How to have children, a career and stay sane (ish) with Christine Armstrong

The Motherkind Podcast

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 837 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Christine Armstrong is the Author of ‘The Mother of All Jobs: How to Have Children and a Career and Stay Sane (ish)’, which has immediately had a huge impact on the Motherhood and career conversation. She is a mum of 3, Contributing Editor to Management Today and also a co-founder of a communications consultancy. Her message is clear; if you’re struggling with working and motherhood you’re not alone and it’s not your fault. We have an honest, practical and at times funny discussion on this topic which is at the heart of so many of our lives and yet often goes unspoken. We discuss: - The reality of working and motherhood - We discuss why it is the system fundamentally failing and not us as mothers. - What needs to change; how society has shifted, but the systems in place for childcare and education for children aren’t meeting our needs. - Who the happiest people are in the modern system of work and parenting. Learn why those that aren’t in fixed patterns and are flexible are the most happy. - How to live a life with competing demands and practical solutions. Christine’s book is available on Amazon ‘The Mother of All Jobs: How to Have Children and a Career and Stay Sane(ish)’ Christine is active on Twitter: @CArmstrongLDN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.6	Hi, everyone. the best gift of this holiday season. Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of the Motherkind podcast with me,
1:19.2	your host Zoe Blaskey, where each week I chat about all things motherhood and well-being.
1:26.2	This week is a really important episode. I am chatting to
1:31.0	Christine Armstrong, whose name you might not know, but I'm sure you will know the book that she's
1:36.7	written that has just burst onto the motherhood debate. It is called the mother of all jobs,
1:43.0	how to have children and a career and stay sane-ish.
1:48.3	And Christine and I talk about how important that sane-ish was to her when they were deciding the title of the book.
1:56.7	You might know Christine, she was on the front of the Sunday Times magazine a few weeks ago
2:01.6	and she said that she was inundated with messages of mums saying that they thought it was only
2:07.9	them who were struggling with being a working mother. Christine herself is a mum of three. She is
2:14.5	a contributing editor to management today and the co-founder of a communications
2:19.1	consultancy. So Christine's message in the book and we talk about it in this episode is really clear.
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