The women we forget to celebrate on International Women's Day.

Hey,

This Sunday is International Women's Day. And I love it. I love that we take a moment to celebrate the women who are smashing it, the trailblazers breaking glass ceilings, the ones carving out space in boardrooms and industries that were never designed for them. Women leading the way so that other women can follow. We have the utmost respect for every single one of them.

But can I be honest with you?

Every year on International Women's Day, we celebrate the women who are bossing it in a man's world. And rightly so. But we often overlook the women who are doing an equally important job. The ones raising the next generation. And here is the thing, so many of them are doing both. They are building careers and raising children and carrying the mental load and doing it without the village that previous generations had around them.

Yes, we have Mother's Day. But can we not acknowledge these women for more than just being mothers? They are professionals, partners, caregivers, breadwinners, project managers of entire households, and often the emotional backbone of their families. All at the same time. That deserves more than a card and a lie in once a year.

Motherhood is not glamorous. It does not come with a LinkedIn headline or a keynote speech. But it deserves our respect just as much as any glass ceiling that has ever been shattered. Because the women raising the next generation of leaders, thinkers, and good humans while holding down careers and keeping families running? That is legacy work. And it is happening with nobody watching and nobody clapping.

Ben and I recorded this episode because we wanted to celebrate those women too. The ones holding it all together in a system that was never redesigned to support them. Not with sympathy, but with recognition.

We talk about why modern motherhood has become a "solo project." Why our grandmothers had less information but more permission to be good enough. What countries like Finland are doing to actually support mothers that makes the UK look decades behind. And what needs to change, not just in policy, but in our homes and in our relationships.

There is a section in this episode where Ben talks about what he did not see until I made the invisible visible. I think a lot of partners need to hear that. Not to feel guilty. But to understand.

This International Women's Day, let's celebrate all of it. The women leading from the front and the women building from the ground up. Both matter. Both are changing the world.

Listen before Sunday. Then have the conversation that actually matters.

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With love,

Nichole & Ben x

P.S. If there is a mother in your life who never gets the recognition she deserves, send her this episode. Sometimes being seen is the most powerful thing you can offer someone.