FORMER secondary school teacher, Louisa Herridge, 42 from, Warrington, is celebrating the launch of her new book which flew in at Number 1 in the Amazon bestseller charts in seven categories.
“Stop Ironing, Start Living” is an inspirational book by a woman who only two years ago was depressed and unhappy after being the victim of a violent assault.
Now she is a Mindset and Positive Psychology Empowerment Coach and founder of the global movement Mamas Ignited.
Louisa’s aim is to empower women by giving them the tools to ignite the spark of self-belief and extinguish adversity and fear to live a more fulfilled life – just like she did.
Louisa is well known for her fun-loving personality and lives out her life motto: “An Ironing board is a surfboard that gave up on its dreams and got a boring job…don’t be an ironing board!”
Louisa is a solo mum to her six-year-old daughter and describes herself as being like “the glorious Phoenix, who has risen from the ashes of debt, domestic abuse, trauma, chronic pain and depression to be reborn in flames as the blazing leader.”
Louisa said; “In my search for a happy ever after, my dreams got lost along the way.
“Mamas Ignited: Stop Ironing, Start Living’ is my story, your story, our story, because we have all at times, wanted more… and that NEVER involves more ironing!
“In the past two years I have built a business from scratch after pulling myself out of the depths of despair and vortex of doom. My self-care was at an all-time low.”
Having already helped hundreds of women across the globe, her book will help her reach more and more.
Comprising two parts, part autobiography and part self-help manual, Louisa offers constructive advice and practical strategies interspersed with personal stories along the way. Sometimes tragic, some amusing, but always relevant, hopeful, and heartfelt, her narrative encourages women to change their lives in order to grow and to live life.
