Motherhood Will Change You:  on losing yourself after having a baby

Motherhood Will Change You: on losing yourself after having a baby

    “It’s not like I’m going to let motherhood change who I am,” I remember saying, with unintended smugness, hand hovering over my resplendently pregnant belly.    It was my first baby, I felt beautiful and powerful, and morning sickness was only a...
Running with the Wolves: The Story of a Modern-Day Rite of Passage

Running with the Wolves: The Story of a Modern-Day Rite of Passage

     I had the immense pleasure of being accepted to speak at Momondays Halifax back in June.     When I sat down to write my talk, words flew from my brain to my fingers and what happened was that I found the words to tell the story of the last...
MotherSHIFT

MotherSHIFT

  One of the wisest women I know, a woman who also happened to be my doula for both of my births, said to me before I conceived my first child:   “Transitioning to motherhood takes two to three years.”   At the time, given the trepidation I was feeling...