The Sunday Edition: ‘We need to talk about what motherhood does to women’
The Story2 Mar 2025

The Sunday Edition: ‘We need to talk about what motherhood does to women’

This episode was originally published in September 2024.


Zoe Blaskey, author of Motherkind, didn’t realise that she was unprepared for the huge psychological and physiological changes that motherhood brought. Now she’s spreading the word to other mothers. But why are we still not talking about this?

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Guest: Zoe Blaskey, author of the book 'Motherkind' and host of the podcast 'Motherkind'

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Olivia Case and Taryn Siegel.

Further listening: What two gay dads can teach fathers about parenting

Clips: Peanut and Motherkind, Motherkind podcast.

Photo: Getty Images

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