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Here’s the truth, mama: We never stop needing our village

Keep looking for your village. Keep building your village. And keep being the village for others.

Breastfeeding is no easy journey—but I gave it my all

I realize that my story is not about failure. It’s not failure when you try your hardest. This is about how we need to support and help moms to get better at breastfeeding and avoid mental health capitulation.

To the weary and exhausted mama—you aren’t alone

Hey mama, You’re doing the best you can. You’re loved. You’re resilient. You’re strong.

I’m not pregnant anymore, but my body is broken

This culture does not make it easy to be a woman, let alone a postpartum one. For godssake, let us have postpartum, too.

The new Pioneer Woman Collection is perfect for twinning with your mini 👯‍♀️

Now's the time to wrangle your mom and grandmother for that four generation photo you've been trying to create for years, mama!

I love my baby, but I miss myself

Nothing has brought me greater joy than motherhood, but nothing has brought me greater grief than becoming a foreigner to my own skin.

To my friends going through IVF, I’m sorry I didn’t understand

If you have friends battling infertility, you don’t know what it’s like until you have lived what it’s like. 

This is why we need to prioritize the care of postpartum mamas

Paid leave is not a vacation. Four weeks of it isn't enough.

Sometimes, motherhood is just too much

I have to imagine you feel this too. I have to believe that these feelings, these days of mine are felt by others. I’m saying it out loud because this rawness is so very real, it’s oh so real, and I can’t cover it up.

7 things people don’t tell you about raising teens

What I’ve realized about the teen years is that, like all stages of parenting (and life, for that matter), they are a Both/And experience.

To my husband: When motherhood gets tough, you make it easier

I know that most times I am our child's safe haven, but at the end of each day, you are mine.

Thinx for All makes period underwear more affordable–and easier than ever to buy on your Walmart runs

If they weren’t already, period undies have gone even more mainstream this…

From a mom of older kids to a new mama: It won’t always be this hard

To those mamas who feel exhausted and stuck, like things will never get easier, let me tell you: things will get easier.

Our children may never know all we do—but they will know our love

I know you may not know it, but you are seen. You are needed. You are wanted.

What moms are feeling is so much more than ‘burnout’

'Burnout' is a bite-sized buzzword for a really complex and layered issue.

Motherhood is holding on, and then one day letting go

It’s holding on. To firsts and lasts, to moments of magic in the mundane, and to an ache of loving so deeply.

A letter to new cancer moms

Sweet friend, I wish I could promise you that your child is going to survive this. That you are all going to come out of this undamaged. But, I can't promise you any of those things. What I can promise you? You WILL have support. 

To the working mom who’s also a stay-at-home mom: I see you

At the end of the day, we don’t want our children to say that mama did it all. We want them to know that mama did what she could, and that was more than enough.