Ideas
Thinking about motherhood, leadership and the systems we live inside.
Motherhood is Leadership
There is no such thing as a "mum skill."
Prioritisation, resource allocation, negotiation, adaptability, decision-making under pressure — these are leadership skills. Calling them "mum skills" is how we've learned to shrink them.
CapacityYou don't need more discipline. You need more margin.
Overload is usually a Demand/Capacity problem, not a willpower problem. Here's why the distinction matters.
SystemsYour life isn't one workload.
A mother's life is seven interconnected systems, not one undifferentiated pile of tasks — and that distinction changes what "help" actually looks like.