Mariah Maddox

Mariah Maddox is Motherly's Essays Editor. She is a passionate storyteller who shares her testimonials of motherhood, marriage and life through words and photos. Mariah is also a self-published author of "Beckoning of the Wind: An Ode to Motherhood." Instagram LinkedIn Website

Women's Health

Viral TikTok shows stark differences between how men and women are treated in healthcare

Medical gaslighting in women's health shouldn't be a constant problem, but sadly it is.

Children's Health

I’ll be an ‘overprotective’ mama this RSV season—and I’m not sorry for it

So please respect my boundaries.

Viral & Trending

I’m a proud ‘sad beige parent’

No matter what colors fill our home, this remains true: It is not absent of fun-filled, cherishable moments, and it is not vacant of the deepest love.

Motherly Stories

I’m not doing the ‘Pinterest mom’ thing this holiday season—and I refuse to feel guilty for it

My preferences for this holiday season may not appeal to the masses, but they will bring joy to my family—and that's all we need.

Viral & Trending

Professional counselor perfectly nails why ‘gentle parenting’ is more for the parents than the kids in this viral TikTok

“It is ‘I want to learn how to regulate my own emotions, how to manage my own nervous system activation before deciding what to do in response to my child.’”

Viral & Trending

Do you live in an ‘ingredient household?’ TikTok’s latest family trend has everyone talking

What's your household status?

Motherly Stories

I turned to photography in my darkest moments & it helped me heal

"Capturing my motherhood journey through photos allows me to honor and fall in love with my changes. It allows me to lend grace to this new territory that I am trying to gracefully navigate."

Mental Health

We need more honest conversations around postpartum mood disorders—not judgment

A lot of moms are suffering in silence.

Motherly Stories

The transition to becoming a mother is so intense—and there’s a name for it

“The process of becoming a mother is a developmental passage where a woman transitions through pre-conception, pregnancy and birth, surrogacy or adoption, to the postnatal period and beyond.”