Monthly musings, inspiration and support for an empowered motherhood
It’s not “just” motherhood
That overwhelming feeling you can’t quite put into words? It’s not all in your head. You’re not alone, and you certainly don’t have to ride this out on your own.
Two things can be true
Motherhood is full of contradictions. You can love your child fiercely and still find it relentless. You can be grateful for this season and miss the freedom of your old life. It’s called maternal ambivalence, and it’s completely normal. Let’s talk about it.
Maternal ambivalence: the two truths of motherhood
While more women may feel comfortable saying that motherhood is hard, saying that you don’t always enjoy it, or dare I say it, sometimes hate it, still feels taboo.
Ambivalence is that feeling of being pulled in opposite directions by strong emotions, needs, values or passions. It’s being conflicted and something that I believe should be talked about more openly.
5 tips to shake off mum guilt
We’ve all had it, that nagging feeling that we’re not doing it right, or that we should be doing more of this, or less of that.
#mumguilt seems so inherently woven into the lexicon of modern motherhood that we just accept it as part of the job description.
Matrescence: one word with the power to transform motherhood
Matrescence is a relatively new way of describing the identity shift a woman goes through when she becomes a mother.
It captures the physical, psychological, emotional, and social transformation she experiences; a transformation that is slow, always evolving, and one that never truly ends.