Hello !

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.

[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 !

REMEMBER:

If you have working SuperMum TOP TIPS drop me a line here: Hello@AristoChic.co.uk and we will share them with the Aristo-Chic Working SuperMum Café community.

If you want to work with me to refind your professional sparkle then say Hello@AristoChic.co.uk.

Behind the Scenes …

Returning to Work Mindset Mentor, Author and Comms Adviser, Louise spent the first part of her career helping female entrepreneurs raise their profiles within their industries. Working with women’s networks all over the world, she was able to quickly pinpoint who was going to succeed and who would lose momentum. She recognised the edge and the hunger.

Having spent ten years researching what triggered women to make the leap and what ultimately blocked the others, she decided to take a leap herself into a different industry, advising UK central government departments on their communications, in the heart of Westminster on high profile projects. She’s worked with senior execs all across Whitehall helping them navigate the political comms minefield.

London-based, she continues to work actively in both fields AND, together with the lovely Frenchman, is raising two daughters. She launched Aristo-Chic Working SuperMum Café to support working mums globally and remind them how utterly awesome they are.