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The Motherkind Podcast

Work-life balance is a myth, here is what to aim for instead with Tobi Asare

The Motherkind Podcast

The Motherkind Podcast

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8837 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This is an incredible episode with Tobi Asare about re-thinking work-life balance. Tobi is an author, mum of two, speaker and founder of My Bump Pay, an online platform to help women smash the glass ceiling with a baby on the way and beyond. Her debut book The Blend, released in March 2023 is a guide to navigating a successful career whilst raising a family.  In this episode, we talk about: Why It is both normal and ok to feel like you’re not doing anything right when you first return back to work and try to balance it all You’re not a failure and mothers bring SO much to the table in the workplace - why you need to be less hard on yourself How to negotiate with your partner like you would your boss I hope you love it. Special thanks to our sponsors Athletic Greens 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. Pooch and Mutt Motherkind listeners will receive 25% off online purchases using this link https://bit.ly/motherkind-pooch and discount code MOTHERKIND25. 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 - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases: https://mailchi.mp/motherkind/motherkind-mailing-list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.9

Hey everyone and welcome to this week's episode of the Mother Cohn podcast, the show that

0:51.8

is going to help you navigate the massive challenges

0:54.8

of modern motherhood with more clarity, confidence and tons of new ideas. This week's guest

1:02.5

says that there is no balance when it comes to paid work and motherhood. And it's aiming for that

1:09.6

balance that really makes us feel like failures.

1:13.5

Toby Azaire is the founder of My Bump Pay and says it doesn't help us to talk about the juggle or

1:19.6

finding balance, but instead we need to be talking about the blend. And the blend is unique to

1:26.2

each of us and our own setups with paid work and family life.

1:31.5

In this episode, you are going to learn why the blend is the new idea you need to help you manage

1:36.7

paid work and family life. How to feel more confident at work. Why mothers are set up to feel

1:43.9

like we're failing at work and failing at home,

1:47.0

how to work out your own blend, how to ask for and get more support from your partner,

1:53.3

if you had one, and of course, Toby's gift to us all. If you loved it, please, please, please do share it and leave us a review on iTunes

2:02.8

because it really does make a massive difference to the number of mothers we can reach with

2:08.2

these incredible ideas. Here it is. I'm excited to tell you about this week's sponsor, which is

2:15.8

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