Episodes

“You feel that you have to work as though you don’t have kids, that to be to Mum-ish in the workplace is to leave yourself open to criticism.”

“Motherhood doesn’t define me, it’s one of the many caps that I wear and I wear it very proudly, but all the other caps that I do wear, they give me purpose too.”

“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.”