May - 2023

Mothering Without a Mother

It's been 12 years since my mum passed. Losing a parent at the age of 20 is devastating - it is at any age. Time, though, is a healer. As...

A letter to my mum

Dear Mum, Today's your birthday... AND Mother's Day... fancy that. I can't believe you did this too. That you once held me in your arms...

Don't fall victim to diet culture.But don't fall victim to ANTI-DIET CULTURE either.

Don't fall victim to diet culture. But don't fall victim to ANTI-DIET CULTURE either. Yeah we get it. There is a really icky kind of diet...

YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIND YOUR JOY THROUGH EXCESSIVE CALORIE CONSUMPTION

I've been thinking about this a lot... the body positivity message is that it's ok to be overweight, obese and even morbidly obese....

Judaism & Death

One of the things I love about Judaism is the way they handle death. Hear me out… When my mum died when I was 20, we were rushed out of...

FEMINISM & MOTHERHOOD

I'm going to commit heresy right now by questioning feminism - but have you ever noticed that feminism never talks about motherhood? I...

Maiden. Mother. Matriarch. Birth and Death.

Whether or not it's popular or politically correct today to say, women have 3 major life phases that are distinguished by our...

Motherhood: The Good, The Bad and The Totally Unfungible.

A (not cheesy, I promise) letter to my pre-children, Maiden self for the "We Are Mothers" Podcast. (I will share the recording once it's...