The summer camp spreadsheet. The INSET day gap. The colour coded calendar nobody else in the house understands.

If you know, you know.

Kathryn Hatcher is the founder of Camply — a platform helping busy parents find, plan and coordinate summer camps and school break childcare without the overwhelm.

She spent 15 years in consulting and leading complex high stakes projects. Now she is applying that same lens to the problem she was living every single day as a working mother of two.

But this conversation goes much deeper than camp logistics.

We talk about matrescence — the identity shift that comes with becoming a mother and how it quietly reorients everything you once believed about your life, your work and what actually matters.

And about what happens when that shift pushes you toward something more purpose driven. Something that feels aligned with who you are becoming rather than who you were before.

In this episode:
→ The invisible mental load of summer camp and school holiday planning — and what it is really costing working mothers
→ Matrescence and the identity shift motherhood triggers whether you are ready for it or not
→ How becoming a mother changed what Kathryn believed about money, success and what a good life looks like
→ Why purpose driven work hits differently once you have children

For the mother who has achieved everything she was supposed to and is quietly wondering if she is allowed to want something different.

If I met myself at a party I think I would want to sit down and have a conversation. And I think I would walk away thinking — wow, that person is really something.

For someone who spent years being insecure, this is major.

This episode is about self acceptance. The kind that holds both things at once — knowing you are a work in progress and still liking the person you are right now.

I talk about the practical things that built my confidence.

And I talk about what sits underneath all of that. Keeping my own word to myself. Doing hard things. Sitting in uncomfortable seasons. The faith that has carried me. And ultimately learning that I do not need to be perfect to be valued.

In this episode:
→ The difference between self acceptance and perfection — you can hold both at the same time
→ The practical things that built my baseline confidence
→ What actually got me here
→ What self acceptance gives you in your work, your parenting and your ambition

I am a work in progress. I am also enough.

Both things are true. And getting to that place has been the most worthwhile journey of my life.

Why is it always mum who knows what day non-uniform day is?

Therese is the founder of Hey Ladybird — an AI powered app that turns school emails, WhatsApp messages and permission slips into an organised family calendar.

She built it because she was living the problem every single day.

In this episode we talk about the mental load and the invisible labour that falls disproportionately on mothers — from being the default school contact even in two parent households, to the way women's bandwidth quietly gets consumed by unpaid family admin instead of career growth.

In this episode:
→ The story behind Hey Ladybird and how it actually works
→ Why mums become the default parent for school and childcare admin even when that was never the plan
→ What the mental load is really costing women's careers
→ Founder lessons from building parenting tech and raising millions for charity
→ How to reframe criticism and use a backhanded compliment as fuel

For the mother who is holding all the information in her head right now and wondering why it always seems to be her.