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Life as a Stepmother is No Fairytale—I Feel Sorry for My Wife

By Tim Lott — 2015

The children are angry and vulnerable, the father sides with them out of guilt, and stepmothers are just expected to suck it all up

Read on www.theguardian.com

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#UnmotheringTheWoman - Regretting Motherhood - Jeri

This week on UnMothering the Woman, we are exploring the concept of regretting motherhood. In this episode, we speak to a woman whose family planning method failed (twice) and what that meant for her and her life moving forward, including her feelings and reflections on the trajectory her life took.

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2020
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How to Not Lose Yourself in Motherhood

Some days, it can be hard to imagine yourself as anything but being in the thick of mom life. After all, motherhood is a huge part of your day to day and it can often feel like your entire identity is wrapped up in being a mom. But you don’t have to lose yourself to motherhood.

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2019
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Losing Your Identity to Motherhood

Thank you so much for watching and I hope TODAY you know that you are loved, treasured... beautifully and wonderfully made. Remember that there is no one in the world like you. You are a gift to the rest of us! xoxo Jeannie

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2015
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Year One—Surviving the First Year of Motherhood

Trigger Warning: This video contains content about postpartum depression and suicidal ideation. Year One is an award-winning documentary about identity, postpartum depression, and the first year of motherhood made by new mom and Brooklyn filmmaker Erin Bagwell.

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2021
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Happy Mom, Happy Kid: How to Reconnect with the Best Version of You For Your Kids

You were someone before pregnancy and parenthood—but where did that person go? Motherhood is a gift of unimaginable love and happiness. But in between playdates and naptime, you can’t help but miss certain things from your old life…and answering to your real name instead of “Mom.

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Zelmira Crespi, Maria Luisa Montt
2021
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We Are One: How One Woman Reclaimed Her Identity Through Motherhood

Motherhood, for those of us for whom it was never in the cards, can shift the tectonic plates of your being and, in the process, level the life built upon them.

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Vanessa Broers
2021
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The Motherhood Complex: The Story of Our Changing Selves

Enriched with discoveries from biology, psychology and social science, The Motherhood Complex is a journey to the heart of what it means to become a mother.

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Melissa Hogenboom
2021
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Love, No Matter What | Andrew Solomon

What is it like to raise a child who’s different from you in some fundamental way (like a prodigy, or a differently abled kid, or a criminal)? In this quietly moving talk, writer Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents—asking them: What’s the line between...

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Andrew Solomon
2013
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A New Way to Think About the Transition to Motherhood | Alexandra Sacks

When a baby is born, so is a mother—but the natural (and sometimes unsteady) process of transition to motherhood is often silenced by shame or misdiagnosed as postpartum depression.

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2018
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To Have and to Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma

A clinical psychologist’s exploration of the modern dilemmas women face in the wake of new motherhood. When Molly Millwood became a mother, she was fully prepared for what she would gain: an adorable baby boy; hard-won mothering skills; and a messy, chaotic, beautiful life.

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Molly Millwood
2019
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