Hello, I'm Sophia Lysbexter and welcome to Spinning Plates, the podcast where I speak to

to busy working women who also happen to be mothers about how they make it work.

I'm a singer and I've released seven albums in between having my five sons aged 16 months to 16 years,

so I spin a few plates myself.

Being a mother can be the most amazing thing,

but can also be hard to find time for yourself and your own ambitions.

I want to be a bit nosy and see how other people balance everything.

Welcome to spinning plates.

Hello, this is me being pretty ambitious. I'll tell you why. I've got about a two-minute walk between the tube to my house and I'm using that as a time to speak to you before I get in. I'll tell you more about it. Right, so I've been away actually. It's now Sunday evening and I left on Friday morning and I just spent the weekend

in Paris with my mum, my brother and my sister. It was my brother Jackson and my sister Martha's

present, Christmas present to my mum. We take it to Paris. So that's where we've been. It's been so

much fun. Sorry, stopping my wheelie bag bags getting stuck. Um, yeah, we, we stayed in a

really cool little Airbnb right in the heart of the Marais. So I've been very chic for the last few days.

We saw lots of art. We walked a lot. We did quite a lot of shopping. We're good at that. Some nice wine, some

lovely food. It was really fun actually. And I'm not going to lie, it was quite good to be doing

something else because last week was so full on with talking about my old friend, aka murder

and dance floor. I don't feel sick. Last week when I spoke to yourself, I was feeling a bit sick

with everything that's happening, quite a British way. I've now settled in a little bit more.

I don't feel quite as queasy. Still enjoying myself very much. Still lots of fun. Still thinking it's bonkers. I've used the word bonkers. Approximately a thousand times this week. But yeah, I've settled in. I'm just enjoying myself. Sorry about the noise of my wheels. Listen, I'm going to be brief because I'm about to

go home and I've missed my babies. This week's guest is Amy Hart. She has a beautiful little

baby called Stanley, who's one. I first was introduced through Amy, maybe the same way you were

if you watch Love Island. Richard and I love it. Amy was brilliant on the series that she was on.

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