Picture her — you, before all of it. Before the titles, the schedules, and becoming the person everyone leans on. In this episode we name the grief nobody warns you about: losing yourself one reasonable sacrifice at a time. I share the research word for it (matrescence — the identity earthquake of motherhood that doesn't just happen once), why grieving your old self isn't ingratitude, and my own experience mothering two boys in two completely different seasons at the same time. Coming home isn't reinvention — it's return, in a hundred tiny reunions. One question to carry with you. Email me at hello@connectwithmaryam.com — I read every one. New episodes every Monday and Thursday, with guest expert conversations coming soon.

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Imperfectly Courageous — a personal growth podcast for accomplished women who are quietly burned out and homesick for themselves. With transformational coach Maryam, explore self-worth, mindset, subconscious and somatic healing, identity, and the courage to come home to who you really are.

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