Do you feel like you're always waiting for something to go wrong? Exhausted in a way sleep doesn't fix? Thoughts that won't switch off at 3 AM?

In this episode, Sarah breaks down what's actually happening in your body - what the nervous system is, why motherhood pushes it into chronic overdrive, and why none of it means you're bad at coping. It means you're human and you've been carrying a lot.

We get into the science - polyvagal theory, the vagus nerve, what chronic dysregulation actually looks like in mothers - and the things that genuinely helped. Not a wellness to-do list. The real stuff.

Reflection prompt: Where in your body do you feel the tension? Not the emotions - the physical sensation. Where do you brace, hold, tighten? Just notice.

Find Sarah at www.sarahbabiker.com.

Mother Circles: www.sarahbabiker.com/themotherfirecollective

Coaching: www.sarahbabiker.com/coaching

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When did you stop being you? For most mothers, it doesn't happen dramatically. It's a slow, quiet fade. In this episode, Sarah talks honestly about the identity shift that happens when a woman becomes a mother, why society is largely responsible, and why losing yourself in motherhood is not a personal failing.

We get into matrescence - the seismic identity earthquake of becoming a mother that nobody prepares you for - and what it actually looks like when a mother has lost herself. Spoiler: it doesn't look like sadness. It looks like irritability, resentment, and forgetting what you like.

Reflection prompt: If someone who really loved you asked who you are right now, beyond your role as a mother, what you want to be able to say?

Find Sarah at www.sarahbabiker.com

Mother Circles: The MotherFire Collective | Sarah Babiker | Community Support for MothersLife Coaching: 1:1 Coaching | Sarah BabikerSomatic Breathwork: Somatic Breathwork | Sarah Babiker

In the first episode of Still Her, Sarah shares the honest story behind why she made this podcast - including the parts she doesn't usually lead with. If you've ever felt like you disappeared somewhere inside motherhood, this one is for you.

We talk about identity loss, intrusive thoughts nobody tells you about, the slow leak of self that happens across years of putting yourself last, and what it actually feels like to find your way back.

Reflection prompt: When was the last time you did something purely because it made you feel like you?

Find Sarah at www.sarahbabiker.com

Mother Circles: www.sarahbabiker.com/themotherfirecollective

Coaching: www.sarahbabiker.com/coaching

Somatic Breathwork: www.sarahbabiker.com/somaticbreathwork