The Motherkind Podcast

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'm chatting to Jenny this week, who shares why she wishes ALL mothers could be told about matrescence at their first midwife appointment. ---I really hope you love this new format, and if you’d like to come on the podcast, then please email: angie@motherkind.co with your story.---Special thanks to our sponsorAthletic Greens: Visit https://athleticgreens.com/motherkind for a FREE year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase.Continue the conversationCome engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskeyJoin our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

***Trigger Warning*** We discuss graphic intrusive thoughts, so if hearing that experience might be more harmful than connecting for you, please skip that bit. It's about 10 minutes in. This week we have the incredible Donna Lancaster back on the show. You love her first episode, so I hope you'll love this one even more.Donna 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. This is one of those episodes it's going to make you think, it's going to make you cry, and it's going to put a lot in perspective.  Donna talks about:-   Forgiving herself for how she was in the early years of her children's lives.-   How much she struggled in those early days, including experiencing some pretty graphic intrusive thoughts-   How allowing herself to grieve unlocked so much healing and forgiveness I'm so excited for you to hear this one. Please share this episode with any mums you know who might be struggling and need Donna's wise, warm words of hope and compassion.----Continue the conversationCome engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskeyJoin our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases: https://mailchi.mp/motherkind/motherkind-mailing-list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is an incredible episode with Tobi Asare about re-thinking work-life balance. Tobi is an author, mum of two, speaker and founder of My Bump Pay, an online platform to help women smash the glass ceiling with a baby on the way and beyond. Her debut book The Blend, released in March 2023 is a guide to navigating a successful career whilst raising a family.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 - @zoeblaskeyJoin our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 we chatted to Kelly. Kelly is a mum of two, and she shares in this episode:- How challenging she found the transition to motherhood- How perfectionist and critical she was self- How when she connected to her own childhood to what was going on for her when she was younger that she was able to transform everything in her motherhoodKelly is incredibly honest in this episode, and I appreciate her vulnerability.Kelly is also really special to Motherkind, as I coached Kelly a few years ago, and she found the experience so transformative that she quit her corporate job and retrained as a coach herself. Now Kelly is the first-ever Morhwekind associate coach, which is really exciting. You can book with her here: https://www.motherkind.co/kelly-schedule-1-1_______Thank you so much for your gorgeous feedback on our first-ever episode last week with Amy. So many of you contacted me to say you love hearing from Amy.You felt seen, you felt validated, less alone and more connected, and that is exactly my intention with this episode.I really hope you love this new format, and if you’d like to come on the podcast, then please email: angie@motherkind.co with your story. Special thanks to our sponsorAthletic Greens: Visit https://athleticgreens.com/motherkind for a FREE year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Continue the conversationCome engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskeyJoin our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to this week’s episode with Lucy Jones. She is an investigative journalist, award-winning author and has just written a new book called Matrescence.Matresence is one of my favourite words and subjects ever. It describes the process of becoming a mother - the confusing discombobulating cocktail of emotions that happens when we transition from woman to mother. All the physical, emotional and spiritual changes. A bit like the transition from teenager to adult.Listen to hear about:-   What matresence means and its anthropological roots-   Our position as a mother in today’s society and how it’s geared to be against mothers-   Why we need more support in society and Lucy’s thoughts on how we can receive thatIf only all mothers knew this word, I think we would have found it so much easier to be kind to ourselves, knowing it’s meant to be a bumpy journey.-Special thanks to our sponsorsAthletic GreensVisit https://athleticgreens.com/motherkind to get a FREE year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase.Continue the conversationCome engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskeyJoin our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases: https://mailchi.mp/motherkind/motherkind-mailing-list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week's Motherkind moment is with the incredibly Terri Cole, a licensed psychotherapist, global leading relationship expert and author of the best-selling book Boundary Boss.Terri’s mission is to empower as many people as possible to stop living out learned boundary behaviours that don’t serve them.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 - @zoeblaskey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the first ever brand new community episode on Motherkind. I get messages from you about your lives and your journey in Motherhood - and I find these messages SO inspiring, helpful and connecting. I can’t keep them to myself anymore. So I’ve decided to pilot a series where I interview YOU, mums in the community, for 6 episodes. This week is Amy. Amy is a solo mum to her 5-year-old daughter.  We talk about: Navigating anxiety and perfectionism in motherhood How she struggled with a really hash relationship with herself  Shares how she overcomes all of the above Amy is SO wise and funny, and I loved interviewing her. I really hope you love this new format, and if you’d like to come on the podcast then please email: angie@motherkind.co with your story. Special thanks to our sponsorAthletic Greens: Visit https://athleticgreens.com/motherkind for a FREE year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase.Continue the conversationCome engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskeyJoin our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hi everyone, and welcome to this special Father's Day. It's Father’s Day here in the UK on the 18th of June, and I am so excited to share this episode with you.My guest is Bodé Aboderin (AKA Papa B). He is a writer, speaker, businessman, and stay-at-home dad. His wife is the amazing Candice Brathwaite, who has also been on the podcast.Listen to hear about: What he used to believe being a man meant: earning more, not showing his feelings and having this impenetrable mask of masculinity. How hitting rock bottom led to a breakthrough of totally transforming how he sees his role as a man and a father.  This episode is incredibly powerful, and I hope it's one you will share with the men in your life. I sent it to my husband, Guy, within minutes of recording - urging him in all caps to please listen.I really hope you enjoy this father's day special episode. Special thanks to our sponsor AG1Visit https://drinkAG1.com/MOTHERKIND to get a FREE year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase.AG1Continue the conversationCome engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskeyJoin our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week's Motherkind moment is with the amazing Laura Brand. She is a mum of 2 and the author of 3 incredible books. Her newest book is called 'Slow Down and Be Here Now'. A gorgeous book about nature and how it can help us slow down and be more present.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 - @zoeblaskeyJoin our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An exciting podcast announcement from Zoe and team Motherkind. We're launching a new bi-weekly episode in addition to our main episode on a Thursday and Monday moments. These episodes will feature YOUR stories, Q&A with Zoe and so much more.We hope you love the upcoming episodes as much as we do.Please tell us what you think over on Instagram - follow @zoeblaskey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices