Tag: identity shift

A complete guide to the emotional transformation of becoming a mother (matrescence). There’s a moment — sometimes quiet, sometimes chaotic — when a woman realises she’s not just raising a child. She’s being reshaped from the inside out. Her identity is shifting. Her priorities have changed. Her emotions feel unrecognisable.And perhaps for the first time,… Read more

The quiet, sacred work of becoming whole again. There’s a version of early motherhood no one talks about. The one where you’re showing up every day — feeding, rocking, changing, soothing — but inside, you feel like you’re slowly crumbling. Or maybe not crumbling, exactly. Just… disappearing. You catch a glimpse of yourself in the… Read more