Motherkind

Welcome to this week’s Motherkind episode, the show that is going to help you navigate the massive challenges of life as a modern mother with more self-awareness, clarity and Confidence. In December, we walk our talk, and I take some time off recording to be with my family and recharge before next year. So I've re-released for you the most popular episodes of the past six months. These are the epi...

Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week’s moment is with me. For the next couple of episodes, I will be talking about Christmas and hopefully giving you some ideas on how to make it easier for yourself this year. In this very short episode, I talk about how to feel calm and less frantic, stressed an...

Welcome to this week’s Motherkind episode, the show that is going to help you navigate the massive challenges of life as a modern mother with more self-awareness, clarity and Confidence.  In December, we walk our talk, and I take some time off recording to be with my family and recharge before next year. So I've re-released for you the most popular episodes of the past six months. These are the ep...

Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week’s moment is with me. For the next couple of episodes, I will be talking about Christmas and hopefully giving you some ideas on how to make it easier for yourself this year. In this very short episode, I talk about why you can't why you can’t please everyone at...

I asked you on Instagram on @zoeblasky what challenges you were facing right now and so many of you told me that screen time was a huge struggle for you.  You said you feel guilty about taking it off your children, confused about age-appropriate games and worried about safety and the amount of screen time your little ones were getting. As we come into the Christmas holidays, I feel like screen tim...

Welcome back to Moment. Your moment on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week, we chatted with the incredible Dr Zoe Williams. She is a GP, Author and This Morning’s resident doctor. In this moment episode, you'll learn: Why there is an epidemic of loneliness for mothers What needs to change to support mothers more Why has human conn...

This week's episode is with Rebecca Cox who is the co-author of 'How to be a happy single parent'. So of course, if you're a single parent, you're going to love this episode BUT it's really about so much more than that. It's about letting go of the picture of how we think it 'should' be and embracing whatever version of motherhood we find ourselves in. You are going to learn so much: What stops us...

Welcome back to Moment. Your moment on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week I am speaking with Paul Morgan-Bentley, author of “The Equal Parent” and dad to his three-year-old son. He welcomed into the world via surrogacy with his husband, Robin. As a gay dad, Paul found himself in a unique position as he took on primary caregiving...

Have you ever walked into your house, seen all the mess, seen all the jobs that you can't quite get to and thought to yourself, I'm failing? Listen in because it’s going to totally change how you feel.  Today’s guest is therapist and author of the book ‘How to keep house, whilst drowining” - KC Davis. If like me ever thought to yourself - what is wrong with me that I can never stay on top of the:...

Welcome back to Moment. Your moment on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week I am speaking with Terri Cole, who is a licensed psychotherapist, global leading relationship expert and author of the best-selling book, Boundary Boss: The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen, and (Finally) Live Free. We chat about why mother's don't nee...

Welcome back to Motherkind, the show that is here to support you in motherhood.  This week, I speak to fellow podcaster and mum of two, Millie Mackintosh. I think you're going to be surprised about how honest she is, and she reveals things that she has never spoken about before in her experiences of motherhood.  We talk about: How stopping drinking has changed her life completely What her matresce...

Welcome to this week's moment episode, where I speak with the incredible Reshma Saujani, who is best known for the organisation she founded called Girls Who Code. It is one of the most influential nonprofits in the world and it has introduced millions of women to coding and the tech industry.  During the pandemic, Reshma found herself with a 3-week-old and a pre-schooler trying to run her organisa...

Welcome to this episode of the Motherkind podcast, this is the show that's going to give you confidence, clarity, and connection in this wild ride of motherhood.  Today I'm speaking to the wonderful presenter and author Cherry Healy. This is a really special episode for me, because I remember watching Cherry has a baby way before I became a mum and I just fell in love with her. She is one of those...

**Trigger warning** This episode comes with a warning about birth trauma and recovery. Please give it a miss if you think it might be hard to listen to. Welcome to this week's moment episode, where I speak with the incredible Illiyin Morrison. Illy is an author and mother of two. She is also a midwife, specialising in postpartum recovery and care, facilitating birth debriefs. Illy supports couples...

Welcome to our community episode, where we feature mothers from our community to talk about their highs, lows, challenges and everything in between in motherhood. I loved speaking to Zeenat, and I hope you enjoy this episode too.  Continue the conversation Come engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeb...

Recorded live at The Baby Show with Lidl GB. The Baby Show is the UK's largest and most popular pregnancy, baby and parenting event where Motherkind was the official podcast sponsor. My guest is Lydia Bright. You might know Lydia from her reality TV show days you also might know her from the incredible work she does advocating for and supporting the Foster Care Community. Listen to learn:  How hyp...

Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week's moment episode is with international best-selling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, Sarah Knight. We are going to talk about how to overcome the guilt of saying no to something. Sarah walks us through a tool she c...

***Trigger warning - we talk about domestic abuse - if this is a negative trigger for you, please pass on this one*** Malin Anderson is this week's guest - she is a mental health advocate, a motivational speaker, and a body confidence activist you might know who rose to fame following her appearance on Love Island 2016 but now she uses her platform to promote body positivity and self-love.  This e...

Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week's moment episode is with Emma Reed Turrell who is a psychotherapist and author of Please Yourself: How to Stop People-Pleasing and Transform the Way You Live. Sounds good. Doesn't it? I am a people-pleaser in recovery, which you may have...

Welcome to this episode of Motherkind Podcast. The show that is going to give you confidence, clarity, and connection in this wild ride of motherhood.  This week's guest is Lotte Jeffs, she is the co-author of the “Queer parent everything you need to know from Gay to Z”. I learned so much from speaking to Lotte, and this episode is going to leave you with a broader, more inclusive perspective on p...

Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week, I speak to the incredible Donna Lancaster. She has worked as a coach, a group facilitator and a therapist for more than 30 years - I cannot tell you how much I respect Donna and her work.  In this moment episode we are talking about for...

Welcome to this week’s episode, where we will completely reframe post-natal depression and anxiety. I was never diagnosed, but I felt very low and anxious in those early days and in the first few years. Today's guest is psychologist Yara Heary who is going to give us a new frame of reference for how we think about that experience.  You will learn how to see your experiences as part of a bigger pic...

Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week I speak to the incredible Gelong Thubten, who has over 20 years worth of experience working with schools, universities and businesses, such as Google. He’s lectured at institutions like Oxford and the UN and, he worked as a consultant on...

Welcome to our community episode, where we feature mothers from our community to talk about their highs, lows, challenges and everything in between in motherhood. This week I am speaking to Alex, who shares how uncovering her real values and what is really important to her in motherhood and life has completely changed how she approaches her life as a mum of two I loved speaking to Alex, and I hope...

This week’s guest is the incredible Roxie Nafousi. She is a best-selling author and manifesting expert. It’s the second time Roxie has been on the podcast, and you all loved our first episode together.  I love how open Roxie is, and in this episode, we talk about how, just a few weeks ago Roxie ended up in an ambulance after temporarily losing her sight and how that was the wake-up call she needed...