Many mothers I work with in online therapy say some version of the same thing: "I don't know what's wrong with me. I just don't feel like myself anymore." They often assume something has gone wrong. That they're failing. That they should be coping better by now. But what if what you're experiencing isn't failure at all? What if it's a normal response to one of the biggest transitions a human being can go through? When we think about becoming a mother, we often focus on the practical changes –...

When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I had a very clear vision of how I wanted to give birth. A water birth, no medication, gas and air only and relaxing music playing in the background. I had been meditating for about three years before my pregnancy and the year before I had climbed Kilimanjaro, meditating every night in my tent at altitude. My oxygen levels during daily tests were consistently strong and I knew firsthand the power of breathwork and a calm mind. I was going to use...

You're a few weeks or months into motherhood and something feels off. You don't feel like yourself. You're grieving something you can't quite name. You love your baby but you're not sure you love your life right now. And the question that keeps circling at 3am is: is something wrong with me? The two most common explanations you'll come across are Postnatal Depression (PND) and - if you've been lucky enough to stumble across the term - matrescence. But what's the difference, and how do you...