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Self-Care

Loving your postpartum body: 12 mantras to help you adjust to your new shape

“I will not compare my postpartum body with any other moms’ postpartum bodies .”

Our daughters deserve to love their bodies

4 body-positive lessons to teach our daughters.

mom laying in bed with baby

I was going to fold the clothes, but instead I held you

Sometimes, holding you while you sleep is the best choice. A heartfelt essay on the joys of motherhood.

5 powerful ways to embrace your postpartum body

Telling women they can "bounce back' and erase the fact that they've had a baby is misguided at best and dangerous at worst.

Who’s that lady?

Maybe she’s born with it—maybe’s it’s caffeine

Find your sparkle ✨

In this week between holiday celebrations and big dreams for 2017, we hope you find the good stuff. The real stuff. The stuff that makes you sparkle. ?

What if mom guilt is good?

Perhaps mom guilt is a sign that you are a caring and aware mother.

Love your pregnant body: 10 mantras to embrace your changing shape

4. Pregnancy is a time for me to grow accustomed to ‘stretching’ myself.

New mama, you’re never going to find ‘balance’

You’re not going to feel “caught up” for a very long time. If you accept that—you’ll find new freedom.

Postpartum Rituals: Dikla Goren Dekel

NYC blogger and mama of 3 dishes on how she makes time for herself.

Your baby’s first home: Why now is the time to start loving your body

4 mantras to turn negative self-talk into acceptance and love for your body.

Celebrate, good times

Activate—Motherly superpowers! ?

Motherhood—its beauty and brutality—makes me cry

Tears. The tears. They bubble up without warning. In grocery stores, in the car, watching my daughter’s dance class.

Not all superheroes wear capes

She needed a hero—so that’s what she became.

Stressed to the max? 6 strategies for busy moms in times of overwhelm

3. Completely accomplish something—the laundry, work emails, or even cleaning the bathroom.

Self-care matters: Mantras to nurture you as you become a mom

This is the beginning of your beautiful and complicated relationship that you will have with yourself as a mother.

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