“Self-care is so important as a parent” “Take care of yourself!” “Go for a walk!” “Take breaks as you need!” As parents, we hear that self-care is necessary for our own mental health and to be “good parents”. This can lead to feelings of inadequacy or self-condemnation when we do eventually lose our cool with …
Becoming a mother was physically taxing and, emotionally, very difficult. I knew motherhood would be hard, but I couldn’t prepare for the extreme endurance I would need and the isolation I would experience. Over the course of my mothering journey, I have experienced postpartum depression and had entire weeks where the only person I spoke …
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