helping you navigate motherhood’s emotional highs and lows
My daughter was having a tantrum. A big one. She was two, overwhelmed by big feelings she didn’t have words for, screaming and throwing herself on the floor. And I felt my mother’s words rising in my throat: “Stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about.” I didn’t say them. I caught myself […]
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The baby was finally asleep. I’d been trying for an hour—bouncing, rocking, singing, walking. When her eyes finally closed and her breathing settled into that soft rhythm, I should have felt relief. Instead, a voice in my head immediately said: “It shouldn’t have taken that long. Other mothers can get their babies down in ten
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I was drowning. Literally sobbing in my bathroom at 3 AM because I hadn’t showered in four days, the baby had been cluster feeding for hours, my body hurt everywhere, and I was so exhausted I couldn’t think straight. My mother-in-law had texted earlier that day offering to come help, and I’d said no. “We’re
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It was 2 PM on a Tuesday. The baby was screaming, the dog was barking at a delivery person, I had pee on my shirt from a diaper change gone wrong, my partner was texting asking what was for dinner, and I realized I hadn’t eaten since 7 AM. I felt my chest tighten, my
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I remember the first time I saw them—those deep purple lines spreading across my growing belly at seven months pregnant. I stood in front of the mirror, tracing them with my fingers, and felt a wave of something I wasn’t prepared for: shame. I’d been warned about stretch marks. I’d been told they were inevitable,
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“You’re doing it wrong. When I had babies, we never did it that way.” My mother-in-law said it with a smile, but the criticism landed like a punch. I stood there holding my crying newborn, exhausted and insecure, wanting to defend my choices but terrified of causing family conflict. So I smiled back and said
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I was folding laundry when my partner walked past me to get a snack. Something inside me snapped. The white-hot fury that flooded my body was so intense, so disproportionate to the moment, that it scared me. He hadn’t done anything wrong—not really. But I wanted to scream, to throw something, to rage at the
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I sat in a circle of strollers at my first “mommy and me” class, desperately trying to decode the conversation happening around me. Someone mentioned sleep training. Another mom bristled. Someone else chimed in about attachment parenting. The tension was palpable. I smiled and nodded, making mental notes of what not to say, terrified of
The “Mom Friends” Trap: How to Build Authentic, Non-Judgmental Support Read More »
You are exhausted. The baby just won’t sleep. The sink is full, you haven’t showered in two days, and suddenly, the smallest thing—a misplaced remote, a text message—sends you spiraling. You’re not just sad or tired; you’re having a full-blown postpartum meltdown. First, let’s establish a foundational truth: This is normal, and you are not
Emotional First Aid Kit: 5 Tools for an Immediate Postpartum Meltdown Read More »
It’s easy to talk about “healing” in abstract terms, but what does it actually look like when you’re standing in your kitchen at 7 AM, running on four hours of sleep, and facing a massive to-do list? True, sustainable healing isn’t a one-time event; it’s a commitment to practical healing techniques—small, daily actions that rewire
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