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They Told Me My Body Had Failed

I was a brand-new mother when I was told my body couldn’t give my baby what he needed. I believed it. Years later, sitting in a circle of women, I began to understand how deeply those words had shaped me—and discovered the kind of healing that becomes possible when we stop trying to do it all alone.

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When Did You Stop Asking Yourself What You Needed?

Many women learn early that being loved means being good, helpful, accommodating, and aware of everyone else’s needs. But what happens when you become so fluent in caring for others that you stop listening to yourself? A reflection on self-abandonment, the roles we inherit, and finding our way back to who we were before we learned who we needed to be.

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Why Mamas Need a Tribe

Have you ever had one of those days? I’m talking one of THOSE days. The kind where no matter what you do, and no matter how hard you try, you just can’t pull yourself up and dust yourself off. The kind where even though you truly try to just hit pause, and take a breath, and reset, but the reset just seems like a freakin repeat of what you were trying to reset from.

I have.

I actually just had one of those days yesterday. 

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