Notes on motherhood, identity & the woman beneath it all
Psychoeducational writing on the parts of early motherhood that are hard to say out loud — matrescence and identity, postpartum anxiety and anger, the good-daughter role, and parenting differently than you were raised. Written for US-raised Asian American women navigating pregnancy, postpartum, and early motherhood. General education only — never about individual clients.
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When Family Asks "Any News Yet?": The Hidden Weight of Trying to Conceive in Asian American Families
September 2026
Why the question that takes them five seconds to ask can take you days to recover from — and what culturally attuned support for trying to conceive actually looks like.
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Why You Don't Feel Like Yourself Since Becoming a Mom
August 2026
You look up one morning and can't quite find yourself in your own life. There's a name for that feeling — matrescence — and it isn't a sign that something's wrong with you. Here's what's really going on, and when it's something more.