The Motherkind Podcast

Welcome to the new era of Motherkind.

This is a new chapter. More intentional. More expansive. The conversations are deeper, the guests are bold, and the ambition is clearer.

We’re now video-first, which means you can watch every full episode on YouTube. I’d love you to subscribe and join us in this next season of Motherkind.

If you’re ready to think differently about ambition and motherhood, you’re in the right place.

To open this new season, Zoe sits down with Maria Hatzistefanis, founder of Rodial and Nip + Fab, for a powerful conversation on discipline over motivation, burnout, guilt, and why hustle culture is failing mothers.

Maria built her business over 25 years without external funding, without selling out, and without buying into hustle culture myths. But behind the glossy success was burnout, guilt, lost friendships, imposter syndrome and discipline most people never see.

This conversation is honest, practical and deeply reassuring for any mother navigating ambition and family.

Inside this episode, you’ll hear:

. Why “overnight success” is a dangerous myth

. How motherhood made Maria a better, not weaker, leader

. The season she had no friends, and what she’d do differently

. The simple two-question filter she uses before saying yes

. Why discipline builds confidence (not the other way round)

. How to start a business in just 30 minutes a day

. Why guilt is the biggest drain on your energy and how to drop it

Maria also shares the mindset from her latest book, How to Make Your First Million, including her practical framework for managing time, building powerful networks, and creating sustainable success that works alongside family life, not against it.

This is a conversation about ambition without apology. About building slowly, intentionally and sustainably. And about redefining success on your own terms.

If you’ve ever wondered: Can I build something meaningful without burning out?

This episode is for you.

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Feeling different since becoming a mother? Get clarity on who you’re becoming now and  download your FREE Matrescence Cheat Sheet

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Welcome to Motherkind’s biggest chapter yet!

New brand. New studio. Bigger conversations. Clearer ambition.

And a powerful commitment to supporting the woman behind the mother.

Motherhood changes everything. Your identity. Your ambition. Your relationships. Your time. And somewhere in the middle of holding everyone else together, it can feel like you’re losing pieces of yourself.

You don’t need more pressure.You don’t need another “should.”

You need space.You need tools that work in real life.You need conversations that make you feel seen - never judged. That’s what this new era of Motherkind is about.

Launching Thursday, 5th March.

🗓 New episodes every Monday and Thursday 

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Who are you now? And why does motherhood feel like it’s quietly rewritten you?

Today’s Motherkind Moment is with the incredible Michelle Kennedy, founder of Peanut, who has just launched the powerful “Make Matrescence Mainstream” campaign.

Zoe was proud to be part of this campaign and truly encourages you to look it up, watch it, and sit with it. Because matrescence, the profound identity shift we go through when we become mothers, is still something we don’t talk about nearly enough.

In this short but powerful clip, Zoe asks Michelle how her identity changed across her two matrescence experiences.

What Michelle shares might surprise you.

She speaks honestly about not knowing who she was after her first baby. She knew Michelle the professional. Michelle, the friend. Michelle, the daughter. But she didn’t yet know Michelle the mum.

She shares how clarity didn’t arrive overnight; it evolved slowly. How motherhood became the best chapter of her life, but not the only chapter. And how realising she is multifaceted changed everything.

They also explore trade-offs. The myth of “doing it all.” Why filling your own glass first isn’t selfish — it’s necessary. And why something as simple as a 20-minute shower can be the most humanising act in early motherhood.

If you’ve ever felt like you’ve lost yourself… If you’ve wondered why this transition feels so seismic… If you’ve felt guilty for wanting space, ambition, rest or boundaries…

This conversation is for you.

However, your matrescence has unfolded, whether it felt joyful, destabilising, lonely, clarifying, or all of the above, you are not alone.

In this Moment, you’ll hear:

Why it’s completely normal to feel like you “lose yourself” after becoming a mother 

How matrescence reshapes your identity over time, not overnight

Why motherhood can be the most powerful chapter of your life without being the only chapter.

How protecting small, non-negotiable moments for yourself is not selfish — it’s foundational.

If you liked this moment, listen to the full episode: How to Turn Your Hardest Motherhood Struggles Into a Career With Purpose with Michelle Kennedy

Remember to subscribe to Motherkind — it helps more mothers find the show and keeps our community growing.

Feeling different since becoming a mother? Get clarity on who you’re becoming now and download your FREE Matrescence Cheat Sheet

Connect with Zoe:

Follow Zoe on Instagram 

Get Zoe’s Sunday Times bestselling book, 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’

This Motherkind episode is sponsored by:

Headline sponsor Wild Nutrition, the brand raising the bar for women’s supplements. Want to feel the Food-Grown difference yourself? Get 50% off for three months at wildnutrition.com/motherkind. Ts and Cs apply.

