So this started out as a cathartic lessons learnt download on how to survive being a London working mum with a bit of sparkle. Then I realised I was not aiming to ‘have it all’ nor was I aiming for perfection I just wanted to survive the daily nuttiness of being a working mother and somehow retain some of the fabulousness that was me BEFORE the mini-humans arrived. I was aiming for Just Good Enough.
[Slight side-note: In many online mums’ forums you will see the aforementioned mini-humans often referred to as DS/DD – Darling Son/Daughter. Allow me to be realistic. Half the time, I want to breathe them in and bask in their amazingness….. and the other half of the time I feel like they are sucking the life out of me! Judge away !].
After talking to so many mothers through my work and at the Matrix Oracle gold mine of information – the school gates – I discovered this feeling is really common, but mums often feel stigmatised to say it. This feeling occurs even more so nowadays, as increasingly more and more of us live away from the grandparent unit, so we become the entirety of our mini-humans’ world. That’s a LOT of pressure for one or two parents – there’s a reason the saying exists: It takes a village to raise a child.
So I have amassed a mine of hacks and tips from my network of working mothers all over the world, to help guide you as a working parent to re-find your fabulousness, be an amazing (or sometimes, just good enough) parent, AND awesome at navigating your career.
And why Aristo-Chic ?? Well one is British after all dah-ling, if we are going to do this, let’s to do it in style.
Et voila, on y va !
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