Category: motherhood
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How I Build More Structure Into Our Days With Young Children
There was a season when I knew I wanted a meaningful home life, but the days still felt a little shapeless. I felt kind of lost, not quite sure what I should be doing. I was not trying to be careless. I was not trying to avoid discipline. I just did not yet know how…
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Homeschool Preschool & Kindergarten: What to Prioritize
One of the things I have had to accept in motherhood is that I cannot emphasize everything equally in every season. There are simply too many good things. There are beautiful books, practical life skills, outings, memory work, homemaking systems, language development, art, music, and a thousand worthwhile ideas. But if I do not know…
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How I Involve My Kids in Chores and the Values I Want Them to Learn
When people hear “children and chores,” they often imagine nagging, resistance, and one more thing for mum to manage. I understand that. But for me, involving children in chores is not mainly about getting more help. It is about bringing them into the real life of our home so that contribution, order, and care become…
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How I Feed a Family of 5 Healthy Home-Cooked Meals Without Spending All Day in the Kitchen
Here’s what we cover in this post There was a season when dinner felt like a daily reminder of not good enough. The children would already be hungry while one more dish was still cooking. Someone would be asking for a snack because the food was taking too long. I would be going back and…
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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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