Motherhood is incredible. It's also incredibly challenging, especially with the high pressured, fast paced world we live in today. The Motherkind Podcast hosted by Motherkind founder and coach Zoe Blaskey, is on a mission to bring you some of the best wellbeing teachers in the world to help you find your calm, happy place in the madness of modern mum life. Each episode features a different teacher from the world of self-development and wellbeing or a mum on a path of self-enquiry. We cover e ...
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Hello and welcome to the sparks and space podcast. I’m Ailish Lucas, a mindset + business coach and I specialise in helping female entrepreneurs bring more joy into their business and their lives. With sparks of business inspiration and the space within each episode to remind you who you truly are, you'll reignite your passion, creativity and joy for what you do, how you live and who you serve. Every Tuesday there will be either a shorter episode (sparks) to send inspiration your way or long ...
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The podcast that helps you find the joy in parenting, and ditch the guilt and worry! My First Five Years dives into the issues facing parents of children under five today, helping them to navigate the most rewarding and challenging role they will ever have. Hosted by early childhood experts Jennie Johnson MBE and Alistair Bryce-Clegg, who have decades of experience with young children between them, you’ll hear the latest scientific research on child development and get expert tips that actua ...
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Welcome to Momfessions-the podcast that will normalise all of the challenges we experience as Moms and give you the tools you need to navigate them. I’m Laura Guckian, Life Coach, Founder of MIND MOMMY COACHING® and most importantly a Mom of 3. This podcast is unlike any other Motherhood podcast. Because you will be my guests. Each week, I will invite you to share your Momfessions. A Momfession is a challenge or experience that you are afraid to share. The things that make you feel like you ...
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Work Series: Listener episode: What we wish someone had told us about work + motherhood
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48:58Welcome to this very special final episode of the Motherkind Work Series. This one is close to my heart because it features you, the Motherkind community. I’m joined by three brilliant Motherkind listeners: Amy, who’s on a career pause, Vanessa, working full-time in a corporate role, and Jess, just back from maternity leave, working four days a wee…
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MOMENT | The most important thing we can do as parents is model how we handle our emotions, with Rupert Spira
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13:52Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This Moment episode is a re-release with the incredible writer and spiritual teacher, Rupert Spira. There’s something Rupert said during our conversation that has stayed with me:“The most important thing we can do as parents is model how we han…
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Work Series: If you're feeling low in confidence, listen to this - with Lauren Currie
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48:51Welcome back to our special Motherkind Mini Work Series A 2022 LinkedIn survey found that 67% of women reported a “significant” drop in confidence when returning to work after maternity leave. Today’s guest is one the leading thinkers on confidence and women. Lauren Currie OBE is the founder of UPFRONT - Named by Elle Magazine as one of 30 Women Un…
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MOMENT | What to do if your child is different with Elaine Halligan
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8:22Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Elaine Halligan shares how her son Sam’s extreme school struggles led her to retrain as a behavioural specialist. She explores why children aren’t “being a problem” but are often “having a problem” — and how understanding this changes everythin…
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Work Series: How to Finally Find Your Self-Belief and Just Start, with Debbie Wosskow
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51:29Welcome back to our special Motherkind Mini Work Series This week’s episode is the inspiration episode - what this woman has achieved is actually mind-blowing: from being a single mother with a 1 and 3-year-old, to starting a business on a flight home from a disastrous holiday, to then selling that business for £53 million 5 years later. Debbie, by…
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MOMENT | Why prioritising yourself IS caring for your children, with Emmy Brunner
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12:04Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Transformational coach Emmy Brunner joins us to explore what it means to truly "wake up" to yourself. Emmy reflects on how many of us carry feelings of shame, unworthiness, and disconnection from our needs. She shares her own turning point and …
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Success isn't linear: 5 steps to finally start defining your own path with The Squiggly Career experts
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55:05Welcome back to our special series on motherhood and work. We're so excited to bring you today's episode with Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, who you will probably know from their best selling book, Squiggly Careers. In this episode, you are going to learn what makes a career squiggly (the non-linear route to success) and the ways motherhood has impa…
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MOMENT | Not the Eco Parent You Wish You Were? Start Here - with Jen Gale
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17:07Climate action adviser Jen Gale joins us to unpack the overwhelming feelings of guilt and anxiety many parents experience around doing "enough" in the face of the climate crisis, and offer achievable actions that you and your family can make. For more insights from Jen Gale, listen to the full episode here: You have more power than you think Click …
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Work Series: The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Return Post-Maternity - the proven formula that's helped thousands, with Jessica Chivers
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42:50Thanks for joining us again for another episode in our special series on work and motherhood. This week we are focusing on returning to work and we joined by the brilliant Jessica Chivers. Jessica is a coach, psychologist, author and founder of the Talent Keeper Specialists. She has spent over two decades helping parents return to work with confide…
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MOMENT | Why it's ok to get it wrong 70% of the time, with Josh Connolly
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9:42Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Today we're joined by mental health expert Josh Connelly who discusses the importance of self-compassion in parenting. He explains why getting it right even 30% of the time is good enough and the importance of validating and accepting feelings.…
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Work Series: The Truth About Stepping Back from your career — And Coming Back even Stronger, with Neha Ruch
