About Mum & More
Sometimes the door isn't closed. It just needs a different key.
Hi, I'm Vicky Lambley.
Coaching has always been my thing, long before I had the certificates to prove it. Even as a leader, before I was formally qualified, my instinct was never to just manage people. It was to coach them. To help them find their strengths, back themselves, and go further than they thought they could.
Starting my own coaching business was always the dream. In 2022, on maternity leave, I finally stopped talking about it and took the leap. I launched my first consultancy in career and leadership coaching, with a newborn on my hip and absolutely no idea how much it would teach me.
The women who changed everything
Here's what I noticed almost straight away: the clients making the biggest transformations were busy mums.
Women just like me. Juggling childcare, sleepless nights and the never-ending logistics of family life, all while trying to show up and give their best at work. They carried the same mum guilt I felt, quietly questioning whether they were doing enough for their children, and doubting themselves in a job they used to feel sure of.
Watching them overcome that and genuinely thrive was the most rewarding work I'd ever done. It sparked something in me. This wasn't just a business. This was the work I was meant to do.
Then it happened to me
At the same time, I was living it myself.
I was always going back to the corporate world. And when I applied for flexible working, my request was initially denied.
It knocked me. It left me questioning how on earth I could make it all work: be the mum I wanted to be, be the professional I'd always been, and keep showing up for the clients I loved in my own business. For a moment, it felt like I had to choose.
I didn't walk away. I pulled up my brave-girl pants, backed myself, and had the honest conversations most people avoid. I got clear on the actual challenges the business was facing, and then I showed them exactly how I could deliver what they needed, in a way that worked for my life too.
Fast forward to today, and that same role has grown into something my employer never thought possible. I'm more energised and fulfilled than I've ever been. And I genuinely get the best of all worlds.
That's the proof I come back to again and again: sometimes the door isn't closed. It just needs a different key.
That's how Mum & More was born.
What I bring to your corner
Now I combine over 22 years of HR leadership experience, my coaching expertise, and my own lived journey as a working mum to support other women walking this same path, and the organisations who want to support them properly.
I know this world from the inside. I've sat in the HR leadership chair and I've walked back through the door after maternity leave myself. I know how organisations really work, and I know exactly where capable women get lost in them.
Navigating a career as a working mum can feel overwhelming, and honestly, at times just unfair. You worked so hard for this, and now everything feels different. But it doesn't have to stay that way.
I believe in honesty over waffle, and clarity over coping. I'll never tell you to simply manage your time better or set a few boundaries. The real issue is usually that nobody's given you clarity on what actually matters, so you're working twice as hard to prove yourself everywhere at once. That's what we fix.
Whether you're returning to work after maternity leave, building a career without losing yourself along the way, or leading an organisation that wants to keep its best people, I'm here to help you find the clarity, the confidence and the strategies to feel like yourself again.
