Motherhood shifts your identity, pace, and priorities sometimes in ways you never saw coming, but often in the most beautiful ways.

Last night reminded me of the newborn days except it came out of nowhere. From 2 a.m. to 4 a.m., I sat in the dark with a coughing toddler.

I’m not bored because there’s nothing to do. I’m bored because I don’t feel like me anymore.

Up since 5:30am, two coffees down, tantrums, dry shampoo, missed story time. Just another morning in mum life.

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Motherhood is meant to be the most connected time of our lives – yet so many of us feel utterly alone. We walk into playgroups and rhyme time, eyes down, social anxiety raging, then leave without saying more than a polite hello. Why are we so lonely as mums… and what can we actually do about it?