I’m not your average personal assistant.  That title conjures up an image of a professional in heels following behind a busy executive taking notes, scheduling meetings, and making phone calls.  While I may certainly do those things, my clients instead are usually busy moms, and the tasks I perform are everyday household chores and projects for the purpose of giving those moms more time to do whatever it is that they love.  

Most people that don’t know me well are unaware that I was a Postpartum Doula before starting my concierge business.  I was trained to help women transition into the role of motherhood.  If you have been through the experience of childbirth, you know how challenging (albeit exciting and beautiful) this time can be.  After my own personal experience of having babies and walking through the process of figuring it all out without family around for help, I realized that there was a huge need. That whole “it takes a village” quote is for realz!

we don’t stop needing help when our kids are toddlers

-christina oneal

Many women don’t have the support system they need.   I felt drawn to provide calm assistance and reassurance to new moms in the early days of their baby’s life.  I often became a part of these families’ growing lives and they became a part of mine.  A temporary four week postpartum assignment turned into six months and so on.  Parenting is hard y’all!  I realized after a while that it is the mother that I want to care for; mothers of all stages of life.

We don’t stop needing help when our kids are toddlers, or any age for that matter.  We can’t be two places at one time.  We feel stretched and overwhelmed; I feel it too at times.  When I can go into a home, tell a mom everything will be okay and make a plan for handling life’s craziest burdens, I feel like I’ve helped her to be a better mom.  

Maybe Personal Assistant or even Personal Concierge isn’t a great name for what I do.  What I do know is this – we aren’t supposed to do this stuff alone.  If I can feel that I’ve helped someone to feel like their life is better in some way, I know I’ve done what I set out to do.