impressed by the depth of research and practical tools the course offered. Sophie’s insights into the challenges mothers face in balancing career aspirations with family responsibilities are spot-on with her Care Career Conundrum model, and the wealth of resources provided made this course invaluable. It not only informed my own practice but also inspired me to expand my offerings to better support mothers feeling stressed and overwhelmed by this transition. This course has been a game-changer for me."

    Emma Reddie - Career & Motherhood Coach

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frameworks and tools you receive in Mothers at work

  • The MOTHER Media Analysis Method

  • The Matrescence Integration Framework: Leverage the Motherhood Asset in the Workplace

  • The Matrescence Integration Framework: Leverage the Motherhood Asset for Self- Employed Mothers

  • The 5R Method for Managing the Mental Load

  • The Mum Guilt Reframe and Release Method

  • The Maternal Identity Integration Approach (MIIA)

  • The Identity Mapping Tool in Support of Role Synergy

what you will learn

What the program covers

  • Unveiling the Struggles of Working Mums and Why These Struggles Exist

    • Overview of current challenges from Mothers’ perspectives: data and key insights

    • Powerful and easy to communicate data to advocate for change in organizations

    • Overview of essential diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) considerations from a sociological perspective, centered on mothers

    • Information to help us understand the added challenges and pressures that self-employed working mothers face

  • Cracking the Code: Why Working Mothers Face Unique Challenges

    • Unmasking the social and cultural myths of motherhood that shape working mothers’ identities, both in organisations and within their own businesses

    • Navigating the care/career conundrum: a fresh perspective on ‘the juggle’

    • Evidence to bust common misconceptions about working mothers

  • The Ripple Effect: The Cost Mothers and Organisations Pay

    • Breaking down the motherhood penalty, the maternal wall and the maternal-wage-gap

    • Maternal health consequences – guilt, burnout, the mental load, and unequal divison of labour

    • Organisation wake up calls: the hidden costs of neglecting maternal support

    • DE&I in action: Why supporting mothers is crucial for workplace equality

  • The Motherhood Asset: Unlocking Hidden Potential

    • Harnessing the power of the maternal brain in the workplace and within business

    • The business case for supporting working mothers

    • Boosting confidence in the workplace and for when you are the workplace (for self-employed mothers)

  • Your Toolbox for Change: Practical Strategies for Success

    • Combating burnout and promoting holistic wellbeing

    • Guilt-busting techniques for thriving in work and mothering

    • Transition tools: Smoothing the path back to work: both as an employee or for when you're self-employed

    • Confronting the Unexpected: challenges beyond the initial transition back to work

5 Part program

1 video training per week

plus receive a bonus resource pack

plus, you’ll receive

the maternal thriving resource pack

  • Speaking Guides for mothers and leaders - to help you offer advice and key dot points to consider when having conversations about planning a return to work and managing the care/career conundrum for mothers who are employees, and for mothers who are business owners

  • Release Working Mum Guilt Workbook for mothers to help them to ease perfectionism and release working-mum-guilt. The workbook is editable to adapt to your own branding and style.

  • Mental Load Workbook for mothers on managing the mental load - editable to adapt to your own branding and style.

  • Done for you Speaking Notes for a 1 hour presentation on the key considerations in supporting mothers to return to work and key considerations for mothers in the workplace (adaptable to deliver to mothers directly or to organisations)

  • Done for you Powerpoint Presentation with slides to accompany 1 hour presentation - template is editable to adjust to your own branding and add/remove information

  • Template for course/program that you can adapt and expand on to help you take course content and teach it to groups of mothers to help them manage the juggle of working and mothering

  • Template for Return to the workforce plan for you to customize for your clients

  • Template for Return to your business plan for you to customize for your clients who are self-employed

  • Template Pitch Emails to help you if you'd like to reach out to organisations and pitch yourself to offer workshops and education sessions

  • The Care Career Conundrum Checklist is a checklist that you can use with your clients or employees to help identify the specific struggles an individual is facing that is a direct symptom of living within the Care Career Conundrum.

