STOP Trying to Do It All and Do THIS Instead | Joey Djia

You’ve been trying to do it all. And somehow you still end up feeling guilty, scattered and not fully present anywhere. The problem isn’t that you want more. It’s the belief that you have to carry all of it at once.

In this episode of The Balance Theory, Erika sits down with Joey Djia, singer-songwriter, content creator, founder of baby and parenting brand Little & Co and mum of two sets of twins, to unpack the reality of being an ambitious working mum who also wants to be a deeply present one. Joey shares what it was like to raise four babies one and under, how motherhood changed her capacity but not her ambition and how she handles mum guilt while building businesses from home. This is not a guide to doing it all perfectly. It is an honest conversation about holding two truths at once.

If you have ever caught yourself thinking:

"Did I even hold them today, just because I wanted to?"

"Why do I feel so guilty taking a day to work?"

"I'm here with my kids, but my brain is on my inbox."

"Will having kids mean putting my dreams on hold?"

"Being a mum is everything to me, but it's not all I am."

Then this episode is for you. In this conversation, Erika and Joey cover:

• What it was really like finding out she was having twins, twice, and raising four babies one and under

• How Joey went from X Factor and a record deal to forensic science, teaching and building her own businesses

• Why her ambition didn't change after kids but her capacity did, and how she's learning to work with it