Working Mumma

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  Running on Empty as a Working Mum? Why Taking a Break Might Be the Most Productive Thing You Do 19.08.2026 16min

  Running on empty as a working mum? Discover why taking a break (done properly) might be the most productive thing you do all year.
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  Lost Yourself in Motherhood? How to Reclaim Who You Are Beyond Being Mum 05.08.2026 45min

  Is it possible to absolutely love being a mum... and still feel like something is missing? For so many women, motherhood brings immense joy, but it can also bring an unexpected sense of loss. The loss of confidence, identity, ambition or simply remembering who you were before everyone needed a piece of you. In this deeply honest conversation, I sit down with author, speaker and coach Benita Bensch to talk about the parts of motherhood we don’t often say out loud.
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  Feeling Lost Returning to Work After Maternity Leave? How to Find Your New Rhythm 29.07.2026 19min

  Returning to work after maternity leave is often portrayed as the final hurdle for new mothers, but what if it’s actually just the beginning of a much more complex journey?
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  Why does "ambitious mother" feel like a contradiction? How to reclaim your ambition after kids, with Dr. Anne Welsh 15.07.2026 47min

  Clinical psychologist Dr. Anne Welsh on why ambition and motherhood feel at odds, the mental load, and how to find your identity as a working mum.
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  Wondering If You Should Increase Your Work Days? 5 Signs It's Time 01.07.2026 16min

  Not sure if it’s time to go from 3 to 4 days at work? Carina shares her own story and the 5 signals that tell you it might be time to change.
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  The Good Girl Trap: Why So Many Working Mums Are Burnt Out, Overwhelmed and Doing Too Much 24.06.2026 55min

  What if always being the ‘good girl’ is holding you back? Caitlin Judd unpacks the conditioning keeping working mums silent, small and stuck — and how to change it.
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  Returning to Work After Maternity Leave? How to Handle the Guilt and Separation Anxiety 17.06.2026 20min

  Missing your baby at work after maternity leave? Carina shares what that ache really means and how to find your rhythm in this new season of life
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  You're Not Less Ambitious. The World Around You Just Hasn't Caught Up Yet With Kat Francis 10.06.2026 45min

  Still ambitious after kids? Of course you are. Leadership coach Kat Francis joins Working Mumma to unpack why the world misreads working mums and what to do about it.
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  Going Back to Work Pregnant? How to Tell Your Employer Without the Guilt or the Panic 03.06.2026 14min

  Returning to work after maternity leave and already pregnant again? Carina O’Brien covers your legal rights in Australia, what to say to your boss, and how to let go of the guilt.
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  Why Don't I Feel Like Me Anymore? Matrescence, Identity & Returning to Work with Amanda Jackson 27.05.2026 45min

  Feeling like a different person after mat leave? There’s a word for that. Explore matrescence, identity, and how to find yourself again as a working mum.
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  Why the Mental Load Gets Bigger When Your Kids Start School (And What to Do About It) 20.05.2026 13min

  Working mum life doesn’t necessarily get easier once kids start school, it just changes. In this honest solo episode, Carina shares the hidden mental load of school-age parenting, juggling sport schedules, work, family logistics, and the invisible labour modern mothers carry every day.
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  Feeling Lost Returning to Work After Maternity Leave? How to Rebuild Your Career Confidence with Natalie McDonald 13.05.2026 52min

  Returning to work after maternity leave can feel overwhelming, but what happens when you’re made redundant six weeks later? Natalie McDonald shares her honest story of motherhood, career identity, redundancy, resilience, and rebuilding confidence as a working mum.
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  Are You the Mum You Want to Be? A Simple Values Framework to Help Close the Gap 29.04.2026 27min

  Feeling like you’re not the mum you want to be? This episode helps working mums redefine motherhood, align with their values, and take small steps toward a life that feels right.
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  How to drop perfection in motherhood without dropping your standards with Lisa Taylor 22.04.2026 50min

  Why working mums feel like they’re failing, and how the “perfect parent trap” is driving burnout, guilt, and overwhelm in modern motherhood.
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  Is the system set up for working mums to fail? What we can do about it (without burning out) 15.04.2026 32min

  Why working mums feel overwhelmed, the mental load, mum guilt & the broken system behind it—this episode reframes expectations and what needs to change.
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  Carrying Most of the Mental Load? How to Get More Support at Home with Michael Ray 08.04.2026 59min

  When we talk about working parents, we often focus on mums. But what if one of the biggest missing pieces in the conversation is dads? In this episode of the Working Mumma podcast, Carina speaks with fatherhood advocate Michael Ray about why working mums cannot carry the load alone, and why fathers need to be seen, supported and expected to be equal parents from the beginning.
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  The 90 Days Nobody Prepares You For: Returning to Work After Maternity Leave 01.04.2026 16min

  In this episode, I’m walking you through what the first 90 days of returning to work after parental leave actually looks like - the messy, the hard, and what genuinely helps.
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  How to Reclaim Your Career Identity & Confidence After Maternity Leave with Rebecca Houghton 25.03.2026 50min

  You came back from maternity leave a different person, more resilient, more decisive, less tolerant of nonsense, and more capable. The question isn’t whether you can do it. It’s whether you’ll give yourself permission to show up as the upgraded version of yourself. Enjoy this chat with Rebecca Houghton, Founder of Bold HR, Leadership Expert & Author.
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  Made Redundant on Maternity Leave: Rebuilding Career, Confidence & Direction with Karis Dorrigan 18.03.2026 45min

  In this episode, I speak with executive leader and solo mum Karis Dorrigan, who shares her experience of being made redundant while on maternity leave during COVID, and how that moment became a turning point in redefining her career, ambition, and life.
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  Back at Work After Maternity Leave? How to Avoid the “Prove Yourself” Trap with Rachel Debeck 04.03.2026 44min

  Former lawyer turned tech CEO Rachel Debeck shares what it really takes to build a meaningful career while raising three kids—return-to-work pressure, daycare sickness season, the invisible mental load of school life, and the truth that changes everything: you can have it all, just not all at once.