Episode 19: I Was Pregnant, Then My Shifts Disappeared with Former Residential Care Worker Kim

In Episode 19 of Not Another PD Podcast, Jazmin is joined by her best friend Kim, a youth worker, former residential care worker, mum, and school wellbeing practitioner.This episode is a raw, lived-experience conversation about gender bias in the helping professions, the expectations placed on women to be endlessly available, and what can happen when pregnancy and parenting quietly change how workers are treated.Kim shares her experience of becoming unwell with the flu while pregnant, taking time off, and returning to significantly reduced shifts. Together, Jazmin and Kim unpack how this reflects workplace discrimination, and why these experiences must be understood as psychosocial hazards, not personal resilience issues.They also talk about guilt around sick and carers leave, financial stress, identity beyond professional roles, and how boundaries often only become non-negotiable once the cost of not having them becomes too high.This is a conversation many helping professionals will recognise immediately, even if they’ve never heard it named this clearly before.Work with JazminIf you are an organisation or leader wanting support to promote psychologically safer workplaces, address psychosocial hazards, or strengthen boundaries and role clarity for your staff, I’d love to have a conversation.You can email me directly to discuss supervision, training, or organisational support via my website here.If this episode resonated, you might want to start with Boundaries as Practitioners, my self-paced training for helping professionals.It’s practical, values-led, and designed to support clearer boundaries without guilt or burnout.Self-paced training | $59