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Warning: Danger of Heartbreak. Motherhood, with a Light Dose of Self-Love
“Just like the spoon washes its hands.” And he beat me. Again. My tiny human always makes the most squiggly, unconventional connections. Personifications that I scrape at with my soul, only to fall...
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This Fall, My Son Isn’t Headed to College, and I’ve Never Been Prouder
“Ma,” he said randomly as he walked into the kitchen. “Yeah?” I turned off the water from dishes to turn toward him. “I thank God I’m tall. You know being tall gives me like four aura points. So I...
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Once You Sign Up to Be a Parent, 24/7 Is the Only Shift They Offer
When you sign up to be a parent, you’re not just taking on a job-you’re committing to a 24/7 shift that is crucial to your child’s growth and development. Parenting: the only job where you’re the...
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7 Myths Women Are Taught About Marriage And Motherhood
It is 3 a.m., and she is awake in bed with a thousand thoughts weighing her down in her mind. The world outside is quiet, but her mind is in chaos with self-doubt, fear, and anxiety — everything they...
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Are You a Good Wife — or Just a Quiet One?
I still remember the day Mira called me, voice muted, almost apologetic. “Do you think I’m a good wife?” she said, as if it was a confession. There was a long silence before she continued. “I don’t...
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The Long Goodbye
Yesterday, my youngest daughter Juliana turned 22. Instead of birthday cake and laughter, she was in an operating room having emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix. And just like that, I was...
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5 Lies Women Are Told About Motherhood and Marriage
She sat motionless on the side of her bed, the soft buzz of the baby monitor in the distance. Her husband slept peacefully. The dishes lingered in the sink, laundry folded half-way, and her phone...
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Beyond Imagination: Focusing on Thoughts and Feelings When Envisioning...
By Tal Yatziv, Rebecca Brooker, Matthew Vess, and Helena Rutherford Key takeaways for caregivers Mothers’ tendencies to reflect on their own and their children’s thoughts and feelings are related to...
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What I Wish I Knew
They started singing to the unsuspecting woman standing out on the balcony of her third floor apartment. They sang an old folk song, relatively melancholic yet beautiful. I mean truly, it was a...
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Dear Dads — Here’s Why Your Wife Won’t Have Sex With You
67% of couples experience a major relationship decline in the first three years of parenting. That’s not just a random number — it’s a widely studied reality. The shift from being a couple to being...
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On Motherhood, Mother Tongues and Taco-Eating Dragons
By L. Finch I’m reading my three-year-old son a bedtime story in my native language about dragons who love tacos. I’m hearing myself say the word “dragon” again and again as I flip through the pages...
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Why More Women Are Freezing Their Eggs in Their 20s and 30s
— In recent years, egg freezing has gained significant traction as a reproductive option for women who want to preserve their fertility. Traditionally seen as a choice for women in their late 30s and...
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How to Cope When Kids Fly the Coop: Dealing with Empty Nest Syndrome
Motherhood is a journey worth experiencing, but there are dreaded destinations, one being the empty nest syndrome. From the day I embraced motherhood up to now, there have been numerous episodes of...
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The Challenge of Navigating Friendship and Motherhood
By Emma Lang My best friend is child-free, and I’m about ready to stretch and sweep with my second child now one week out from the due date. We’ve read the viral essay by Allison Davis in The Cut,...
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Parenting a Teenager? Here Are 5 Things You Might Want to Remember
I’ve blocked so much of my teenage years out. It takes talking to one of the teenagers in my life to remember how horrible it was. There was so much lack of wisdom concerning friendship, fears,...
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I Am My Mother’s Son Not My Father’s Man
EASILY MISUNDERSTOOD There is a tendency to assume. With people, optics and perceptions define them. Whether there is the truth or not is not pertinent. The relevance of facts, context or even...
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I Spent the Last Decade Practicing Calm With My Kids
I spent the last decade creating a calm vibe with my kids. That meant rebooting my inner monologue and thought patterns to dial down antagonistic triggers and reactions. You know, words that...
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How Marie Kondo Guaranteed My 100% Calm as a Parent (With an Astrological...
Do you remember when Marie Kondo took homes by storm and gave both them and its inhabitants the zen treatment? Konmari promised to despatch all clutter and bad karma and make the home a permanent...
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I Did Monk Mode as a Mother
This is how it brought me to Medium The alliteration is accidental. But the journey is making sense in hindsight. Monk mode is popularised as a period of enhanced focus, discipline, and productivity...
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How I Built Willpower as a Mother
I didn’t intend to treat motherhood as a marathon. To be a great marathon runner, it helps to have a developed anterior mid-cingulate cortex. For those long miles (days and nights) with no end in...
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