Ava Chandler-Matthews, Co-founder of Ultra Violette on the importance of a village.

"My career is really important to me – for better or worse..."

Ava and Artie by Rebecca Crawford, Studio Daydot.

An interview series featuring mothers within the DD community. Here, we examine the juggle of paid working mothers – we talk motherhood, career, routine, self-care and daycare. I ask the things you actually want to know, like what they outsource, why they work, how they work, keep it together and get out the door each morning.

Can you start by sharing a bit about your family dynamic and what roles each of you take on that helps to keep the household functioning?

In our home is myself, my husband Dion who is a hotelier, our 14 month old son Art (Artie) and our 2 year old dog, Ladybug. 

We share quite equally the domestic duties although I absolutely carry most of the mental load (of course!). My husband might disagree here but I don’t actually think most men even consider how wide reaching the mental load is…