By Houry S. Maljian Myths, and beliefs about motherhood and parenting. My honest thoughts on the most common thoughts, myths, and beliefs about motherhood and parenting. Becoming a mother is about sacrifice. I believe that sacrifice leads to resentment, so I like to think of it as compromise. Especially in our Middle Eastern culture, what…
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5 Things I’ve Learned As A Mother
By Maya Abdul Baki My own learnings from my motherhood journey Self Love Mom guilt cannot be avoided, no matter how many times I tell myself I deserve that manicure at the salon, in my gut I have second thoughts and feel like I should be home with them instead.. later on I realized that…
How to Live In Flow State: A Mother’s Guide to Wellbeing
By Aden Eyob Author of The Book On Mind Training The adage ‘A mother’s work is never done has been overused over the years as the basis for mothers neglecting self-care and boundaries. Furthermore, it validates the notion that a mother’s needs are not more important than her children and partner’s. Although the saying may…
Motherhood Is The Toughest Job But I Won’t Trade It For The World
By Nosheen What Motherhood Is For Me Motherhood is knowing joy, even while experiencing the hardest trials of life. Nothing else can produce the joy or broken heart that motherhood allows. I couldn’t imagine going through life without feeling that spectrum of emotion. There are wonderful days when I feel my cup runneth over. There…
The Bittersweet Reality of Motherhood: How I Embraced it
By Karen Al Annan Why Motherhood Is Bittersweet : Identity Loss, Postpartum Depression & loving my babies in between Motherhood! Wow. One word, three syllables, infinite dimensions. My name is Karen Al Annan. I am a mom. I am a wife. I am a friend. I am a daughter. I am what feels like a…
Losing Your Identity As A Mom & How To Get It Back
By Lucy Simona I Am a mom, I am a wife, I am a daughter, I am a friend.. who am I? Thoughts of a mom who had lost herself and found again I Miss being Me Believe me, I love being a mom more than anything else in this world, but I also miss…
Mom Entrepreneur : How Motherhood inspires Entrepreneurship
A Real Story By Amy Founder of Beaux Bambino and Beaux’s mama. How It all started – Mom Entrepreneur After being lucky enough to fall pregnant i started shopping for outfits for my steadily growing bump. Living in the UAE, the windswept deserts and classic scenery were a source of inspiration for the collection. Before…
Honest Journey Of Embracing Motherhood
Mourning The Old You By Char Mckenzie For the moms out there who were made for their new roles then this is most probably not for you but for the ones of us who spent the first few weeks, months, even years trying to find normality in our new lives, this one’s for you, actually…
Motherhood Strength – How Motherhood Made Me Stronger
By Aseel Hawwari I did not get the chance to share my experience as a mother before and how it made me the strong woman I am today. Today I believe it is the time to talk about it for what it carries of positive and negative experiences which in turn were the source of…
Who run the world – Girl it does not always have to be you!
By Laura Rossouw From cave woman to now, our bodies as women have remained mostly the same, yet our lifestyles have become remarkably more chaotic. Grow a baby, birth a baby and raise a baby, on top of everything else that ‘needs’ to be done – sound familiar? Sure, we have caffeine, Deliveroo and pre…