I Am Healing The Mother Wound By Making Women My Sisters
byThe biggest lie my mother told me was that women would always be my competition. It is a lesson that my mother instilled in…
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Do We Need To Normalise Formula Feeding?
byI love Chrissy Teigen. She’s honest, she’s funny, she’s a mum and she’s a great advocate for normalising breastfeeding. However, she recently posted on…
My Mum Said “You’ll Understand When You Have Your Own Kids”
byYou’ll understand when you have your own kids. That’s what I recall my mum saying to me on many occasions. Usually when she was…
How Pregnancy Taught Me My Body Is Powerful
byIt’s all too familiar. The story of a woman who’s uncomfortable in her own body. A woman who never accepts who she is and…
Raising My Daughter To Love Her Body When I’m Still Learning To Love Mine
byWhen I fell pregnant with my first child six years ago, I was relieved when the scan showed that I was having a boy!…
Do You Ever Think, “I Love You, But I Didn’t Choose You?”
byI don’t have kids, and I still don’t know what the future holds for me when it comes to motherhood. Will I want and…
Being A Stepmom Is Both Relentless And Beautiful
byI am the ungrateful stepmother to a six-year-old boy. This boy is just like any other boy. He’s sticky and excitable; and cuts his…
Running From You, Back To Love
byI fastened the baby carrier and walked down the corridor to the door. He was standing there blocking the only exit in our small…
I Gave Birth Alone, And It Made Me A Stronger Woman
byNot having the father of my child support me during labour, was something that I had already come to terms with. Yes, I wasn’t…
I Will Never Be Friends With My Mum, And I’m Okay With That
byMy mum and I are not best friends. Not even close. Since I started travelling a lot and living and working remotely, we’ve come…