You're not behind, you're right on time

Motherkind

Zoe Blaskey

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Do you ever feel like everyone else is moving faster than you? Like you should be further ahead - in your career, your life, your motherhood? This episode is your reminder that feeling isn’t truth, it’s comparison. In this powerful solo episode, Zoe challenges the idea that there’s a “right” timeline for your life, and shows why trusting your own pace might be the most freeing thing you ever do. Because what if you’re not behind at all… but exactly where you’re meant to be? Why the feeling of being “behind” is so common (and where it really comes from) How comparison - both internal and external - fuels pressure and self-doubt Why there is no universal timeline for success, motherhood, or life The power of thinking in seasons, not deadlines How to feel calmer, grounded, and more confident in where you are right now Watch every full episode on YouTube and subscribe. Loved this episode? Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode of Motherkind. It helps more mothers find the show and keeps our community growing. If you enjoyed this episode, you might also enjoy Zoe’s conversation with Maxine Nwaneri - The truth about having it “all”: How to find your true purpose and do motherhood your way Feeling different since becoming a mother? Get clarity on who you’re becoming now and download your FREE Matrescence Cheat Sheet Connect with Zoe: Follow Zoe on Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok Get Zoe’s Sunday Times bestselling book, 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’ This Motherkind episode is sponsored by: Headline sponsor Wild Nutrition, the brand raising the bar for women’s supplements. Want to feel the Food-Grown difference yourself? Get 50% off for three months at wildnutrition.com/motherkind. Ts and Cs apply. For a £100 sponsored job credit, visit Indeed.com/ Motherkind Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.8	Welcome to Motherkind. It's me, Zoe, and we are sponsored by World Nutrition's Women's Supplements.
1:12.6	I am so happy that you are here. You are not behind. Your thoughts might tell you that you are, but thoughts are not facts. And I believe that you are right on time. The other day, my 10-year-old was getting upset about something that all her friends can do and she can't.
1:29.8	And my instant response was, you are right on time for you.
1:34.8	And as I was saying that to her, I realized so many of us need to hear that.
1:41.0	Feeling behind, it's just that.
1:43.0	It's a feeling.
1:47.7	And as I talk a lot about in mother kind in my book feelings are not facts so where does this feeling of being behind come from it comes from
1:54.8	comparison right whether that's from yourself internal comparison I thought I'd be further along
2:00.2	by now I thought I've hit that milestone.
2:03.0	Why am I not here? Or external comparison, right? So maybe you're comparing yourself to friends or
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