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I want you to know something, mama…  Matrescence is about more than just being a mother – this is about being a woman. A woman who knows herself, who listens to herself, and who values herself. If we deny this understanding, we deny her a chance to learn about herself. We force her to go back to proving…

There’s something you need to know, mama. It’s the secret to what you’ve been feeling since starting this motherhood journey. It’s the missing link, the forgotten transition of womanhood.  Understanding this ancient yet thoroughly modern insight into motherhood will change everything. It will explain that pull to be there for your child’s every moment, yet…

Not too long ago, most of the transition of motherhood was invisible. We were so focused on childbirth, and the perfect birth plan, and then beyond that? All about the baby.But that is beginning to change: post-partum doulas, acknowledgement of a fourth trimester, even post-natal depletion. It’s the beginning of a change.  But what about…

* Adult language used in this episode * This is an exciting time. We’re having conversations about what it means to be a woman, a mother, an equal, all over the world. New barriers are being broken. It’s revolutionary.  But as we change the conversation around motherhood, I am often asked ‘what about the dads?’…

Motherhood comes with a lot of expectations, both spoken and unspoken. Passed down from generation to generation, we inherent so many unconscious beliefs around what it means to be a good mother and woman. Matrescence, if honoured correctly, can change that. Matrescence is an invitation to examine not only who you used to be, but…

Matrescence forces us to redefine who we are. It asks us to look at what’s working, who we think we are, what we’re attached to, and how we value ourselves – and not just in the first weeks and months of motherhood, but over and over again. (In fact, it’s kind of never ending. But…

Early motherhood brings a total shift of focus – from you as a woman and a partner, to Mother. We get that. We know that’s part of the process. But after a while, you begin to realise that maybe, just maybe, you need to start shifting that focus back onto yourself a little – and…

It’s so easy to decide that now is not the right time. Motherhood, household chores, school holidays, deadlines, illnesses… there’s always something. Always. But we have two choices – We can choose to keep putting ourselves on hold, waiting for that perfect moment when everything lines up and the heavens open for us to GET…

Where have they gone? Where have those milestones, those celebrations, those INITIATIONS of womanhood gone? They have become invisible. Forgotten and push-aside for a faster paced life. A life where we are all meant to be the same, all of the time. To honour motherhood differently, we need to honour womanhood differently. They go hand…