Zoe Foster Blake reveals the toll that balancing motherhood and her multimillion dollar career takes on her mental health: 'You get into that survivor mentality' READ MORE: Hamish Blake and wife Zoe welcome surprise new additions By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:52, 21 September 2024 | Updated: 11:57, 21 September 2024 e-mail View comments Zoe Foster Blake manages to balance a career as an author and skincare mogul while raising two young children. The 44-year-old, who shares Sonny, eight, and Rudy, five, with her radio star husband Hamish , tells this week's issue of Stellar Magazine that finding time for a bustling career while raising a family can take a toll on her mental health. 'You get into that survivor mentality when you're super slammed, and knowing it will calm down eventually is the carrot to dangle, but most women I know say, "It's just how we live our life; things will calm down soon.
" Guess what? It doesn't' she said. Zoe continued: 'I feel like there's a lot of awareness about the mental load – which was something we didn't even have a name for – and the admin load, and being overstimulated. I go, "Oh, I'm not a bitch, I'm just overstimulated.
" 'My friends will text me and say, "Another book? How are you doing it all?" There's a genuine curiosity and my genuine answer is: at great cost – to my mental health, to my time with my family, to my physical health. 'The things that got put aside for me to be able to finish this project and do.