10 New Families & Health Born in Chelsea


Reality star Sophie Habboo speaks to Priya Raj about how having her first child has changed her outlook on life


As if reality TV star, podcaster, business owner, influencer and radio host Sophie Habboo’s list of job titles wasn’t already impressive enough, last year she added to it her most challenging role to date. “People say you never truly know love until you have children, and it’s true,” she tells me. Sophie gave birth to Ziggy in December and since then her life has changed “massively”. Sophie and her husband Jamie


Laing first met in 2017 while filming reality show Made in Chelsea. “We were best friends before, but now we’re completely enmeshed — we’re the same person, we’re one,” says Sophie about their evolving dynamic.


Being kind to yourself From her polished appearance on Instagram, it might be tempting to think that Sophie’s return to working after giving birth was a cakewalk. Te reality, as she confirms, was a little rockier. “What I didn’t expect was how hard going back to work would be,” she says. “Looking back, I probably pushed myself a bit too hard when coming back from maternity leave, but we have to give ourselves grace.” Of course, that’s easier said than


done, and having worn a shop’s- worth of hats prior to becoming a


mother, Sophie is no stranger to a packed schedule. “I structure my week and I’m quite rigid about it,” she explains. “My days are busy, so I have to be organised — even more so now with a child.” Te final episode of Sophie and


Jamie’s Disney+ series Raising Chelsea shows the new mum in the throes of her new balancing act as she and her husband leave Ziggy for a night to co-host the red-carpet coverage of the Bafta Television Awards ceremony. But make no mistake, it isn’t as carefree and easy as Sophie makes it look. “Since having Ziggy, I have more boundaries around work and everything else, because he always comes first,” she says. “I prioritise him over everything.” Sophie’s advice for other working mums? “Be kind to yourself.”


“What I didn’t expect was how hard going back to work would be.


Looking back, I probably pushed myself a bit too


hard when coming back from maternity leave”


On success and self-care It’s often said that after having a child our sense of what being successful in life means changes dramatically — and it’s clear Sophie is no exception to this rule. “Before, I thought [success] meant money, cars, a house, things like that. Now, I don’t see it that way at all.” She gleefully admits that her definition of success has now evolved to simply making sure Ziggy continues to be a happy, healthy child. Despite taking on one of the


most important roles of a lifetime, as a parent, the importance of making time for oneself is still something Sophie stands by — although how that looks has changed. “Self-care for me now is sitting down to watch a bit of reality TV once my son’s asleep, and making the most of weekends with my family,” she says. Having a child, Sophie muses,


ultimately means cherishing moments that might previously have been brushed over as mundane, slowing things down and “enjoying the little things” — like short walks, a coffee or “sharing a piece of croissant with my son. “Tose small moments are what


recharge me.”


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