HOW DO WE CARVE OUT A LIFE THAT SUITS US – NOT SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS? ON ENTERING HER 40S, Poorna Bell DECIDED TO EXAMINE EVERYTHING SHE’D BEEN CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE AS A WOMAN… AND THEN DO IT DIFFERENTLY

As I watched the kids all filing into the school hall, I forced myself to smile. I loved my job as a youth minister, working in schools with kids aged between five and 10. It brought such joy to my li

Feeling rough, I thought I’d overdone it at the weekend. But I was in for the mother of all shocks.

Brittany had been a teen mum herself. So when her lookalike daughter said she needed to chat, she knew what was coming…

Whether it’s through death, distance, or estrangement, entering a new stage of life as a parent without the support of your own mother can leave you feeling untethered, and bring unexpected waves of grief. With one in three new mothers being motherless, we look at how to navigate this loss – and how grief can give rise to resilience, community, and pockets of joy

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