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True life: My friends have always been the center of my world—until I had a baby

I'm loving my new role as a mother, and I think I'm doing a pretty great job. But I also miss being able to be a good friend.

Updated Feb. 18, 2025

We’ve been friends for 30 years—and motherhood has brought us even closer

She opened my eyes to the fact that all mothers are imperfect—just like our friendship.

Updated Feb. 18, 2025

If I can be half the mother my mom is, I’m doing good

And I thank the heavens above that my little girl has you as a grandmother.

Updated Feb. 18, 2025
orca whales

Motherly instincts and love aren’t just human, they’re mammalian

Humans and whales share mammalian brains and social traits.

Updated Feb. 14, 2022

14 conflict-free ways to handle unwanted parenting advice

Regardless of the advice, it is your baby, and in the end, you will raise your child the way that you think best

Updated Feb. 18, 2025

Motherhood is: Having mixed emotions about your baby starting kindergarten

You'd think I wouldn't need to blink an eye about today, but you're wrong.

Updated Feb. 18, 2025
mom playing with baby, who is in the crib

Motherly Studios custom video solutions

Through a suite of custom video solutions, Motherly Studios creates deep connection…

Updated Feb. 19, 2025

Phrases to calm that next meltdown

Few things can waylay the day like a meltdown. From screams and…

Updated Feb. 27, 2023
3 women walking in Disney World

Disney World now offering moms a chance to play dress-up, too

Whether you want to be a princess—or a villain.

Updated Feb. 11, 2022
mother holding her child on her lap, using rie parenting methods to foster its capacity to learn

What is RIE parenting? What parents need to know about Resources for Infant Educarers

And six ways to implement this parenting philosophy into your life.

Updated Jan. 17, 2023

Once we became parents, we had to throw our old version of ‘normal’ out the window

My family was complete and perfect, and very far from what we first considered "normal."

Updated Aug. 08, 2018

What happens to a woman’s brain when she becomes a mother

Motherhood changes our brains and writer Chelsea Conaboy wants us to know that.

Updated Feb. 18, 2025
Gail Simmons with her child

Real talk with Gail Simmons: It’s so important to create your own village

"You need hands. You need help," says Simmons. "It is so exhausting, and there's so many pieces to it."

Updated Feb. 11, 2022

I’m going to stop hurrying and start being more fully present

What if one day you realized your life is just full of hurry and not much else?

Updated Aug. 06, 2018

To the mama who wonders if she’ll ever figure out this whole ‘motherhood’ thing

Because motherhood is a lot of things. It's messy. It's exhausting. It's joyful. It's rewarding. And it's unpredictable.

Updated Aug. 06, 2018
man and woman with children

In these hectic days of parenting, I really miss you darling

I didn't know that I could sleep next to you every night and still miss you.

Updated Feb. 11, 2022
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