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.

Greetings, Podcats, how's tricks?

I am speaking to you from a quiet room, today's quiet room anyway,

because Mickey's having a nap, so I'm in his room, he's sleeping in his buggy.

And if your ears are very, very, very finely tuned,

you might be able to just hear the gentle wear of the washing machine,

which I was quite like.

There's a space in our house where we do all the laundry.

And I actually just really like being in there.

Is that weird?

I like the way the detergent smells

and I like the fact that it's a kind of productive, useful space.

And there's something quite reassuring about the whole thing. I think it's also where I went to hide for a lot of lockdown.

Because laundry was kind of something I put my hand in the air for, so I did all the laundry.

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