This Newsletter Exists To
- Create language for emotional labor
- Normalize fatigue with out romanticizing it
- Acknowledge contradiction, anger and doubt
- Provide relief through recognition and relatability
- Offer presence before productivity
This Newsletter Will Never Ask You
- To feel proud for suffering in silence
- To perform or mask as resilient all the time
- To "Fix" or "change" yourself, you do not need to be "doing it right"
- To agree with every opinion, you do not need to be consistent, be open
- To suppress your voice to keep the peace, you don't have to be palatable here
What To Expect When You Open This Email
- Relatable content that gives you the feeling of belonging, not lecture style text that feels distant
- Language you didn't know you needed, you may feel unsettled by this
- Occasional invitations to support, no urgency, no pressure, no demands
- Space to breath may open to you, you may feel relief
What We Hope This Becomes
- An easy read, a quiet constant
- A reassuring place to sit down to on hard weeks
- A reminder that you are not alone and the weight you feel and carry is real
- A written record of "motherhood" experienced truthfully, uninhibited and in real time