Motherhood brings joy, love, intensity and meaning - but for so many women, it also brings something else: Guilt. Relentless guilt. Guilt that doesn’t match reality, logic, or even truth. Guilt that attaches itself to the smallest decisions, the biggest ones, and all the moments in between. You can be doing your best - truly - and still feel like it’s not enough. You’re not imagining it. And you’re definitely not alone. The reason guilt shows up so frequently in motherhood is

I know what it feels like to carry the weight of mum guilt.  To wonder: ❓If I’m doing enough. ❓If I’m getting it right. ❓If I can really...

For those that don't know, my MSc research topic was the lived experience of maternal guilt in new motherhood. In the years that followed...

The other day my son said: “Daddy doesn’t worry about anything. Mummy worries about me getting sick. And nits.” As funny as the last part...

In this week's Facebook Live* I spoke to fellow coach Katrina Court about maternal ambivalence. Many people mistakenly think that to be...

Now that Easter is behind us and Spring has officially sprung, it feels like the right time to announce something exciting: This...

The past weeks and months have been challenging to say the least. According to the Journal of Psychiatric Research 61% of mums who have...