Anaïs LERMA

There are women on Instagram who are making things happen. Moving the world forward. Without show. Without artifice. Just by being themselves. By embodying in photos or words, the breath of freedom, strength, simplicity, sometimes rebellion, that we all need. Anaïs is one of them. Passionate about travel, food, and human encounters, founder of the lifestyle blog Parisianavores, the guide to Paris dives, and the Escampettes website, she has been sharing her tips, favorites, and other road trips for over 10 years now, mainly with her children.

But that's not why I asked her to get behind the microphone for ENVOL; it's because she's a fervent defender of gender equality. Because she believes that being equal to her man is one of the essential keys for women to spread their wings. And because she's never given up on that. She persists and insists that "another reality is possible in heterosexual couples. That a battle must be fought. But that it's worth it, for everyone."

When you're a woman, and certainly even more so when you become a mother, there are many things that can be an obstacle to taking control of your life: the mental load of the home, the rhythms of young children, the schedules and constraints of a professional life that takes up space. But what I love about Anaïs is her ability to sweep all of that aside, or rather to transform constraints into opportunities; it's her vision of society, so accurate and sometimes so disarming that it pushes us to challenge ourselves to become a better version of ourselves.

The one who, at twenty, was looking for the meaning of her life, the meaning of this world, by listening to Diam's "écorchée", and who, like her, was "morbidly jealous of those who live with an empty mind". The one who, realizing that this meaning perhaps did not exist, decided to invent one: her own. To take responsibility for her choices and rediscover her inner child to lead her life as she saw fit. The one who had three babies in four years, who still wakes up today, often surprised, wondering if they are really hers; and who, before having them, thought that parents were always responsible people, but who admits to us today "having understood that you had to be unconscious enough to voluntarily give yourself life." The one who likes to think outside the box and capture the extraordinary in the ordinary. Anaïs, the authentic, the traveler, the indignant, the uninhibited lover, agreed without any hesitation to speak to my microphone.

Together, we talked about inequalities within the parental couple, mental burden, and the concept of the sacrificial mother, which is still very popular today, under the name "Wonder Mum." We also talked about the father as the main attachment figure, princesses waiting for their Prince Charming to come and rescue them, motionless journeys, wonder, and Dora the Explorer.

Let's go! With Anaïs today, we'll breathe life into your wings.

So listen carefully. Deploy them. And fly.