Giving birth comes with a roller coaster of emotions...many of which we find hard to articulate and discuss. With the birth of my first child, I kept a lot of these emotions bottled in. Primarily because I didn't understand them and I was also dealing with grief associated with losing my mother. This time around, I chose to journal what I was feeling every day. Writing my feelings has always made the feelings have less power over me. In these journal entries, I covered a full spec...
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Giving birth comes with a roller coaster of emotions...many of which we find hard to articulate and discuss. With the birth of my first child, I kept a lot of these emotions bottled in. Primarily because I didn't understand them and I was also dealing with grief associated with losing my mother. This time around, I chose to journal what I was feeling every day. Writing my feelings has always made the feelings have less power over me. In these journal entries, I covered a full spec...
On this episode Shola and I talk about the committee of voices in our heads when it comes to motherhood; nanny envy, how difficult it is to achieve a guilt free Netflix binge and the overriding fear that your child won't receive the love they deserve in this world.
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Giving birth comes with a roller coaster of emotions...many of which we find hard to articulate and discuss. With the birth of my first child, I kept a lot of these emotions bottled in. Primarily because I didn't understand them and I was also dealing with grief associated with losing my mother. This time around, I chose to journal what I was feeling every day. Writing my feelings has always made the feelings have less power over me. In these journal entries, I covered a full spec...
