Wellbeing for Working Parents Workshop: What you need to know:
Helping Working Parents Thrive at Work and at Home
Parenthood and work can both give meaning — but juggling both can come at a heavy cost.
Recent stats: 42% of working parents feel burnt out often or always (McKinsey). The US Surgeon General reported that parents are more stressed, burned out, and lonely than ever before.
Without support, caring pressures, unpredictability and emotional load erode wellbeing, performance and retention. Our Wellbeing for Working Parents workshop offers practical, science-guided tools designed to help working parents manage stress, boundaries and competing priorities — while helping employers build a more supported, inclusive and resilient workforce.
60 minutes. Led by a coach with 20+ years of corporate experience and lived experience as a working parent. In-person UK or virtual worldwide.
What we’ll cover in our Wellbeing for Working Parents Workshop:
In this signature workshop, working parents will learn practical, actionable and impactful tools to help navigate their wellbeing and working lives. Topics covered include:
- Understanding “having it all” vs “being good enough” — the cultural pressure and the reality
- The reality of working parenthood: Statistics from the latest studies
- Focus on what matters and how to manage conflicting priorities
- Wellbeing for parents: Asking for help, boundaries and self-care
- Create a practical plan to support you in feeling empowered and successful
Client who’ve booked this workshop:
Led by a coach with 20+ years corporate experience
– who’s also a working mum
Practical, science-guided — not theory from someone who hasn’t been there
A signature workshop for Families ERGs and parent-focused employer programme
Workshop outcomes
After the session, your team leaves with:
- Permission to let go of “having it all” — and the framework for “being good enough”
- Practical boundary scripts that work in households, not just on paper
- A clearer understanding of what’s worth saying yes to, and what’s worth saying no to
- Greater confidence asking for help (one of the hardest skills for working parents)
- A personal action plan calibrated to their specific life stage and family setup
Why this matters now
- 42% of working parents feel burnt out often or always (McKinsey)
- The US Surgeon General has reported parents are more stressed, burned out and lonely than ever before
- Working parents consistently cite “support for the parenting bit” as one of the most valued employer benefits — and one of the most under-delivered
- For organisations: Working parent retention is one of the highest-leverage retention investments available
When this workshop is the right fit:
- You’re building or refreshing your Families ERG: This is the foundational workshop for parent-focused employer programming.
- You’re addressing working parent retention: Often initiated after engagement surveys surface the “parent gap.”
- Maternity Mental Health Week (April/May): Strong moment for working parent content.
- End of summer holidays / start of new school year (September): Peak parental concern moment.
- You’re responding to senior women’s attrition: The “having it all” pressure peaks in mid-career — this workshop addresses it directly.
Particularly relevent for: Professional services and financial services with significant mid-career parent populations; growth-stage tech where parent retention affects scaling capacity; consulting firms with travel-heavy roles; healthcare and public sector with shift-work parenting challenges.
About your facilitator
Led by an executive coach with 20+ years of corporate experience who is also a working mother. Our facilitator brings clinical coaching expertise alongside lived understanding of the working-parent juggle. The combination is what makes this workshop different — and what makes it land with audiences who can spot inauthentic “wellbeing advice” from a mile away.
What clients say
I found the workshop facilitator to be SO helpful. I really felt like she was speaking DIRECTLY to me and the struggles I was having as a working parent. Not that she was able to fix the problem, because it is not really fixable but just to be SEEN and feel that I am not alone really helped me to be easier on myself.
It felt empowering to know I’m not alone and there are things I can do as a busy working parent to take care of myself.
It was a relief to hear that many parents are going through the same thing.
How this workshop pairs with others
Wellbeing for Working Parents sits at the centre of our families-at-work cluster. It pairs naturally with:
Pair with Harnessing Hormones for Success or Managing Menopause at Work: For organisations addressing senior women’s mid-career retention, this combination addresses the parenting AND hormonal pressures hitting simultaneously.
Pair with Digital Wellbeing for Working Parents: Wellbeing for Working Parents addresses the parental wellbeing picture; Digital Wellbeing zooms into the specific tech and screen-time challenge. Often booked together for Families ERG programmes.
Pair with Wellbeing for Carers: Many working parents are also carers for ageing relatives. The two together form a complete families-at-work programme covering both directions of care.
Pair with Boundary Setting in the Workplace: Boundaries are one of the hardest skills for working parents. Wellbeing for Parents gives the parent-specific context; Boundary Setting gives the broader workplace framework.
A frequently booked configuration for Families ERG programming: Wellbeing for Working Parents + Digital Wellbeing for Working Parents + Wellbeing for Carers as a complete families-at-work programme. Tell us your context on the discovery call
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A frequently booked configuration for Families ERG programming: Wellbeing for Working Parents + Digital Wellbeing for Working Parents + Wellbeing for Carers as a complete families-at-work programme. Tell us your context on the discovery call
BOOK A WELLBEING FOR WORKING PARENTS WORKSHOP
If you’re building a Families ERG, supporting working parents in your team, or addressing mid-career parent retention — let’s talk.
Wellbeing for Working Parents FAQs
Is this workshop only for mothers?
No. The workshop is designed for all working parents — mothers, fathers, partners, adopters, step-parents, carers in parent-like roles. The pressures of working parenthood don’t discriminate, and neither does the session.
My children are teenagers — is the content still relevant?
Yes. The workshop covers the full spectrum of parenting stages — from babies to teenagers and beyond. The core themes (boundaries, asking for help, “good enough,” competing priorities) apply across all stages.
Is this just venting about how hard parenting is?
No. The workshop is practical and action-oriented. It acknowledges the difficulty (because pretending otherwise is patronising), but the focus is on tools, frameworks and personal action.
Will participants need to share personal experiences?
No. The workshop is designed to land without forced sharing. Reflection is private, polls are anonymous, and the content normalises the working-parent reality without putting anyone on the spot.
Can the workshop be tailored?
Yes. We adapt for audience (Families ERG, women’s network, mixed parent cohort) and for specific themes (return-from-leave, primary-age children, teen-age children, single parents, partner support).
Is it suitable for senior leadership?
Yes — and we specifically recommend it. Senior leaders are often the audience most prone to the “having it all” pressure, and most likely to model unsustainable patterns for the parents in their team.
Do you deliver to international teams?
Yes. Virtual delivery works across North America, Europe, the Middle East and APAC.
What does it cost?
Tailored pricing based on duration, format and whether you’re booking standalone or as part of a programme. Multi-workshop bookings are priced more favourably. Book a discovery call and we’ll send a quote within 48 hours.
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