52. Building Compassionate Workplaces: How Occupational Therapists and Moms Are Shaping the Future of Care with Sarah Blair

What happens when you build your career in a caregiving profession, only to realize after becoming a mother that the system was never built to support you?This week, I sit down with Sarah Blair, a pediatric occupational therapist and mom, to talk about navigating motherhood in healthcare—a field dominated by women yet undervalued in so many ways.In this conversation: The realities of working in professions shaped by care, compassion, and empathyWhy “women’s work” is still undervalued and underpaidHow motherhood exposes the cracks in these systemsThe personal toll of trying to fit into structures that weren’t designed with us in mindWhy sharing our stories matters for creating real changeThis is a raw, important conversation about the cycles women and mothers get stuck in—and what it looks like to push for something different.Connect with Sarah: Website: https://www.automynd.comLinkedInPersonal LinkedIn: Connect with Ashley: Website: https://www.ashleyblackington.comDovetail® App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dovetail-app/id6744341822Instagram: @andboth_podcastLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyblackington/