Do Not Disturb · A podcast about motherhood
Sabrina Sarl:
Flexibility needs boundaries
Being your own boss can mean being available all the time. Sabrina on creative work, motherhood and learning when to switch off.
The Do Not Disturb edit
Three things to take with you.
Three ideas from the conversation, in our words.
Do
Define where work ends and family time begins.
Not
Use five days in an office as the measure of a woman’s ambition.
Disturb
Flexibility that simply moves more responsibility onto a mother.
When does a flexible working day end?
Sabrina and Simona discuss building a creative career while raising a child. They talk about the appeal of self-employment, its demands and the work that still has to happen when you move your hours around.
Sabrina names a boundary she keeps working on: recognising when work ends and family time begins. They also discuss the planning that happens behind an apparently simple family day out.
What comes up
- Creative work and self-employment
- Switching off for family time
- The planning behind the working day
Keep the conversation going
Amelia Christie-Miller ↗
For a founder who made maternity leave part of a stronger company.
Lisa Ing Marinelli ↗
For the trade-offs behind a demanding career and family life.
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