"'I just lost myself'" Kate Ferdinand on finding her way in motherhood

Motherkind

Zoe Blaskey

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Recorded live at The Baby Show with Lidl GB. The Baby Show is the UK's largest and most popular pregnancy, baby and parenting event where Motherkind was the official podcast sponsor. I was lucky enough to sit down on stage with a packed audience to speak with Kate Ferdinand. She is mum to Cree and step-mum to Rio Ferdinand’s 3 children. She is also the author of How to build a family out on the 11th of May and the children’s book The family tree out on the 8th of June. I highly recommend her podcast Blended. In this live episode, we talk about: Her pregnancy Building a blended family How she lost herself in motherhood What advice she wishes she had How she’s learned to be kinder to herself in motherhood SPECIAL THANKS TO THIS WEEK’S SPONSORS My sponsor this week is Athletic Greens. I love AG1. I take it every morning when I’m making the girls breakfast. AG1 has over 7k 5* reviews and I can see why. It’s a supplement with 75 ingredients and its special blend is designed to support gut health, nervous and immune system, energy, recovery, focus and even aging. It’s one of my non-negotiables. It tastes quite nice and while I’m drinking it I’m reminding myself I’m worth looking after and that I can only be the mother and person I want to be in the world when I look after myself. We are grateful to Athletic Greens for sponsoring this episode of the Motherkind podcast. Visit https://athleticgreens.com/motherkind to get a FREE year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Motherkind is the official podcast partner for The Baby Show with Lidl GB 2023. It is the UK's most popular pregnancy and parenting event and is back for its 21st year at ExCel London. @zoeblaskey - come engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's your host Zoe Blaski and welcome to this week's episode of the Motherkind podcast,
0:10.0	the show that's going to help you navigate the massive challenges of life as a modern mother
0:14.8	with more confidence and clarity. I am buzzing for this episode because it was recorded live at the baby show with
0:22.8	Liddle last weekend. The baby show is the UK's largest and best-loved pregnancy, baby and parenting
0:29.2	event where Motherkind was the official podcast partner. I was lucky enough to sit down on stage
0:35.8	in front of a packed audience with Kate Ferdinand.
0:40.1	Kate is Mum to Cree. She is step-mom to footballers Rio Ferdinand's three children.
0:45.0	She is the founder of Blended, author of How to Build a Family, which is out on the 11th of May,
0:50.5	and the children's book, The Family Tree, which is out on the 8th of June. I highly recommend
0:56.1	Kate's podcast called Blended, where she speaks to a range of experts, celebrities and families,
1:00.8	exploring the stories of relationships and families bound by love, no matter what their circumstances
1:07.1	are. It is a beautiful podcast. Go and check it out if you don't know it already. In this live
1:12.2	episode, we talk about her pregnancy, building a blended family, how she lost herself in motherhood.
1:18.4	What advice she wished she'd had and how she's learned to be kinder to herself in motherhood.
1:24.7	Because this is a live podcast, it might sound a bit different than normal,
1:29.1	and you can hear the show going on in the backgrounds, but I think that will just make it feel
1:34.2	like you were there. At the end, you're going to get a little bonus because Kate's 11-year-old
1:38.8	Tia asks her a live question from the audience, and it is pretty hilarious. So definitely hang on
1:45.7	till the end for that. Live podcasts are something I'd love to do more and more of. So if you
1:52.2	like this, please do let me know and hopefully we can do some more. My dream is that we have
1:57.7	hundreds of our mother kind community in a room and we're recording live
2:03.1	podcast together really regularly. So let me know what you thought. Here it is. Help your family
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