Welcome back to Season 3 of the Creative Mother Podcast. A huge thanks to Auckland Council Creative Communities Scheme for supporting this season of the podcast.

Today host Kate Hursthouse talks about her struggles with chronic illness and the impact that has had on her creativity and sense of identity. She also discusses her journey towards becoming a Creative Arts Therapist.

Kate Hursthouse is an artist, creative business owner, trainee Creative Arts Therapist and a single mother to one awesome kid. With over a decade of creative and community experience she combines her background in design, illustration, and arts education with a growing therapeutic practice centred on inclusion, emotional wellbeing, and creative expression. Guided by empathy and curiosity, Kate supports individuals and groups to explore identity, connection, and growth through the transformative process of art-making.

She started this podcast to try and answer the question: how do we continue to be creative and produce creative work, while raising children? Her goal is to create a little corner of the internet where creative mothers share their stories and gain a feeling of community, understanding and inspiration.

www.katehursthouse.com

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