A PERSONAL COLUMN BY RHIAN BUDD
For women learning to live from their own knowing
Essays and reflections on womanhood, motherhood, identity, relationships and the everyday work of becoming more fully yourself.
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Motherhood, Identity & Finding Yourself Again
What happens to a woman’s sense of self in motherhood? If you're new here, this is a good place to start. This piece holds the heart of this column and explores the woman within the mother, identity shifts, matrescence and the quiet work of returning to yourself in the midst of everyday life.
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Discover personal essays and reflections on the things that happen beneath the surface of ordinary life — motherhood, identity, relationships, self-expression, belonging, and the slow work of becoming more fully yourself.
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