Zoe Blaskey — founder of Motherkind and host of one of the UK’s most-listened-to parenting podcasts — joins Simona Deifta for Season 2 of Do Not Disturb.
Maternal burnout, invisible pressure and the support mothers are rarely given.
What We Cover
Why being tired and being burnt out are not the same thing — and why so few mothers can tell the difference until it’s too late
How ambition and exhaustion become tangled together until rest starts to feel like falling behind
The cultural script that tells mothers to do it all and ask for nothing — and who benefits from it
What real support actually looks like, beyond self-care advice and wellness platitudes
About Zoe Blaskey
Zoe Blaskey is the founder of Motherkind, one of the UK’s leading platforms for maternal mental health, and host of the Motherkind Podcast, which has been downloaded more than 5 million times. A trained coach and former corporate lawyer, she left her legal career after becoming a mother and built Motherkind into a community and coaching practice focused on the psychological reality of motherhood rather than the productivity-driven version of it. She is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Wonder Mama, has spoken and written widely on maternal burnout and identity, and has partnered with major parenting and wellness brands to bring mental health support to mothers at scale.
Why This Conversation Matters
Burnout has become such a familiar word that it has lost some of its weight. What made this conversation with Zoe different is the distinction she draws between being tired and being burnt out — one is solved by rest, the other is not. For mothers carrying the bulk of the invisible load at home, that distinction matters, because it explains why a weekend off rarely fixes anything. This is a conversation for anyone who has wondered why they still feel depleted after doing everything right.
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