MATERNITY LEAVE Isn’t Just
COFFEE DATES and Cuddles
It’s identity-shaking.
Nerve-testing.
Career-redefining.
A 56 CARD MATERNITY LEAVE TOOLKIT FOR CAREER-FOCUSED WOMEN: FROM TELLING YOUR COLLEAGUES TO RETURNING TO WORK.
A limited run of the first 50 packs drops this March.
The Problem isn’t motherhood.
It’s the silence.
We talk about pregnancy.
We talk about babies.
We don’t talk about what happens to our confidence, our ambition or our place at work.
We don’t properly understand our rights.
We aren’t prepared for the cognitive shift.
We don’t plan our return.
So women work it out alone — often at the moment we have the least time and energy to do so.
Becoming a parent rewires your brain, your priorities and your professional identity.
It’s called matrescence — it’s the biggest shift since adolescence.
AND MOST WOMEN WALK INTO IT UNPREPARED.
THE COVER KIT IS HERE TO CHANGE THAT.
Each card tackles one moment, question, or tension — from telling your boss you’re pregnant, through time away from work, to the reinvention that often comes with returning.
Some cards explain your rights.
Some explain what’s happening in your brain.
Some offer prompts, strategies, or language when things feel stuck.
It’s designed to be used slowly, pulled out when you need it — not read cover to cover in one go.
a 56-card maternity leave toolkit.
To Take you from chaos to confidence.
This toolkit won’t change a nappy or help with sleepless nights.
But it will help you plan the work part of your life, so you can focus on the other stuff and ride the wave of parenthood as smoothly as possible.
A practical, thoughtful gift from someone who’s been there.
Most people who buy The Cover Kit aren’t pregnant.
They’re friends, colleagues, managers or mentors who know how disorienting this period can be — and want to offer something more meaningful and lasting than a babygrow.
It’s the kind of gift that says:
“I see what’s coming, and you don’t have to figure it out alone.”
Judgement-free advice, emotional insight and tools backed by science and the lived experience of working mums.
And not a single “you’ve got this, mama!” in sight.
PREGNANT & PLANNING
All the practical help you need to wrap work up and set expectations, leaving you to focus on other things. Like having a baby.
LIVING THROUGH LEAVE
Reassurance and recognition for the rollercoaster ride that is life with a newborn and the huge brain and body changes that come with it.
RETURN & REINVENTION
Strategies and tactics for managing your new normal, making changes and designing working motherhood to work for you and your family.
MATERNITY LEAVE ISN’T JUST TIME AWAY FROM WORK. IT’S A WHOLE LIFE TRANSITION. YOUR BRAIN CHANGES, YOUR BODY CHANGES, YOUR PRIORITIES CHANGE.
YOU’VE GOT A BABY WHO NEEDS YOU IN WAYS NO ONE ELSE DOES. AND A CAREER YOU’VE WORKED HARD TO BUILD. BOTH MATTER DEEPLY.
Hi, I’m Bea.
After my second child, my confidence was in the gutter. Sitting in a job interview, I stared at my CV and couldn’t reconcile the “director” titles with the uncertainty I felt inside. In some ways, I felt more sure of myself than ever before. In others, I was in pieces.
I soon realised I wasn’t alone. Thousands of women go through this every year. Maternity leave isn’t just time away from work. It’s a whole life transition. Your brain changes, your body changes, your priorities change.
You’ve got a baby who needs you in ways no one else does. And a career you’ve worked hard to build.
Both matter deeply. And we all deserve better.
