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Exploring Otherhood

I expected motherhood to be less inevitable for millennials like me, but reaching my 30s, it’s like I missed the memo. I’m seen as a unicorn or an alien. I’ve come to see myself as “other”, not mother. Yes, (gasp!) […]

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Book Extract: All the flavours of crying

Dearest Zo, First of all, I don’t care what anyone says: I think those tracksuit pants look lovely. I like how you’ve teamed them with a knit (and a bra! Fancy!), so that people will take you seriously. Now. How […]

Mother's intuition
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Mother’s intuition

The adage “mum knows best” is used often by pregnancy health specialists and for good reason: no one knows your body or your baby quite like you do. That said, we live in a fast-paced world in which there’s a […]

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It’s time we open up about infertility and loss

I’m at the age where the question, “when are you planning to have kids?” comes up frequently. But despite the fact so many people feel invested in my uterus, open discussions about experiences with infertility, miscarriage and perinatal death seem […]

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The path to a peaceful pregnancy

I’ve interviewed more than 300 women about their peaceful pregnancy journeys and birth experiences on my podcast, Australian Birth Stories, and while everyone’s story is different, there are many common threads. Over the past few years, I have heard countless […]

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Why are we obsessed with having it all?

Dubbed generation burnout, millennials are shackled to the notion that no matter what we achieve, it’s never enough. But when you try to “have it all”, you miss the enjoyment of having just what’s important.