Honest posts about burnout, the mental load, snapping, and what it's really like to mother with a brain that works differently. No toxic positivity. No bubble bath advice.
Good girl syndrome taught you that easy meant good. Here is why it follows you into motherhood, what it costs, and how to stop swallowing every no. Last updated: 30 October 2026 You learned young that...
The posts moms send to their friends with “this is literally me.”
Start here if yelling is your hard thing right now. 💛 What yelling actually does to your child’s nervous system (and why you keep...
You are not on your phone. You are not crying. You are just sitting on the edge of the bath with the door locked,...
Last updated: October 8, 2026 Running on an empty emotional tank doesn’t always look like crying. Here are the quiet signs moms miss, from...
The holiday mental load starts in October. Costumes, Thanksgiving lists and Sinterklaas poems all run through one brain. Here is how to put some...
Lost myself as a stay at home mom? You are not ungrateful. Here is why disappearing into full time motherhood hurts and how to...
The mental load is not the bin. It is every invisible yes you absorbed quietly. Here is how one garbage app notification became a...
Grieving a mom friendship that faded without a fight? Here is why it happens, why it hurts, and a kind way forward when you...
Grieving a late diagnosis is real. Why relief and anger arrive together, and how to be kind to the mom you were before you...
The second shift mom checks locks, lunchboxes and tomorrow’s calendar after the doors close. Here is why that work counts and how to put...
Overstimulated and understimulated at the same time? Why the ADHD mom paradox happens, and what helps when the noise is too loud and the...
When your kid says I hate you it lands like a punch. Here is what their nervous system really means by it, and what...
Misophonia mom? Chewing, sniffing and slurping at dinner can feel unbearable. Here is why it happens and what helps, without the guilt. Last updated:...
Mental health support for moms feels out of reach: 71 percent of Canadian mothers delayed it, and time was the biggest reason. Here is...
Burnout hypervigilance makes good days feel like a trap. Here is why you brace for the crash and how to let a good day...
Sunday evening dread hits when you plan everyone’s week alone. Here is why the week feels like a wall, and a ten minute way...
A late-realized AuDHD mom in a blended family of seven, writing the posts I needed when I was crying on the bathroom floor. Every post here is written by me, from real life.