Category: motherhood
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Why You’re Tired Isn’t Always About Sleep: The Missing Link Postpartum Moms Need to Know
Most new moms expect sleep deprivation, but few realize that nutritional depletion might be what’s silently stealing their energy, mood, and capacity to show up the way they want. “A lot of moms are tired because they actually don’t nourish their bodies—and they don’t eat enough,” Arti shared. “I learnt that the hard way.” Arti,…
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Designing a Fulfilling Motherhood Life: Jiezhen on Matrescence, Leadership, and Letting Go
“I already knew my impact in the world.” When Jiezhen became a mom, she was already a leadership coach, Harvard graduate, and impact-driven entrepreneur. But motherhood ushered her into an entirely new season—one where identity, purpose, and priorities were stretched, stripped back, and rebuilt. “My daughter broke me in the best way possible,” she shares.…
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How to Build Loving Marriages as Busy New Parents (Even You’re Always Tired & Overwhelmed)
When you first fell in love, connection probably felt effortless.A glance. A laugh. Long conversations that stretched late into the night.It didn’t feel like “work” to enjoy each other — it was natural. But now, between sleepless nights, piles of laundry, meetings, and the constant needs of little ones… It feels like even looking lovingly…
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What Self-Care Isn’t—and What Actually Builds Emotional Resilience for Moms
By Shereen | Thriving New Mama You’ve checked “self-care” off your to-do list. You’ve taken the day off to get your hair done and spend some time alone in the cafe. BUT you still feel tired, irritable and worse, GUILTY even after a break. The truth is, these aesthetic versions of self-care—while Instagram-worthy—don’t actually align…
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How Well Is Your Marriage Doing Post-Baby? (Free Self-Assessment Tool!)
Becoming a mother is life-changing—and so is becoming parents. You and your spouse may still be under the same roof, but it can feel like you’re living in two different worlds. Between night feeds, toddler tantrums, mounting responsibilities at work, and the invisible weight of the mental load, your relationship might feel like it’s surviving……
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Top 10 ways for moms with young kids to practice self-care and have better mental health this CNY
Lunar New Year can be low-key stressful if you’re a mom with young kids. I can relate. There’s the invisible mental load You’re sourcing pretty red packets (ang bao packets), ensuring that you’ve got enough brand new $2 notes, looking at the bank new notes dispenser schedule, checking off the list of older relatives, aunties,…
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A therapist’s top five ways to prepare for your postpartum (that most people actually miss out)
Imagine you spent nine months preparing for your newborn’s arrival. You’ve asked around and researched for the best stroller, milk bottle, steriliser. You’ve figured out which one out of the ten types of crib mattress is going to reduce risks of SIDS and dust mites. You’ve rehearsed how you’re going to bathe and clothe your…
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How busy moms stay sane and teach their kids emotional resilience (tips from a mental health counsellor)
Your body – specifically, your autonomic nervous system (ANS), is always giving you information. The ANS has trackers, called “neuroception,” that scans your external environment (i.e. what you can see, hear, smell, taste or touch) and internal environment (i.e. your stomach, your heart rate). It then comes up with quick decisions on whether you’re safe…
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Start where you are.
This is my all-time favourite mantra since becoming a mother. I know myself, I’ve the habit of wanting to be an expert at everything because I’m anxious that I’d somehow miss something, and my child would get less than she deserves. When I first heard about environmental toxins, I nearly threw out all our baby…
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Every choice is a parenting decision.
Even those you think are made from societal pressure, circumstance, or ignorance. I know, that sounds kind of scary and overwhelming. I’ve a personal story. When my child turned 6 months and I was due back at work, I decided to place my child with my mother. Mothers, they can be strong convictions about how…
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