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Joy Adan is a Filipino-born presenter, writer and artist from Western Sydney.
She’s passionate about challenging the status quo, and said after she had children she sat down with her husband and said, ‘whatever this partnership is, the terms have now changed.”
If you want some honest truths – like I love my child AND I find this really hard – are interested to know what it looks like to rewrite cultural and gender roles, and you need permission to discard the lessons we’ve been taught about self sacrifice, Joy is your woman. I loved this chat, and I hope you enjoy listening!
In this episode we discuss:
- The shifting of gender norms she saw in her home growing up – but that meant also never seeing her mother rest
- The importance of true partnerships
- Giving ourselves permission to rest – you can’t pour from an empty cup
- Joy’s experience of post-natal depression and anxiety when her youngest was born
- Whatever the reasons that you might be drowning, you don’t need to keep drowning you can get help
- Therapy and her inner critic
- Taking time for creativity
- The spirit of experimentation Joy and her husband bring to their life
- The value of work from home and flexibility to BOTH parents, not just mothers
- Challenging gender roles in our homes
About Joy Adan
Joy is a Filipino-born presenter, writer and artist from Western Sydney, and a champion for women’s health and wellbeing. A high-energy public speaker and workshop facilitator, Joy’s love for creativity and storytelling has led to an enriching career spanning education, media, technology and not-for-profit sectors, where she enjoys challenging conventions and building up a generation of leaders who are confident, inclusive, media literate and unafraid of changing the status quo.