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44:52Welcome back to our special series on work and motherhood. Here's something we don't talk about enough: the vast majority of ambitious, educated women will pause or shift their careers for a season while raising children, and not because they're giving up, but because they're playing the long game. In fact, 1 in 3 women will fully pause; 1 in 2 wil…
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MOMENT | No time? Try this 2-minute wellbeing reset, with Richie Norton
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13:22Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Yoga and breath-work practitioner Richie Norton gives us easy wellbeing tips for time-poor mums. He talks us through how we can incorporate a few quick wins into our daily routine that'll help us keep on top of hour health and our stress. For m…
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Work Series: You’re Not Imagining It — The System Is Rigged Against Working Mothers, with Jane van Zyl
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50:54Welcome to our special 8 part work series. A mini series that takes a deep dive into paid work and motherhood, inspired by feedback from our community who have overwhelmingly said that this is something that’s difficult to get right. We hope that this series supports you, offers you guidance and gives you confidence. For first guest interview, we’r…
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MOMENT | Calm your nervous system in seconds with this technique - with Dr Sarah Woodhouse
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8:52Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. We're joined by trauma expert and research psychologist Dr Sarah Woodhouse, who shows us a simple trick for calming down quickly. She tells us about the importance of breathing and how our children can benefit from her techniques too. For more …
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The Work Series: my biggest mistakes and regrets - Zoe’s story
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50:40Welcome to Motherkind’s special 8 part series on work, bringing together some of the leading voices on motherhood and work to support you wherever you’re at. This is a series that covers pausing paid work to embrace the work of raising a family, the structural challenges we face as mothers in the workplace, the 'motherhood penalty', how to return t…
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MOMENT | How to share the mental load without fighting, with Eve Rodsky
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12:29Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week we're joined by New York Times bestselling author, Eve Rodksy, who tells us about her system of balancing domestic responsibilities. She highlights the difference between how men and women look at tasks and offers her gamified approac…
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The first time Zoe heard the word 'Matrescence' was transformative. For her, it went from feeling like she was doing it all wrong, to realising that the early years of motherhood are meant to be a time where life gets thrown up in the air, and everything changes. Since then, it's been her mission to spread the word about Matrescence: what it really…
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MOMENT | Stop mum-guilt in its tracks with this simple shift, with Dr. Soph
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8:47Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Registered clinical psychologist and Sunday Times best-selling author Dr Soph joins us to discuss the pressure mothers feel to be perfect parents. She explains why we need to understand the distinct differences between 'guilt' and 'shame' and w…
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You’re Not Lost, You’ve Just Forgotten Who You Are with Estelle Bingham
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45:34Today's episode is not just insightful, it's also a new way of thinking about yourself and motherhood. Our guest is Estelle Bingham aka 'The Heart Whisperer' - world renowned healer, holistic therapist and creator of the True Essence Process. Estelle has over two decades of experience, guiding the likes of Ferne Cotton and Charlotte Tilbury back to…
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MOMENT | Love is made in the repair - here's how to do it, with Mastin Kipp
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8:19Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Number one best-selling author and life coach Mastin Kipp joins us to discuss how we can regulate our emotions when we are feeling frustrated. He explains how our behaviour and relationships are affected by our nervous system, what we can do to…
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If you want to become an instantly more relaxed mother - listen to this, with Nicola Jane Hobbs
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44:02What do you think when you see the words, 'relaxed woman'? Do you think of it as being a rarity, or impossible, or perhaps privileged? Well this week's guest, Nicola Jane Hobbs, is on a mission to reframe rest and relaxation as not only accessible but also vital. She joins us today to talk about what real rest is, how important it is, and how you c…
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MOMENT | Got to tell your children some hard news? Here's how - with Dr. Anne Lane
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9:57Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Clinical psychologist Dr. Anne Lane joins us to discuss how we speak to our kids about difficult topics. She explains why secrecy and half-truths can be damaging and why it can help to have multiple brief conversations to help our children proc…
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The Lie of Work-Life Balance (And What Actually Works) with Rachael Twumasi-Corson
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51:39If you are a working mum who's ever felt like you're barely holding it all together; if you are constantly juggling work, kids, ambition and your own sanity - then THIS is the episode for you. Don't worry, it's not about 'finding balance' or 'doing it all'. In fact our guest today calls BS on all of that. Rachael Twumasi-Corson is an entrepreneur, …
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MOMENT | The quickest way to calm your child, is to calm yourself first: here's how - with Dr Kristin Neff
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13:55Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Dr. Kristin Neff joins us to encourage our capacity for self-compassion. She explains why self-compassion enhances resilience, motivation and emotional regulation and how being kind to ourselves benefits our children too. For more powerful insi…
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Women's happiness has been declining since the 1970s - this is why and what we need to do about it, with Giselle Goodwin
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45:33When we're told that we can have it 'all', what does that really look like and does it matter? Why has women's happiness been declining since the 1970s and what do we do about the fact that working mothers are 40% more stressed than their peers without children? To help us wrestle with these questions is Giselle Goodwin PhD, our guest today and aut…
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