Tag: Motherhood
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The icky, sticky lesson of babyhood that stuck with me
The key substance of parenting is a balancing of needs.
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What I learned about life from five nightmare weeks in a neonatal ICU
My baby’s birth was traumatic, but it strengthened both of us for life.
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I’m a working mom. Here’s how I finally stopped the voice in my head from telling me I wasn’t good enough
Boundaries don’t make a cage, they make a guard rail.
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I’m a lucky mom. I have a loving family. So why am I on anti-anxiety meds?
The hardest part of motherhood is finding the courage to ask for help.
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When it’s more than just the Baby Blues
Why we need to talk about the growing problem of postpartum depression. Postpartum depression, or PPD, isn’t simply a bout of “baby blues”. The emotional adjustment following childbirth might feel like sadness or irritability, anxiety, or reduced concentration, but it will generally ease up over a short period of time. Symptoms of postpartum depression are…
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A toddler, & now twins?! The highs & lows of my rollercoaster life
For a busy mom, anxiety and gratitude are flip-sides of the same coin.
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The magical, mysterious, flawed but powerful woman who made me what I am
She was flawed in many ways, but powerful in many more.
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How can I think of motherhood when my business is my baby?
When you’re trying your utmost to get your small startup business up and running, thoughts about marriage and motherhood must take second place, at least until the right someone comes along
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The gut-punch that sent me reeling off the corporate ladder
After years of a doubly reinforced glass ceiling in our industry, the older ones amongst us had smashed those ceilings and were racing up to Exco level. The band of sisters following them were determined to follow in their footsteps.
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The 3 parenting life-lessons I learned from my rescue mutt
I was going to be a rock star school governing body (SGB) mom. Ten years in, I know how foolish I was at the start and I’ve learnt some lessons. And some of those lessons came from a rather surprising source.