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  • You can feel body confident this summer: here’s how, with Alex Light
    Jul 17 2025
    Welcome to Motherkind, we are proudly sponsored by Wild Nutrition Women’s supplements, I am your host Zoe Blaskey and this is the show that is going grab you by the hand and be your guide through the wild ride that is modern motherhood. Every week I bring you world leading experts and thinkers to give us new ideas, new tools, new support, new inspiration for our lives as mothers - we span everything from work to relationships to mental health and healing to parenting. And I am very happy you are here. Ok tell me if this resonates, you’re excited about the summer, your holiday or a beach day or BBQ with friends and then that awful voice starts - “you’re legs are too big to wear those shorts”, you can’t wear a bikini everyone will laugh or your arms are too wobbly for a vest top. Those awful, untrue thoughts that, let’s face it, can stop you really getting all the joy that you deserve this summer. And that’s what I want for you to have as much joy and fun as possible this summer….so I have bought on one of the best body confidence experts I know, Alex Light, she is a ST bestselling author of “You are not a before picture” and she co-hosts an amazing podcast with Emily Clarkson “should I delete that”. And trust me when I say this is the conversation you need to hear today - because if you’re ready to finally feel more peace with your body then this conversation is going to teach you exactly how to do that. I hope you love it. Here it is. 5 Minute Motherkind⁠: 5 minutes a day for 21 days to calm, regulation and joy Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by 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 Get 40% off a Calm premium subscription at calm.com/motherkind Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MOTHERKIND at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpodContinue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    45 min
  • MOMENT | The surprising reason you’re still criticising yourself and how to change it - for good, with Kasia Urbaniak
    Jul 14 2025
    Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this moment, Kasia explores how to break free from “good girl” conditioning and the habit of beating yourself up. It invites us to see self-criticism as a learned way of staying safe—not a flaw—and encourages boldness, self-compassion, and asking for what you truly need, especially as a mother navigating a world not built for you. For more powerful insights from Kasia Urbaniak, listen to the full episode here. Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by 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 Get 40% off a Calm premium subscription at calm.com/motherkind Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    11 min
  • If you’re nervous about juggling everything over the summer: listen to this
    Jul 10 2025
    This week’s episode is a solo with me - and I’m going to share 3 ways to make this summer easier and a lot more fun because I want you to hit September feeling good, not depleted - and I know that I haven’t always got this right. So today - I’m going to teach you in just 20 mins what it has taken me years to learn. I’m going to take you through 5 ways to avoid burnout this summer - all proven, worked for me and clients. 5 Minute Motherkind: 5 minutes a day for 21 days to calm, regulation and joy Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by 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 Get 40% off a Calm premium subscription at calm.com/motherkind Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    24 min
  • MOMENT | How to break the habit of hating yourself with Mel Robbins
    Jul 7 2025
    Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this powerful moment, Mel Robbins explores how deeply ingrained self-criticism and perfectionism impact women’s sense of worth. It unpacks the habit of tying self-value to external validation and achievement, and offers a call to break these patterns by practising radical self-acceptance—loving and validating yourself exactly as you are. For more powerful insights from Mel Robbins, listen to the full episode here. Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by 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 Get 40% off a Calm premium subscription at calm.com/motherkind Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    13 min
  • Work Series: Listener episode: What we wish someone had told us about work + motherhood
    Jul 3 2025
    Welcome 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 week as an NHS psychologist. Each of them shares honestly and openly about what’s working for them, what’s hard, what they wish they’d known earlier, and how they define success now, in this season of motherhood. It’s like peeking behind the curtain. I know you’re going to feel seen, understood, and less alone listening to this one. If you love it, please share it with another mum who might need to hear these voices. And let me know — would you like more episodes like this from the Motherkind community? I’d love to hear what you think. Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by 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 Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 min
  • MOMENT | The most important thing we can do as parents is model how we handle our emotions, with Rupert Spira
    Jun 30 2025
    Motherkind 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 handle our emotions. That’s far more powerful than anything we could ever teach or say.” I’ve been thinking about that ever since we recorded. I think you’re going to get so much from this episode. For more powerful insights from Rupert Spira, listen to the full episode here. Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by 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 Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    14 min
  • Work Series: If you're feeling low in confidence, listen to this - with Lauren Currie
    Jun 26 2025
    Welcome 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 Under 30 Changing the World, and by Management Today as top 35 UK businesswomen under 35 and she is on a mission to boost confidence for 10,000,000 women worldwide. In this episode you are going to learn: What real confidence is - it’s NOT something you have or don’t have - it’s a skill you learn The exact steps you can take to go from questioning to yourself and staying small to building unshakable confidence When I look back at my career and what has made the biggest difference for me, it is hands down developing this skill of confidence and anyone can learn it - you just have to know HOW and this is what this episode is going to teach you. Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by 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 Get 40% off a Calm premium subscription at calm.com/motherkindContinue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 min
  • MOMENT | What to do if your child is different with Elaine Halligan
    Jun 23 2025
    Motherkind 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 everything. Elaine offers practical insights into neurodiversity, emotional behaviour, and how parents can shift from correction to connection. For more powerful insights from Elaine Halligan, listen to the full episode here. Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by 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 Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 min