Episodes

“I feel so fundamentally different to who I was pre-baby and yet I’m still the same person. It’s so complicated and layered.”

“If I’m happy and making time for my art and music than the whole house is happier. If Mum’s taking care of herself, the whole house benefits”

“It is hard, but it’s also glorious, to be able to wake up and have your baby with you all day, and still be able to work and have financial freedom”

“If there’s stuff on the floor, does it make my children laugh less? Does it make my husband love me less? No.”

“Becoming a mother is the biggest, biggest shift that you can experience”

“I thought I knew what to expect – that I wanted a year off work to just ‘be a mum’ but once that happened I realised I was missing all of those other aspects [of life] that I was used to”