Hello and welcome to this episode of the Motherkind podcast. We are sponsored by Stalker. It's me,

your host, Zoe Blaskey, and this is the show that's going to help you feel more confident

and thrive in motherhood. I honestly cannot wait for you to hear today's episode. I am smiling

ear to ear as I record this because I'm going to tell you something that I have been waiting to

tell you about for a long time. And today I'm announcing to you my gorgeous podcast community

first before anyone else that I have written a book,

a whole book and it is available for pre-order from now. I feel like there should be a big red

button that I should push or confetti should fall from the sky. Instead, I'm just sat here in my

office. Absolutely beaming because I'm so excited

to share this with you. I am so excited that this is happening and I cannot wait to tell you about it.

It has been my dream to write a book since I was seven. So as cheesy as this is, it is a dream come true for me.

And, you know, straight away, I just want to say

thank you. If you are listening to this, then you have helped make this possible. It's only possible.

This movement, what we've created, is only possible because of you. It's only possible because of

you listening, sharing, supporting. And because of that, I've got the most incredible, exciting book

deal with Harper Collins that I cannot wait to tell you more about. So today I'm going to tell

you a bit about the book. I'm going to tell you about the process. You can peek behind the curtain

with me of what it was like to write it. And I'm going to tell you about what you can expect

from the book because I think

this is bigger than just me writing a book. This is about us, our mother kind community, being able

to go for our dreams. It's about us being able to make hard choices, prioritising what matters,

and going for what we want to. And I have goosebumps saying that to you because I think for two long mothers have been

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