

The Motherkind Podcast
Zoe Blaskey
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, relationships and self-worth. Expect honest conversations, evidence-based insight and practical tools that help you move through this season with clarity and strength.
Motherkind is not about doing more, fixing yourself, or returning to who you were before children. It’s about becoming who you are now — with intention, compassion and growth.
If you’re a mother who wants to feel more like herself again — confident, grounded and excited about what’s next — this is your place.
Motherkind: for the woman behind the mother.
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, relationships and self-worth. Expect honest conversations, evidence-based insight and practical tools that help you move through this season with clarity and strength.
Motherkind is not about doing more, fixing yourself, or returning to who you were before children. It’s about becoming who you are now — with intention, compassion and growth.
If you’re a mother who wants to feel more like herself again — confident, grounded and excited about what’s next — this is your place.
Motherkind: for the woman behind the mother.
Episodes
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Aug 16, 2019 • 1h 8min
Re-Release: Are you burnt out? With Amelia & Emily Nagoski
What is burnout? How do you know if you are burnt out? And how you recover from it?
Emily and Amelia Nagoski are highly accomplished in their fields as individuals, with Emily working as a well-known sex educator and Amelia working as a conductor in the competitive world of classical music. Despite these accomplishments, the two struggled with stress, feelings of inadequacy, and veering towards burnout in their careers, and have since dedicated themselves to educating women across all careers on the factors that lead to burnout and the best way to avoid it.
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Jul 25, 2019 • 49min
Easy nutrition for busy mums - with Nicola Moore
This week's episode is with the lovely Nicola Moore who is a nutritionist and well-being expert she's also been a part of the senior academic team at the Institute of Optimum Nutrition which is probably one of the best schools of its kind in the UK if not in Europe. As you know if you've listened to the podcast, I am fascinated by how what we eat makes us feel. In this episode Nicola and I chat about: What we as busy, tired, often overwhelmed mum's can do to help ourselves in terms of what we’re putting into our bodies. We discuss tips and tools to make it really practical and really easy to take care of ourselves, Nichola also debunks for us many of the diet myths and trends at the moment. This episode is kindly supported by Peppy - www.peppy.health/ Use code Peppy20 for 20% off your first service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 19, 2019 • 38min
The power of being kind to ourselves with Shahroo Izadi
Shahroo Izadi is a behavioural change specialist and the author of the book The Kindness Method in this episode we talk all about changing our habits and behaviour. It's often said in self development our habits underpin our whole lives and if we can change our habits we can change our lives.
Shahroo says that the way to change these habits Shahroo is to be kinder to ourselves which for some of us is quite radical. I’m a huge fan of self-compassion and self kindness so I loved this conversation with Shahroo and I hope you will too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 12, 2019 • 54min
How to become parents AND stay happy in your relationship with Carolyn Cowan
Carolyn is a psychosexual therapist and kundalini yoga teacher specialising in couples, prenatal and postnatal addiction, therapy and trauma.
We discussed so much during this episode including:
- Modern motherhood
- The ideas of attachment and the theory behind this.
- Relationships, this was a big one! We zoned in on how our relationships develop after having children
- Contracting
- What can come up during pregnancy for women.
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Jul 4, 2019 • 46min
"Is it wellness or illness?" with Emma Cannon
Emma is a fertility and women’s health expert, registered acupuncturist, founder of Emma Cannon clinic and author of five books and a TedX speaker.
Emma is celebrating 25 years of practice this year and we chat about:
- What has changed in wellbeing and women's health in the past 25 years
- Is it wellness or illness - why we need to be more discerning
- Her path to women's health from working in the oil industry
- How she parents her daughters
- Her recovery from people pleasing and not feeling good enough
- The one gift she would give all mothers
https://www.emmacannon.co.uk/
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Jun 28, 2019 • 47min
Marina Fogle on marriage, grief and self care
Marina is the producer of The Parent Hood podcast, Co-Founder of the Bump Class, a mother of two and wife to explorer Ben Fogle.
In this wide-ranging episode we chat about:
- Marina's relationship with herself
- Her marriage and marriage counseling
- Grief and loss
- Self-care
- The one gift she would give all mothers
https://www.thebumpclass.com/
This episode is kindly supported by Peppy - www.peppy.health/
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Jun 21, 2019 • 45min
How our childhood shapes every aspect of our lives | Dr. Gabor Maté
The most important conversation I have ever had on the podcast. A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development. We discuss: - the primary task of parenting - addiction - trauma - the danger of modern parenting practices - society and the pressures on mothers - the importance of self-love https://drgabormate.com/about/ This episode is kindly supported by Peppy - https://www.peppy.health/ Use code Peppy20 for 20% off your first service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 2019 • 44min
The opportunities and dangers of technology with Louise Chunn
Louise Chunn is the founder Welldoing.org and the editor of Planet Mindful.
Louise founded the therapy platform Welldoing.org which matches people with therapists best-suited to their needs when she was 57. Having previously spent 25 years editing some of the UK’s top women’s magazines including Psychologies, Louise is now pioneering a new wave of mindfulness magazines. Planet Mindful is a bi-monthly print magazine which supports positive mental health.
We chat about:
- Becoming a tech entrepreneur at 57
- Her reflections on modern parenting and her own early experiences of motherhood
- The dangers of modern technology
- Thinking for the long run
- The gift she'd give to all mothers
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Jun 7, 2019 • 42min
How to use your mind to feel happier and calmer with Gail Marra
Gail Marra is an experienced Clinical Hypnotherapist practicing a highly effective and 'solution focused' approach to hypnotherapy. She is a mum of 2 and a grandmother.
We chat about:
- How hypnotherapy helped her take control of her life
- Her divorce and early experiences of motherhood
- How stress manifested for her
- The power of the mind
- Hypnotherapy techniques to help you feel calmer
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May 23, 2019 • 47min
The importance of 'healthy selfish' with Mandy Saligari - live episode at ICAAD
This episode was recorded live at ICAAD Conference in London.
Mandy Saligari is a parenting, relationship and addiction expert, and the founder and clinical director of Charter, Harley Street. Mandy is a regular contributor to press and television, including regular appearances on Channel 5. She is the author of Proactive Parenting and has a popular TedX Talk 'Feelings: Handle Them before they handle you'.
We discuss:
- The importance of parental esteem
- Healthy selfish
- Nature's cruelest trick
- Tech addiction
http://www.mandysaligari.com/
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