About Lou…

Hi, I’m Lou… founder of Lou Nevitt & Co, Mother to 2 boys & coach; specializing in supporting mothers and organisations through one of the most significant life transitions there is: becoming a parent.

Following a corporate media career in London, I moved to Ibiza to work in events under the Sun. I worked internationally, with people from a range of industries and backgrounds. I built a fast-paced, people-focused career & adventurous lifestyle before meeting my husband & becoming a mother myself.

Like many women, I assumed I would enter motherhood with ease, take it in my stride. Instead, following a traumatic birth and postnatal depletion, I experienced the reality of how deeply parenthood can impact identity, confidence, work, relationships and wellbeing. Returning to work, I struggled with imposter syndrome and a loss of clarity about who I was and where I was heading.

After the birth of my second child, I discovered the concept of matrescence — the transitional period into motherhood — which reframed my entire experience. I now had an explanation for the way I felt, and the realization that I wasn’t the “only one” and it certainly wasn’t “my fault” that I had struggled with the changes. It was the missing context that explained both my personal challenges and what I was seeing repeatedly in working mothers around me.

I went on to complete the Mama Rising Facilitator training, an ICF-recognised coaching programme, specialising in matrescence and parental transition. This training, combined with my professional background, allows me to work both one-to-one with mothers and strategically with organisations to support employees before, during and after parental leave.

Today, my work combines individual coaching and workplace support — helping mothers regain clarity and confidence, while supporting organisations to build healthier, more sustainable systems for working parents.

If you are curious to explore your own experience of Motherhood I would love to hear from you.