Welcome to Motherkind. It is me, your host, Zoe Blaski. We are sponsored by Stoker,

and this is the show that's going to help you navigate modern motherhood with new tools for new

times. This week is a very, very, very special episode because I have

begged my publishers, Harper Collins, to let me share the first chapter of my debut book with you.

The book is called Motherkind, a new way to thrive in a world of endless expectations.

This is the first chapter. It is called motherhood is meant to change you. It's about

matressants and how to embrace the woman you're becoming without the shoulds that so often hold us

back. The book is out a week today. I can't believe it. It's out on the 15th of August. I cannot

wait for you to get your hands on it. Early readers have

told me that it has changed their lives, changed their motherhoods and blown their minds. So I

can't wait for you to get it. If you haven't already pre-ordered, what are you waiting for?

You'll be the first to get it. You don't pay until the book ships. And it helps our motherkind

message get out there because pre-orders

pushes the books up the chart there is a link below wherever you are listening to this just click

on it it'll take you to amazon or just go to your preferred bookseller waterstones or hive

pre-order the book and you will be one of the first to get it on your doorstep when it launches

next week. So this is quite rare that a publisher does this, that they have allowed me to put out

this first chapter for free on the podcast. So thank you, Harper Collins. And please do share this

episode. Let's show them that it was worth putting this out there for free.

Share it. Imagine we could get this episode to anyone who feels a bit lost right now,

whether their baby is 10 days old, 10 months or 10 years old, send this episode to them.

Can you imagine if we got this vital, vital knowledge out there to everyone who needs it?

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