You cannot fully prepare for motherhood but, I think there is wisdom in being well informed before becoming a mom (not that I was)! I practically winged it because our pregnancy was unplanned. Planned or not, motherhood is not a walk in the park. Even though your motherhood journey will be uniquely yours, I still […]
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Just the other day, I was sitting and; reflecting on my struggles with self-care and self-love in the early stages of motherhood. Maybe if I knew anything about self-care as a child, I would not have struggled to care for myself when the pressures and demands of life as a mom came, I thought to
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The blessing of motherhood comes with a whole lot of responsibility, sometimes making it hard to slow down. I do not know about you mommy, but even during the national lockdown, I do not remember fully unplugging and resting. Now our lives are slowly going back to normal and we are working on our routines
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Misconceptions are so powerful. A big part of losing myself in motherhood came from misconceptions about it that I had learned, absorbed, and adopted as my own. This is where most of my mom-guilt came from. I cannot tell you how incompetent I felt when I failed to act accordingly. It was as though I was
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