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

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