#133 - The Mental Load, Identity Shifts and Building Something Purpose Driven Alongside Motherhood - Kathryn Hatcher

<p>The summer camp spreadsheet. The INSET day gap. The colour coded calendar nobody else in the house understands.</p><p>If you know, you know.</p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p><p>But this conversation goes much deeper than camp logistics.</p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p><p>In this episode:<br>→ The invisible mental load of summer camp and school holiday planning — and what it is really costing working mothers<br>→ Matrescence and the identity shift motherhood triggers whether you are ready for it or not<br>→ How becoming a mother changed what Kathryn believed about money, success and what a good life looks like<br>→ Why purpose driven work hits differently once you have children</p><p>For the mother who has achieved everything she was supposed to and is quietly wondering if she is allowed to want something different.</p>