The Problem Isn’t You - It’s Career Advice That Ignores Motherhood
Motherkind
Zoe Blaskey
4.8 • 863 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
If your career has started to feel harder, slower, or somehow “not enough” since becoming a mum, this episode will change how you see it.
Because the problem isn’t your ambition. It’s the advice you’ve been given.
In this powerful solo episode, Zoe shares how she got pulled into “hustle harder” business content and how it left her questioning her success, her pace, and her direction. What she realised is something every ambitious mother needs to hear...
Most career advice simply doesn’t account for the reality of motherhood.
This episode is about rejecting that noise and building a career that actually works for your life.
. Why hustle culture and “bro business” advice doesn’t work for mothers
. The 4 career seasons to help you stop feeling behind and start feeling aligned
. How to redefine success in a way that includes flexibility, family, and fulfilment
. Why extending your timeline is the key to sustainable ambition
You are not behind.You are building a career that fits your life.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Indeed. Hiring isn't just about finding someone willing to take the job. |
| 0:06.6 | I need the right person with the right background who can move my business forward. And if I wanted |
| 0:11.4 | candidates who match what I'm looking for, Ard Trust Indeed sponsored jobs. I was hiring a new |
| 0:17.0 | social media manager recently and I was very, very specific on Indeed about what I was |
| 0:21.8 | looking for, not just social media manager, but someone specifically who's grown a podcast using |
| 0:28.1 | Instagram. And here's the thing with Indeed sponsored jobs. I'd get people who actually fit |
| 0:33.3 | that description. Spend more time interviewing candidates who check all your boxes, less stress, |
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| 0:50.1 | indeed.com slash motherkind. So just go to indeed.com slash motherkind right now and support |
| 0:55.4 | our show by saying you heard about Indeed on this podcast. Indeed.com slash motherkind. |
| 1:00.7 | Terms and conditions apply hiring. Do it the right way with Indeed. |
| 1:07.6 | Hi, I'm Zoe. Welcome back to Motherkind. We are proudly sponsored by Wild Nutrition Women's |
| 1:13.6 | Supplements. And this is the show about you, the woman behind the mother. Okay, I am going to start by |
| 1:20.0 | making a confession to you. Last year, I started listening to some bro business podcasts. Right, |
| 1:27.4 | let me explain. I am so ambitious for the impact |
| 1:31.1 | that I want to make with Motherkind and I got drawn in from those Instagram reels telling me if I did |
| 1:37.0 | these five steps then, you know, I could 10x the podcast and I was drawn in and I started listening to these podcasts and for a few dark months |
| 1:48.0 | I was kind of in it I was listening to them quite a lot but let me tell you what quickly |
| 1:52.1 | happened I started to feel like I was failing I started to question myself and everything |
| 1:59.2 | that I'd built I even started telling my friends, I failed, |
| 2:02.7 | I haven't grown this podcast quick enough, I don't know what I've been doing. And everyone, |
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