Start your children’s reading journey with Usbourne Books

For a £100 sponsored job credit, visit Indeed.com/ Motherkind

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What if “manifesting” isn’t about vision boards and wishful thinking… but about brave, uncomfortable action?

In this deeply personal solo episode, Zoe shares - for the first time - how she built Motherkind and manifested her dream career alongside early motherhood

Not through magic.Not through overnight success.But through clarity, courage and trusting the nudges.

Zoe breaks down the three-part framework that changed everything for her:

How to get clear on what you actually want (even if all you know is what you don’t want)

Why tiny, 1% brave steps build unstoppable momentum

The truth about “paralleling” careers and why most transitions aren’t dramatic leaps

What it really means to “trust the process” - and how to spot the breadcrumbs

She shares the uncomfortable early days: buying a £50 microphone from Currys, consulting with clients to fund the dream, working late nights with a baby waking at 4 am, and the moments of flow that signalled she was on the right path

If you’re sitting in a career that feels fine but not fulfilling…If you have an idea you can’t quite shake…If you’re wondering whether it’s too late, too risky, too unrealistic…

This episode is your permission slip.

Motherhood doesn’t end ambition.It can clarify it.

Know what you want.Take one small brave step.Trust what flows.

Listen to the episode Zoe references in this episode here: The Manifestation Expert Who Teaches Mothers How to Transform Their Lives — Even With No Time.

Remember to subscribe to Motherkind — it helps more mothers find the show and keeps our community growing.

Feeling different since becoming a mother? Get clarity on who you’re becoming now and  download your FREE Matrescence Cheat Sheet

If you liked this episode, listen to this next: The Work Series: My Biggest Mistakes and Regrets - Zoe’s Story

Connect with Zoe:

Follow Zoe on Instagram 

Get Zoe’s Sunday Times bestselling book, 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’

This Motherkind episode is sponsored by:

Headline sponsor Wild Nutrition, the brand raising the bar for women’s supplements. Want to feel the Food-Grown difference yourself? Get 50% off for three months at wildnutrition.com/motherkind. Ts and Cs apply.

For a £100 sponsored job credit, visit Indeed.com/ Motherkind

Start your children’s reading journey with Usbourne Books


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There’s a quiet moment after you become a mum where you realise your life will never look the same again and neither will your career.

In this Motherkind Moment, Zoe Blaskey is joined by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, co-founders of Squiggly Careers, bestselling authors, and two of the UK’s leading voices on modern careers, learning and development.

Together, they explore the reality so many mothers quietly hold: how becoming a parent doesn’t switch off your drive – but it does force you to make sense of it.

They talk about the idea of a squiggly career, and why motherhood often accelerates that squiggle. There’s a clear before and after when you become a mum, and suddenly your life, priorities and decisions can’t look the same as they did before. But that doesn’t mean you stop wanting to grow, achieve, or do meaningful work.

This Moment speaks directly to the judgment many working mothers experience – the head tilt, the comments, the unspoken assumptions about what you should want after having children. Zoe, Helen and Sarah talk honestly about returning to work by choice, feeling judged for it, and learning to make intentional decisions that work for you, even when they look different to everyone else’s.

At the heart of the conversation is the power of values, not as a buzzword, but as a practical filter for navigating motherhood, work and identity. When you know what truly drives you, you can make choices with more confidence and less guilt, even in a season that’s noisy, exhausting and full of comparison.

This Moment is a reminder that there is no one right way to do motherhood or ambition, only what works for you.

In this Moment, they explore:

Why motherhood often makes careers feel more “squiggly”

How ambition can stay alive after becoming a mother

Using values to make confident, intentional decisions

If you’ve ever felt judged for what you want after having children or are unsure how to honour both your ambition and your family, this Moment is for you.

If you liked this moment, listen to the full episode: Success Isn’t Linear: 5 steps to Finally Start Defining Your Own Path with The Squiggly Career Experts

Remember to subscribe to Motherkind — it helps more mothers find the show and keeps our community growing.

Feeling different since becoming a mother? Get clarity on who you’re becoming now and download your FREE Matrescence Cheat Sheet

Connect with Zoe:

Follow Zoe on Instagram 

Get Zoe’s Sunday Times bestselling book, 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’

This Motherkind episode is sponsored by:

Headline sponsor Wild Nutrition, the brand raising the bar for women’s supplements. Want to feel the Food-Grown difference yourself? Get 50% off for three months at wildnutrition.com/motherkind. Ts and Cs apply.

For a £100 sponsored job credit, visit Indeed.com/ Motherkind

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