How to Carve Out Five Hours a Week for Your Side Hustle

How to Carve Out Five Hours a Week for Your Side Hustle

Finding time for a side hustle might feel impossible when your calendar is already overflowing with school runs, meetings, and endless to-do lists. But here’s the thing: you can carve out five focused hours a week without sacrificing your sanity or family time.

Five hours might not sound like much, but over weeks and months, it adds up to real progress. Whether you’re building an online shop, writing a book, or offering coaching services, consistent effort—even in small doses—can create momentum.

This guide will show you where to find those hours, how to protect them fiercely, and how to make them count. Ready to reclaim your time and watch your side hustle grow? Let’s dive in.

How to Turn Parenting Challenges into Business Opportunities

How to Turn Parenting Challenges into Business Opportunities

How to Turn Parenting Challenges into Business Opportunities

Let’s be honest: parenting isn’t just a full-time job—it’s a 24/7, unpaid, high-stakes role that demands more emotional resilience, problem-solving, and creativity than most boardrooms ever will. Between managing tantrums in supermarket aisles, juggling after-school pickups, and surviving sleep regressions, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But here’s a thought: what if those very struggles—those moments that make you mutter, “there has to be a better way”—are actually the seeds of a brilliant business idea?

Some of the world’s most successful brands started with an exhausted parent staring down a problem that needed fixing. Think of every bottle warmer, scheduling app, or sensory toy you’ve ever relied on—most were born from a real-life parenting headache. So, if you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “Why doesn’t this exist?” or “I could do this better,” lean in. Because buried in those chaotic moments might just be your next big idea—one that could change your life and the lives of parents everywhere?

Building a Side Hustle That Aligns with Your Family Goals

Building a Side Hustle That Aligns With Your Family Goals

Starting a side hustle isn’t just about earning extra income—it’s about creating a life that works for you and your family. Whether it’s funding a dream holiday, paying off debt, or having more time for your children, the right side hustle can be a powerful tool for achieving your goals.

But let’s be real: finding a side hustle that fits into an already busy schedule isn’t always easy. Between school runs, meetings, and endless to-do lists, the idea of adding one more thing can feel overwhelming.

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Mumpreneurs Rising: Starting Your Own Business During the Summer Holidays

Many working mums can’t wait to wind down during the summer holidays, spending time making sweet memories with the children and getting a much-needed break from the juggles of the school run and work.

But have you ever considered using the time off to research and start that business you have been dreaming (and talking) about?

Yes! The school summer holidays can be the perfect time for entrepreneurial mums to embark on starting their own businesses.

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What Can You Learn About Pricing From Your Competition?

In the second part of our series on starting a business during the Covid-19 lockdown and beyond, let’s take a look at how to price your products and services – using the competition!

When you’re trying to decide how much to price your products, there’s a lot you can learn from your competitors. While ultimately, several factors will impact how much you should price your products, your competition can certainly help point you in the right direction.

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Business Startup 101: Finding Your Unique Selling Position

Are you thinking of launching a new business? Do you wish you had an extra stream of income before Coronavirus struck, placing most of us in lockdown?

It’s not too late. This is the first of a three-part short series to help you get started.

One consideration that many working mums who want to start a business may grapple with is how to price products or services, to help determine a unique selling position in the market.

5 Ways to Earn Money from Home During Coronavirus Lockdown

5 Ways to Earn Money from Home During Coronavirus Lockdown

Between usual everyday errands and work responsibilities that every woman deals with, finding a way to earn some extra cash is rather difficult. Now that there is a lockdown around the world due to the impact of the Coronavirus spread, it's now hard to go out into the world together work, so we have to think outside the box and look for ways to make money from home.
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3 Ways to Expand Your Work from Home-Based Business

As a mother, working from home has so many benefits. The key one is that you get the time and the freedom to take care of your family. However, working from home can be a challenge, especially when the business starts growing. Where do you turn to when the garage you rely on for storage gets too crowded? What do you do when you need to hire extra help but have no office? This article highlights some three essential tips you can consider when your home-based business starts to expand.

Dropshipping and wholesale guide: how to get the products you need to get your business started

Dropshipping and wholesale guide: how to get the products you need to get your business started

Selling products is often one of the first sources of income that mums who want to make extra money consider. Whether it’s selling Avon, or actually buying products in bulk to sell to friends and family, selling products is a good way to make money.

Dropshipping and buying at wholesale is an area that is often considered, too. But they can seem like a bit of a minefield if you don’t know where to look.

Video tutorial: how to set yourself up as a freelance or consultant

Work when you want, choose who you work with and for and name your price…these are some of the benefits of being your own boss as a freelance or consultant.

Watch this video tutorial to see how you can set yourself up doing just that, and find out how to get paying clients beating your door down for your services.