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  • You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the key challenges for mothers including key data and insights about current issues facing working mothers in both organisations and as entrepreneurs

  • Gain practical tools and resources to support working mothers

  • Easy to communicate summaries of key data to support advocacy efforts

  • In-depth knowledge of underlying causes of the challenges working mothers are facing that go beyond surface level suggestions of time-management and habit stacking

  • You’ll feel confident in explaining cultural contexts and systemic issues contributing to the challenges mothers in paid work face

  • Key insights into the motherhood penalty, the maternal wall, and the maternal-wage gap to use in mobilising mothers and contextualising retention issues and performance impacts for organisations

  • Strategies to reduce ‘Mum guilt’ for mothers and better manage the mental load

  • Templates and resources that you can use to build workshops, courses and presentations

  • A done-for-you presentation so you can get started straight away

  • Strategies to leverage and position 'the motherhood asset’ to boost mothers’ confidence and strengthen organizational culture for mothers

  • Practical tools for addressing burnout prevention and promotion of wellbeing

  • Information to draw on for diversity, equity and inclusion considerations, advocating for and making visible concerns for mothers in marginalised groups

  • Resources to support you in a versatile application of knowledge, via one to one work, group work, and presentations

key benefits and solutions the mothers at work program offers:

What you’ll receive when joining this prograM

  • Complete video training program

  • private podcast of training program for easy listening

  • Ongoing access to the program

  • Certificate of completion

  • The maternal thriving Resource Pack

Learn more about Sophie

I have spent 10 years researching Motherhood and have a PhD in Sociology specialising in Motherhood Studies from The University of Sydney. In my research I developed what has been described as a ‘ground-breaking theory’ for understanding how Mothers’ lives are shaped by the social and cultural construct of Motherhood. I’m also a Mother myself. 

I’ve been working on developing curriculum and programs for the last 11 years, starting out when I began teaching at The University of Sydney and supporting the development and teaching of undergraduate units of study in sociology. I taught and facilitated classes face to face for 5 years before moving into the world of online program development and teaching. I continue to publish in the space of maternal scholarship and be involved in research and consultation.

My most recent research project involved qualitative surveys gathering information from 580+ mothers from across 20+ countries, gathering stories and data on their experiences in planning their return to work, and their experiences of employment as mothers.

My passion and focus is in supporting those who work with mothers to develop, integrate, and adapt a sociological lens of Motherhood into their businesses, careers, and professions.

The ultimate purpose of my work is to contribute to changing the cultural conversation on Motherhood and the individual experiences of Mothers, creating a world where Mothers feel empowered, supported, and valued.

The Mothers at Work program empowers professionals to support working mothers through evidence-based strategies and practical tools. this course provides the knowledge and resources you need to address the unique challenges mothers in the paid work face, within both organisations and self-employment.

FAQ

  • For anyone who is looking for guidance, information, and resources on how to support working mothers.

    This includes consultants, coaches, psychologists, counselors, HR professionals and leaders dedicated to enhancing the experience of mothers in the workplace.

    This program is also for you if this is a career you are considering moving into.

  • Content is first released on August 26th, 2024 and is released progressively over a month.

    Here are the release dates:

    Section 1: August 26th release

    Section 2: September 2nd release

    CALLS on September 3rd

    Section 3: September 9th release

    Section 4: September 16th release

    Section 5: September 23rd release

    Maternal Thriving Resource Pack: September 30th release

    CALLS on 15th October

  • For as long as the e-learning platform remains active, minimum 1 year. The Maternal Thriving Resource Pack include materials that are for you to download and keep.

  • Yes, I've designed these resources to be template that you can build on and customize to be most appropriate for your work with mothers. You can change the wording and branding to suit your business/organisation.

    I ask that you don't change the name or descriptions of concepts I've developed as original, which will be marked with a copyright sign for ease of recognition. I would also recommend you resist changing any data or references listed.

    You will receive a copy of the presentation slides as a powerpoint file.

  • I have designed the program to be relevant across countries, and so haven't included any information to do with policy or the law. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are meeting your own clients'/organisations expectations on including policy guidelines specific to your country/state/territory.

    The information contained in this program is drawn from sociological evidence, research and theory, as well as data from a research project I've completed with mothers across the world, but with a majority of participants located within Australia.

  • Yes this program is designed to be adaptable to apply to both mothers as employees and mothers as business owners.

    There will be information on organisational culture that you can overlook.

    But there will also be key resources designed specifically for you if you support mothers who are self-employed.

  • I don’t offer refunds on this digital product outside what is required by law in Australia.

  • Yes I do offer payment plans. Please note that if you sign up for a payment plan you are required to complete all payments.

Pricing

$2799 AUD

Available on a payment plan of $470/month over 6 months