I love to tell the story of the motherhood transformation and to back it up with the science to explain and validate it.
That is what you’ll find here.
Make sure you check back regularly to see what words I've shared AND if you come across anything special I would love for you to get in touch.
As Aurelie Athan (Ph.D.) said, “Words create worlds. When we have lack of language and don’t know how to articulate our feelings, it makes it incredibly difficult. We need words to heal."
“A woman’s experience of the world around and within her changes when she becomes a mother. The way her body functions, feels, thinks and interprets; the way she finds belonging & relates to others; how she spends her time; what she sees, hears, feels, tastes, smells; how she moves; how she is perceived. Her experience of motherhood is an individual and social responsibility”
— Sarah Ashton @matrescencematters
Redefining Matrescence Support: Fostering Strength Together
Redefining Matrescence Support: Fostering Strength Together
Matrescence is Disorientating
The developmental process of matrescence has the ability to impact how we perceive and experience the world around and within us.
The Complexity of Overwhelm
It’s 8:15am and we head off for a bike ride, ‘this will be good’ I think, ‘sun, fresh air, physical activity’. Like you, we’ve had so much sickness in our house – it’s a relief to get outside.
Matrescence on the Continuum of Distress
Matrescence is a developmental process, it’s universal and all mothers will experience a matrescent period in their life, just as we did in adolescence.
What If We Thought Of Rest As Productive?
What are your thoughts on rest? We are conditioned to feel guilt with rest, or to feel like we need to have earned it. Well, firstly Mama, you have earned it. And secondly rest is productive.
Mastering Your Matrescence
The pressure to master our matrescence is influenced by the interaction of our personal desire for mastery, and the demands of our environment.
7 Reasons You Might Be Feeling Overwhelmed in Motherhood
These are all very valid, and normal, experiences within the current social context of mothering, matrescence, nervous system function and occupational disruption.