Being in the postnatal period doesn’t end at 6 Weeks. It’s barely even begun.
(Postnatal and postpartum are used interchangeably – we’ll stick with “postnatal” throughout this piece.) The six-week check is a milestone in postnatal care, but it’s not a declaration that recovery […]
How to Feel Like Yourself Again After Having a Baby
Spoiler: it’s not about going back. It’s about meeting the person you’re becoming. If you’ve typed “how to feel like yourself again after having a baby” into a search engine […]
What Is Matrescence, and Why Nobody Told You About It?
Becoming a mother changes everything. Your body, your brain, your relationships, and your sense of self. There’s a word for that and it’s been around for decades yet up until […]
Why the Mother’s Landscape is at the Heart of How I Support Mothers
Words By Stevie Boreham — Somatic Practitioner supporting Mothers and their Children. When we think of motherhood, we often focus on the external landscape: the toys scattered like shrapnel across […]
The Real Reason I Created Mummy Writes: Because Being a Parent Shouldn’t Steal Your Identity
Words by Nici West. Have I told you about Mummy Writes before? Seriously, it feels like I’ve been talking about this little project for ages, and in a way, I […]
Giving Without Vanishing: The Otherish Parenting Revolution
When I first read Adam Grant’s Give and Take, one idea stayed with me long after I closed the book: be otherish. Grant defines otherish people as those who care […]