Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
How your relationship with risk can change after having kids
Having children does not only introduce new risks. It changes who lives with the consequences of some decisions. A choice that once…
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A selection of guides for the questions, changes and decisions that come with this stage.
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Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Feeling like you have so much more to lose since becoming a mom
Before kids, the future may have felt mostly like something that happened to you. After kids, love can come with a new…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Why some moms become more protective than they expected
It is easy to imagine what kind of mom you will be before there is an actual child in the picture. It…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Why does it feel like motherhood changed my personality?
Sometimes motherhood does not feel like adding a new role to the person you already were. It feels like the whole person…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Missing silence after having young kids
Sometimes you do not want to be away from your family. You want ten minutes when nobody is talking, singing, asking, crying,…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Missing the days when you could sleep without being on duty for anyone
Sometimes what you miss is not only more hours of sleep. You miss going to bed knowing that until morning nobody depends…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Missing your relationship before kids
Sometimes you do not miss a different partner or a life without your children. You miss the version of your relationship where…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Missing your old friendships and social life after becoming a mom
Sometimes you did not lose your friends. You lost the ease with which friendship used to happen. A text that once became…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Loving your kids and missing your old freedom at the same time
Often what parents miss is not the absence of their children. It is the ability to make a small decision without checking…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Missing your pre-kids life during an exhausting season of parenting
Your old life often looks brightest when the present is especially heavy. That does not always mean you secretly preferred not having…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Missing spontaneity after becoming a mom
You may still be a spontaneous person. The infrastructure changed. A last-minute idea now has to pass through meals, naps, school pickup,…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Missing the days when you could leave the house without planning everything
Sometimes the thing you miss is not travel or nightlife. It is grabbing your keys and leaving. With young kids, a simple…