Cat Sims, AKA Not So Smug Now, Is an honest-talking breath of Instagram fresh air whom I’ve admired online for a good long while. Writing about family life with two daughters and a musician husband, Jimmy, since 2014, Cat’s online presence has become a place of support and solidarity for her close-knit community of mothers.
Cat juggles her work as a writer and influencer with Hustle and Fox, the creative agency she co-founded, and recently established the #giftmatch initiative: a campaign geared towards brands and influencers working together to donate much-needed family items to those most desperate for them.
I was absolutely delighted to speak to Cat for my podcast, The Back-Up Plan: we usually set the world to rights over a glass of wine, so to get her wisdom and slightly sweary thoughtfulness (the best kind!) on tape was a real honour. We chatted everything – from marriage to Instagram to mental health.
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(And yes, as soon as we’d finished recording we headed to a wine bar to set the world to rights. We couldn’t not!)