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Find Yourself After Motherhood
Whether you just had a baby or your baby is an adult now, finding and reconnecting with who you are after motherhood matters.
Having a baby changes you. It changes your body, your mind, and your entire life. We often lose ourselves in motherhood and forget who we were pre-kids. Finding yourself again after you’ve had kids is important.
Eventually, the kids you give so much to will grow up and start lives of their own. While this is what we want for them, it can also leave us feeling adrift. We’ve given them so much and now that they don’t need us anymore, what do we do with our time? Who are we if we’re not Savannah’s or Liam’s mom?
You don’t have to wait until your kids are grown to find yourself again, though. You can start even while your kids are infants. In fact, the sooner you do this, the better. The sooner you do this, the easier it will be to avoid losing yourself in motherhood and completely forgetting who you are.
But what do you do? How do you find yourself after motherhood?
Reconnect with people who know you
Your partner, friends, co-workers, siblings and parents all knew you pre-baby. Reconnect with all these people (yes, this includes your…
