01/09/2026
Coping with postpartum identity shifts: who am I now?
Motherhood is often celebrated as an act of unconditional love — the sleepless nights, the soft rhythms of care, the endless giving. Yet beneath the beauty lies a quiet truth: becoming a mother changes everything.
Your days may be filled with feeding schedules, nap times, and emotional labor. But beneath the routine, another story unfolds — a deep, often invisible shift in identity postpartum.
Many women describe this experience not just as becoming a mother but as becoming unrecognizable to themselves. Somewhere between tending to everyone else’s needs, their own vibrancy — their sense of aliveness — begins to dim.
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