The Mothering Project

Our lovely guest is back — and this conversation feels even more needed the second time around. In this heartfelt follow-up episode, I sit down again with Fionnuala Wylie to talk about the transitions that quietly reshape us — motherhood, moving countries, identity shifts, burnout, business evolution, and learning to trust yourself through it all. After spending nine years abroad, Fionnuala shares what it has really felt like returning home to Ireland, navigating change as a mother and busine...

Sometimes life still looks completely normal on the outside… but internally something has shifted. In this solo episode, I’m talking about the quieter signs that often appear before a change in career, pace, identity, or priorities — the things many women feel before they fully understand what is happening. This isn’t about dramatic reinvention. It’s about recognising what keeps returning, what feels heavier than it used to, and why uncertainty often shows up before clarity does. If you...

Some conversations stay with you because they hold both strength and softness at the same time — and this is one of them. In this episode, Carla shares the story behind leaving corporate life, backing herself, and building a Pilates business that reflects not just ambition, but who she was becoming underneath it all. We talk about the courage it takes to begin again — professionally, personally, and emotionally — and how life can ask us to keep evolving even when we would rather stay certain....

Before you read the show notes, I wanted to say a HAPPY St Patricks Day to all! In this thoughtful and honest conversation, I sit with Julie Parker — founder of Beautiful You Coaching Academy — to explore the many transitions women navigate across motherhood, work, identity, and wellbeing. Julie shares her own journey from social work into life coaching, reflecting on what led her to build a successful coaching academy and the values that have shaped both her business and life along the...

In this episode, I sit down with Sorcha Hunter, founder of Hunter Labour Hire, a successful business operating in the construction and labour hire industry — a space traditionally dominated by men. Sorcha shares the real, behind-the-scenes experience of building and running a business in a demanding industry. From managing staff and navigating client expectations to handling the inevitable curveballs that come with business, she speaks openly about the moments that once caused stress and over...

Christina explores burnout through a more nuanced lens — not as dramatic collapse, but as quiet self-abandonment. She unpacks how identity tied to capability, over-functioning, and subtle internal misalignment erode self-trust over time. Through personal reflection on motherhood, ambition, and her quiet shift into self-employment, Christina reframes boundaries as an act of self-respect rather than selfishness — and invites listeners to examine where they may be overriding themselves. This epi...

In this episode of The Mothering Project, I talk about the mental load — the unseen, ongoing thinking that keeps homes, families, and workplaces running. Not just the tasks. But the anticipation. The remembering. The emotional temperature-checking.The part that rarely gets acknowledged. I share some of my own experiences — from early motherhood to returning to work — and explore why this kind of invisible responsibility is so exhausting. We look at how easily it becomes interna...

The place where it all started, the ideas and the questioning