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!) […]
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 […]
Is it ever okay to ghost someone?
A while ago, a friend went on a dinner date with a man she met on Tinder. His looks lived up to his profile picture, they had common interests, he was charming, they shared a few laughs. Everything went swimmingly. […]
An invisible side-effect from the pandemic
Stay at home. That was the mantra parroted by hashtags and health officials during the Covid-19 pandemic. For months at a time, many of us were confined to our homes, physically distanced and discouraged from any sort of social gathering. […]
Why our early relationships matter
We human beings are very social creatures. As a social species, our development in childhood and throughout our lives unfolds within the context of close relationships with others, particularly our early relationships with our caregivers. The special relationship between caregiver […]
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 […]
Have you suffered from a vulnerability hangover?
A couple of months ago, a story I wrote was shortlisted for a prize, and naturally, I shared the news with my family. My mum, the wonderful cheerleader she is, asked if she could read it. Without too much thought, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Shy? sensitive or fussy? You may be a highly sensitive person
Like orchids, highly sensitive people thrive in the right environment. Clinical psychologist and Highly Sensitive Person, Rachel Samson, reveals how you can identify and care for your sensitivity.