Five Hour Club Podcast

In this episode, we talk to Emily, a solo parent who is navigating how to juggle two boys under 6, and her full-time career. We share the reality of co-parenting, what it means to be financially independent and the importance of self-care.

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In this episode, Emma and Amy share the results and their insights from the Five Hour Workday survey which was sent to parents, and received over 2000 responses. You will hear which industries parents want to, and used to work in, and get some feedback on how a Five Hour Workday could work for them.

The survey is still open, so if you do want to share your views as a parent, please do so here, we'd love to hear from you!

Co-founder Emma Harvey shares her inspiring story about how she went from being a science teacher before children to navigating a thriving career in tech between school runs since.

Emma kindly shares how family loss during pregnancy gave her a new perspective on life and that having a sick infant was the catalyst for making a drastic change to her career.

From starting her professional career with a PhD, Emma discusses how the decision to retrain with Code First Girls gave her the confidence boost she needed to move into a new career in tech.

Emma and Amy discuss the difference between boundaries and balance in parenthood, why setting them is so hard and share expert tips for how to hold boundaries better.

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Co-founders Amy and Emma celebrate after the launch of the Five Hour Careers job board which offer the first Five Hour Workdays for parents. They discuss the criteria in which they verify each employer, and how they hope this will help parents create boundaries and maintain their careers between school runs.

Check out the Five Hour Careers job board now!