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Zoe Blaskey

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Workplace Wellbeing

Unlock working parent performance and retention with Zoe Blaskey, the UK's leading working parent speaker. Zoe works with organisations including Meta and Dove to address mental load, parental leave transitions, and burnout, backed by five million podcast downloads and a Sunday Times bestselling book.

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Zoe Blaskey

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Host of the UK's top family podcast, Motherkind
Advocate for self-empowerment in modern parenting
Expert in helping working parents to thrive

Zoe Blaskey is the UK's leading voice on working parent performance, helping organisations retain, support, and get the best from their parent employees. Since 2018, she has been shaping the national conversation through her chart-topping podcast Motherkind, which has amassed over five million downloads and features interviews with leading experts including Dr Gabor Maté and Glennon Doyle. Her book, Motherkind: Become the Happiest, Most Confident Mum, became a Sunday Times bestseller, and her work has been featured in The Times and Goop. Zoe has worked with some of the world's most forward-thinking organisations, including Meta, Dove, Knight Frank, and Fortnum and Mason, helping their parent employees navigate the realities of modern family life without sacrificing performance, focus, or wellbeing at work. Her sessions translate the evidence base on parenting, burnout, and the mental load into practical tools that teams can use immediately. She covers returning to work after parental leave, managing the second shift and mental load, energy and focus for working parents and carers, reducing guilt without abandoning standards, and the ambition and identity shifts that parenthood brings. Every session is built around what organisations need: better retention, less post-leave attrition, and parent employees who feel supported enough to do their best work. For HR teams, L&D leads, and people-first organisations looking to move beyond surface-level parent support, Zoe Blaskey is the most credible voice in the room.

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5 Tools To Thrive As A Working Parent

In this session, Zoe Blaskey addresses the challenges faced by working parents, noting that 82% of UK parents show signs of burnout. This talk covers crucial topics to help parents feel supported at work and offers research-backed strategies to enhance effectiveness at home and in the workplace. Attendees will learn about the impact of parenthood on work values, the importance of boundaries, managing guilt, energy management, and understanding the mental load.

Wellbeing For Working Parents

In this session, Zoe Blaskey emphasises the importance of energy management as a vital skill for balancing work and home life. Attendees will learn how recognise burnout signs, understand decision fatigue in parenting, and develop a personalised energy management blueprint to enhance their well-being and performance in all areas of life.

Returning To Work Post Parental Leave

Zoe Blaskey's returning to work session addresses the challenges new parents face when transitioning back to work. With only 20% of women feeling confident in this process, the session offers essential insights and tools for both parents and managers. Attendees will learn how to boost confidence from day one, establish boundaries between work and home, understand the impact of parenthood on work values, and navigate the 'second shift' and mental load.

How To Reduce And Reframe Working Parent Guilt

In this talk, Zoe Blaskey addresses the pervasive issue of working parent guilt, which undermines confidence and productivity. Attendees will learn to identify the origins of this guilt, utilise the 80/20 guilt rule for reframing, and distinguish between guilt and tension. Participants will also discover how to define their unique values to minimise unnecessary guilt. By the end of the session, attendees will feel empowered and confident in balancing their work and home lives.

The Motherhood Ambition Axis

In this session, Zoe Blaskey explores the intricate relationship between motherhood and ambition. She offers women effective coaching tools to gain clarity on their unique ambition and values. Attendees will learn how pressure, perfectionism, and societal expectations can hinder their progress. Additionally, they will examine the invisible structures that affect mothers and understand the impact of the 'second shift' and mental load on their ambitions.

Why we recommend booking Zoe

Zoe is the UK's leading expert on working-parent performance, a Sunday Times bestselling author and host of the Motherkind podcast (5M+ downloads), who translates evidence on parenting, burnout, and the mental load into practical strategies that boost retention, reduce post-leave attrition, and improve working parents' focus and wellbeing.

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Testimonials

Zoe was excellent. The feedback has been incredibly positive, we'd definitely recommend her

HR, Fortnum & Mason

Zoe was incredible, our mothers at spotify felt so supported by the workshop and have already started making positive changes.

Willemijn Donovan

Partner Marketing Manager, Spotify

The feedback I personally received was really positive. Our parents felt so seen and motivated by Zoe's talk

Senior Workplace Strategist, TP Bennett

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What is Zoe Blaskey's speaking style like?

Warm, practical and empowering; Zoe’s talks make attendees feel seen, supported and motivated, combining insight with actionable tools to create lasting, positive change for parents and families.

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