52. Building Compassionate Workplaces: How Occupational Therapists and Moms Are Shaping the Future of Care with Sarah Blair
AND/BOTH Podcast - Real Conversations, Shared Experiences, and the Community You've Been Missing · Dr. Ashley Blackington
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Show Notes
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 empathy
- Why “women’s work” is still undervalued and underpaid
- How motherhood exposes the cracks in these systems
- The personal toll of trying to fit into structures that weren’t designed with us in mind
- Why sharing our stories matters for creating real change
This 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.com
Connect with Ashley:
Website: https://www.ashleyblackington.com
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