This week we speak with Lorraine Macedo, an English working supermum who recently moved from London to Brazil with her husband and two children. We talk about retraining after giving birth, navigating a career through Covid and how she is managing raising two children in a different language and culture and in parallel is building her profile as an international online English language teacher.

Sparkling wisdom gems from my conversation with Lorraine include:

• Check out if your country offers free childcare whilst you retrain
• If moving countries, then give your children a lot more time to adapt. They are sponges, but they still need you and it's a big change.
• When juggling so many balls (aiming for perfect tidy house, perfect job, be a perfect wife etc), remember there are glass ones (your marriage or your connection with your chldren, your career fulfilment, your mortgage etc), plastic ones (important, but won't be disastrous if they drop), and some are bouncy (you can drop them and they WILL come back up again - e.g. house is a mess).
• My children join me at work too - this reduces stress on the mother and the children, reduces childcare costs
• Have non-negotiable hours with your employers, and share this information with your children
• Communicate your needs with your partner

Connect with Lorraine http://linkedin.com/in/mrsmacedo

Connect with Louise: www.aristochic.co.uk