Postpartum Depletion

There’s a prevalent myth in our culture that new mothers both can and should cope alone. And I want you to know that actually, as a new mother you will need so much support. Much more than you [...]

For the first five years of motherhood I was switched ‘on’ constantly, 24 hrs a day, seven days a week until eventually I ended up completely and utterly exhausted, with Postpartum [...]

All mothers in this motherlife interview series are anonymous and so have been given nature names as their super heroine pseudonym. The nature names have been chosen from the list of nature words [...]

I wrote this piece over a year ago, when I was grappling with deep exhaustion. I no longer feel so depleted, despairing, or ashamed for having adrenal fatigue, and so I can share this now with [...]