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Parent Identity & Wellbeing
Why You Keep Comparing Yourself To Other Moms
I scrolled past a friend’s perfectly plated bento-box lunch post last week and immediately felt like garbage about…
Parent Identity & Wellbeing
Postpartum Isn’t Just Physical. Nobody Talks About the Identity Loss
Someone asked me a few months after having my daughter who I was outside of being her mother,…
Parent Identity & Wellbeing
The Mental Load Working Moms Carry That Nobody Sees
A working mom in my community genuinely described her brain as “a browser with forty tabs open, always,”…
Parent Identity & Wellbeing
Recovering From Parent Burnout When You Can’t Just Rest
A friend admitted she’d been running on fumes for months, and the advice to “just rest” felt almost…
Parent Identity & Wellbeing
What To Do When You Feel Like a Bad Mom Today
I sat in my car for an extra minute after a genuinely rough morning, convinced I’d somehow ruined…
Parent Identity & Wellbeing
The Guilt That Follows Yelling, and What Actually Helps
I yelled considerably louder than I actually meant to last week, and the guilt that followed sat heavily…