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The Motherkind Podcast

MOMENT | Having the confidence to follow your dreams and how to do it, with Sophie McCartney

The Motherkind Podcast

The Motherkind Podcast

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8837 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week we're joined by comedian Sophie McCartney to explore why motherhood shouldn't mean we have to give up on our ambitions. Sophie is an amazing example of someone who has gone through a career transformation since becoming a mother, having created a career in comedy and becoming a best selling author. Here she discusses how we can build confidence, why following our dreams is important and the steps we can take to turn them into a reality. Click Here to pre-order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New way to thrive in a world of endless expectations’ and gain access to a free 60 minute masterclass with Zoe - teaching the core principles of the book. This show is proudly sponsored by Stokke We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/Motherkind for £100 sponsored credit. With thanks to MATCH Hospitality at Silverstone Circuit for supporting this episode. To discover more visit The Racing Green and use code MOTHERKIND10 for a 10% discount.  Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MOTHERKIND at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Get 40% off a Calm premium subscription at calm.com/motherkind Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What about your identity? Like, how's that shaped and changed? Because you've had these

0:14.9

amazing, you've had a huge career shift. You do something completely different than what you were

0:19.6

doing before.

0:21.9

And you've had these three children.

0:24.4

How does that all intersect? Tell us about that.

0:34.7

So, I mean, I think I'm fairly typical, I like to think, of, I think most people at a certain point in their life who've maybe had a few children. And I do think it a hundred percent normal to feel like you've lost your

0:39.8

identity.

0:40.8

100 percent.

0:41.8

And you know, and it's something that we battle with, isn't it?

0:43.8

It's almost like this internal struggle that we have.

0:47.1

But I actually think that for such a short amount of time that actually you can be in this kind of baby bubble or toddler bubble

0:56.8

when it's really, really hard. I think, do you know what? Right. We're meant to almost. You know,

1:01.6

we can't, we can't still be craving to be 20 again. It's not practical. It's not realistic.

1:08.3

You know, we can't all just be out slot dropping in the clubs, can we? Well, we've got... you know what, it's fine. This is where I'm meant to be in this particular moment and time.

1:33.7

And so I think, you know, especially with Nate, I did that. I went, right, I've got a new baby.

1:40.7

I'm just going to be a bit of a hot mess for a while. And that's fine. I'll get back to being,

1:46.2

you know, the old me when I'm ready to get back to the old me. But in this moment,

1:50.3

in time, I'm going to sit here in the leggings. I'm going to eat what I want. I'm not going to exercise. I didn't exercise until I was about eight, nine months postpartum. I've got no interest

1:56.1

in bouncing back. I'm air quoting. I hate that phrase so much.

2:01.5

Exactly.

2:02.6

It's awful, isn't it?

2:04.0

Because also postpartum and also for the foreseeable once you've had kids, if you bounce,

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