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

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Yeah, I know.

My voice is absolutely shot.

I'm feeling pretty run down, but I still wanted to sing to you.

I don't know why I'm run down.

I think I had a run of gigs last weekend.

I did three festivals on the trot and then came back and, you know, usual stuff up early getting kids out the door and then I don't know about you, but every day I get to the end of the day and I think I'm going to have an early night tonight. I just can't do it. It's like once the kids are down in bed, that's the time when I think, right, I'd like to do this, that and the other, and I potter about and maybe watch something, read a bit.

And before I know, it's midnight again.

And then, yeah, I'm up sort of like six hours later.

So I just need a little bit of sleep.

That's what's happening.

So yeah, my voice, listen to it.

Yeah, it's a good job.

I haven't got a festival this weekend.

I haven't got a festival this weekend i haven't i've got a pride

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