Hello, I'm Sophia Lusbexter 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.

Hey, hey, greetings from a, God, incredibly muggy Sunday.

I'm in my garden. I woke up this morning in Amsterdam.

And I was so deeply asleep, I couldn't remember where on earth I was.

But I was there because yesterday I did a festival with Norr Rogers in the Netherlands and a place called Tilburg, Spore Park Live.

And it was lovely actually, great crowd.

We come back to, yeah, hot London, took the kids to see how to train your dragon and just had a nice supper together.

I've got all five at home in the moment.

So sweet.

And yeah, I'm just feeling excited about the summer holidays.

I don't know about how you guys are doing with your small people,

if you have small people in your life.

But I've had one finish for the summer.

One finishes on Friday. And I think I've got another two finish for the summer, one finishes on Friday,

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