Wiggy Hindmarch

FOUNDER, WIGGY KIT

The best piece of advice I’ve ever received is ‘Live your dash’ — it’s engraved on a gold medallion my husband gave me, which I wear around my neck everyday. It came from a poem that was read at my grandfather’s funeral called The Dash. The ‘dash’ represents the years spent alive on earth between the day you are born and the day you die… it encouraged me to take considered risks and embrace life and opportunities. It has genuinely changed my life.

Life is short, shorter than you think. By the time you figure this out you are already half way through!

One thing I do every day is Wordle, or some other sort of word games. I will get through a crossword compendium every vacation. I love nothing more than sitting on a sunlounger and testing my mental muscle. I also have to watch comedy every day. I start my morning by having a hazelnut latte, while several episodes of an American TV comedy play in the background as I’m getting ready… The

Office, Everybody Loves Raymond, and old episodes of Frasier set me up for a day in the studio. My recommendation is to always start and end each day laughing.

My husband and his family inspire me outside of work. They are all entrepreneurs and own their own businesses and have the most brilliant heads on their shoulders. The way they approach the normal ups and downs of business and juggle their busy lives I am in awe of. They have a family motto of ‘strength in the family’ and they live fully by it. Family first, and it is as solid as a rock. I admire my husband so much. He is a gentleman of the truest kind and the absolute backbone of our family. I have the greatest respect for him.

I believe personal success means getting the balance right between working on career success and enjoying family life, while spending more time doing fun stuff. I am finessing that fine line bit by bit, and looking forward to having more time to eventually enjoy the rewards my husband and I have worked so hard to achieve.

I would tell my younger self to have a bit more faith, belief, and confidence in myself. For me, career success came much later and it sprang from a growing self belief that developed after having children and realising I was tougher and more capable than I gave myself credit for. Children will do that!

I would like to live in multiple locations throughout the year, to eventually split my time between London, the Bahamas, and either the mountains of Europe or the States. I used to live on the east coast of America in New England and then in The Carolinas and have a very strong desire to have a little foothold back in the US again. I really enjoy the contrasts of cultures and can get a bit bogged down in London — elsewhere, I feel a lot freer to be more creative. I like to live in a more ‘barefoot’ kind of environment, and sometimes feel better suited to that lifestyle.