Losing Yourself

Good girl syndrome taught you that easy meant good. Here is why it follows you into motherhood, what it costs, and how to stop...

Lost myself as a stay at home mom? You are not ungrateful. Here is why disappearing into full time motherhood hurts and how to...

Grieving a mom friendship that faded without a fight? Here is why it happens, why it hurts, and a kind way forward when you...

I once held a boundary with my daughter so beautifully that a stranger would have applauded. Calm voice. Kind words. Firm no. And I...

There is a new word for the thing that has been exhausting you for years. It is called mommaxxing, and I hate it a...

Open your phone right now and look at who you follow. Count the spotless kitchens. The matching outfits. The calm, soft lit mothers narrating...

Sometimes you catch a glimpse of your old life and your chest aches. A song comes on. An old photo surfaces. A friend mentions...

She bakes banana bread before seven a.m. and it is somehow still warm when you arrive for pickup. She never raises her voice. She...

You look in the mirror some days and cannot quite find yourself in there. The woman looking back knows everyone’s schedule, everyone’s shoe size,...

Somebody called me by my actual name last week and it took me a full second to answer. Not because I did not hear...

You talk to yourself in a way you would never talk to another living person. You know this. You have caught yourself doing it....

Last updated: October 13, 2026 Someone asks what you want and your mind goes blank? It’s not indecision. Here’s why it happens to so...

Someone asked you a simple question recently. Maybe what music you like. Maybe what you do for fun. Maybe just what you wanted to...