Motherhood, named with care.
The Motherkind Podcast treats motherhood as both an intimate emotional experience and a structural problem. Led by Zoe, it pairs personal stories with expert conversations on anger, exhaustion, work, fertility, matrescence, and the quiet needs mothers are taught to ignore.
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The Motherkind Podcast is a warm, interview-led show about motherhood as a whole-life transformation rather than a role to perform neatly. Zoe keeps the focus on the woman behind the mother. The conversations often begin with familiar pressure points: snapping at children, feeling resentful, running on empty, needing time alone, or wondering why ordinary life now feels so hard. Then they widen. The show connects those feelings to nervous system strain, burnout, unpaid care, social expectations, work demands, health gaps, and the persistent idea that mothers should be endlessly available. It is intimate, but it is not inward-looking in a narrow way. Episodes move between personal repair after anger, practical boundaries with family, energy audits for working mothers, and the larger question of why public life is poorly built for caregivers. The guest conversations bring in specialists and authors without turning clinical. Claire Ashley describes burnout symptoms and the trap of trying to recover by doing more. Helen O'Neill talks about fertility, hormones, menstrual cycles, miscarriage, and how women's bodies have been under-studied. Punam Krishan addresses exhaustion, pain, brain fog, and the need for mothers to be taken seriously in healthcare. Rachel Tsumami Cawson offers tools for auditing energy and scheduling what matters first. The show also makes room for solo reflection, especially around anger, alone time, guilt, and restoration. Its rhythm is steady. It does not rush past discomfort. The practical advice lands because it is tied to lived emotional reality: ask clearly, repair when needed, notice cumulative stress, make space before resentment bursts through. The result is a podcast for mothers who want language, relief, and a less punishing way to understand themselves.
Made for: For mothers, especially working mothers and caregivers, who feel stretched by identity shifts, burnout, anger, guilt, health concerns, or invisible mental load. It also suits listeners who want expert-informed support without a detached tone.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by treating maternal struggle as both emotional and structural. It gives practical tools while repeatedly challenging the idea that mothers are simply failing at problems created by pressure, poor support, and unrealistic expectations.
Motherkind is the podcast for women who know that motherhood changes everything — and want to grow forward, not “bounce back”. Hosted by Zoe Blaskey, Motherkind explores the profound personal, emotional and professional transformation that happens when you become a mother. This is a space for women navigating the wild, identity-shifting years of motherhood who want to reclaim confidence, redefine ambition, and build a life that works for who they are now. Each week, Zoe sits down with world-leading experts, thought leaders, psychologists, authors and well-known figures to unpack the real experiences of modern motherhood — from matrescence and identity loss to confidence, boundaries, work, re…
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A grounded conversation about turning maternal resentment into clearer, spoken boundaries.
Resentment is framed as a useful warning sign: a mother may be carrying too much, especially when asking for help feels harder than simply doing the work herself.
A thoughtful Motherkind conversation that names maternal shame and places it inside the systems around caregiving.
Motherkind looks at why motherhood can feel harder than expected, starting with a mismatch many parents recognize: the baby is surrounded with care, while the mother's own transition is treated as something she should simply get through.
A warm, useful conversation about female biology and the cost of leaving women's health under-studied.
The Motherkind Podcast treats fertility as an entry point into a broader, more grounded conversation about how women come to read their own bodies.
A warm, useful conversation about when maternal exhaustion should be treated as a health concern, not another milestone to push through.
Dr. Poonam Krishnan frames maternal exhaustion as more than a passing phase, tracing how mothers can keep pushing their own symptoms aside while waiting for the next stage to feel easier.
A blunt founder conversation that turns motherhood, business, and personal brand into practical next steps.
Amelia's conversation with the host stays grounded in the overlap between motherhood and building a business. With two children under 18 months and a personal branding agency to grow, she keeps the focus on practical entry points: waitlists, email, social content, and the value…
A practical look at the policies that can help parents stay in work.
Motherkind's work series settles on a familiar pressure point for many mothers: how paid work and motherhood collide, and how often flexibility proves harder to find than employers suggest.
Career power without apology.
Career confidence with a leadership edge.
Career clarity with backbone.
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This episode features an interview with Elizabeth Davies about reframing fitness for mothers, addressing realistic goals, overcoming challenges, and viewing exercise as an investment for future health.
This episode features an interview with Michelle Kennedy, founder of Peanut and author of 'It Takes a Village', discussing how to transform motherhood struggles into a purposeful career while managing family and business.
Host Zoe Blaskey introduces and explains matrescence, the profound physical, emotional, and identity transition into motherhood.
Host Zoe Blaskey interviews Jane van Zyl, CEO of Working Families, in the first interview of an eight-part work series on motherhood.
Mimi Ikonn, co-founder of the business Intelligent Change, says her 15-year relationship (13 of them married) with her business partner eroded most after "two became three," though she only saw it when she developed feelings for someone she met at work more than three years ago.
Dr Martha Deiros Collado calls it normal for adults to find play boring, especially when dinner and chores compete for attention.
On The Motherkind Podcast, Zoe asks therapist and relationship expert Nedra Glover-Torb how mothers can set boundaries around family, work, childcare, and support.
Zoe interviews Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence, about why mothers can love their children while finding motherhood psychologically, physically, and socially difficult.
On The Motherkind Podcast, Zoe interviews reproductive scientist Helen O’Neill about the under-research of female biology, including the fact that fewer than 4% of tissues in a global protein database are female-derived.
Zoe interviews Dr.
This episode explores the feeling of being behind in life, emphasizing that it stems from comparison and self-imposed timelines, and encourages listeners to trust their own journey.
This episode explores matrescence, the profound physical, emotional, psychological, and identity transformation women undergo when becoming mothers, comparing it to adolescence and explaining why understanding it can change the motherhood experience.
This episode features an expert discussing why parents, especially mothers, struggle to play with their children and how cultivating playfulness can enhance resilience and problem-solving.
Sophie Power explains how she completed the 106-mile UTMB while breastfeeding her three-month-old son after pregnancy rules prevented her from deferring the race place.
This episode features Kat Sims discussing how shifting focus from changing her partner to changing her own behavior and improving communication helped resolve marital issues related to the mental load.
Amelia Sordell says personal branding is not just social media posting; she defines it as the sum of how you dress, speak to a barista, treat a waitress, and show up online and off.
This episode explores why mothers struggle with relaxation and offers insights from therapist Nicola Jane Hobbs on finding rest even during busy times like December.
This episode features Joeli Brearley discussing practical strategies and advocacy tips for mothers navigating the challenges of returning to work after parental leave.