37 | Motherhood in the media – With @samanthaheathwood
RELEASED NOV 9, 2022
In this episode we are joined by Seven Network Journalist, newsreader, event speaker/MC, ambassador for @beyonddv and mother of two Samanatha Heathwood.
Samantha openly shares about her journey into motherhood as someone in the media, where she navigated:
– Her unexpected first pregnancy
– Contract negotiations as one of the first news presenters to require maternity consideration
– Returning to work at just eight weeks postpartum
– Interstate moves and the juggle of night/weekend work
– Separation from her husband and subsequent single working parenthood of two young children.
Samantha’s story is one of challenges, determination, growth and above all, hope – something she has always come back to and maintains for a continued bright future for herself and her family.
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