“Be real with your family about how hard a process this will be. There are seasons when you are busier than others, and this process may go on for a year or more. You need people to support you in that. If you don’t have that support, it can be very difficult,” notes Dando.

“I am a firm believer that if you have problems at home, it can bleed into your work and vice versa,” agrees Proctor. “I mix business and home because there’s no such thing as work-life balance. It’s integration. It’s all life.”