Support and reassurance for new mothers, once a month (ish).
The aim is to highlight some of the ridiculous expectations that are placed upon us, provide reassurance that you aren’t on your own and share some ideas that might help you to feel more supported.
You can read all the previous weekly letters here, giving you a good idea about what to expect if you choose to join my mailing list.
Ritual has been featuring more and more in my work lately. They are a way to remember and feel connected again. A way to find your centre again. Bringing you back to your body, your breath and the simple and quiet rhythms of life. A way to recognise the reality of where you are and to make sense of change.
I finally, after years of niggles went to see a women’s health physio to get my pelvic floor examined. Sharing my experience in case it is a helpful reminder for you to take care of yourself too.
Honouring your postpartum body, eating and moving intuitively. Showing yourself kindness, grace and love.
I’d love for you to feel really well. The first step is giving yourself the time and attention to notice how you are feeling. To consider what you might need that day.
The shifts and vulnerability of early motherhood can come as a shock. The changes to your relationship to yourself and your identity were not something I’d planned for. This blog post shares some ideas for giving yourself some space and grace to explore those changes.
There have been huge shifts in the way we recover after childbirth, our mothers were most likely supported in hospital for far longer than we were and had a support network of close friends and sisters that probably lived close by and who weren’t working full time. This post is all about sharing why it might be feeling so hard and why you might not be recovering as fast as you might have thought.