One of the biggest surprises of early motherhood for me was realizing that I didn’t want to go back to work after my baby was born.

After years of education, building my career, and creating a professional identity, I suddenly felt something shift inside of me postpartum. The work I had once loved no longer felt the same.

In this episode of Lost & Found Mom, I’m sharing my personal experience with the unexpected postpartum shift that made me question returning to work after maternity leave.

We talk about:

• Why some mothers lose the desire to return to work after having a baby

• The emotional and identity shifts that happen during postpartum

• The internal conflict between career identity and motherhood

• The guilt and confusion many women feel during this transition

• What I ultimately decided to do about it

• Four reminders that helped me navigate this season

Becoming a mother can shift priorities, identity, and the way we see our work and purpose in the world. These changes can feel confusing, especially if you spent years building a career before having children.

If you’ve found yourself thinking:

“Why don’t I want to go back to work after my baby?”

“Is something wrong with me for wanting to stay home?”

“Why does my career feel different now?”

You are not alone.

This episode is an honest conversation about the postpartum career identity shift — and how to navigate it with compassion for yourself.

Some evenings in motherhood feel endless.

The kids are tired. You’re overstimulated. Everything feels harder than it should. Bedtime feels far away, and you’re wondering how you’re going to make it through the next hour.

In this episode of Lost & Found Mom, I’m sharing the story of one of the longest evenings I’ve had with my kids — the kind of night where everyone is overwhelmed, emotions are high, and nothing seems to be going smoothly.

Instead of pretending those nights don’t happen, we’re talking honestly about them.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why evenings can be the hardest time of day for moms

• Emotional exhaustion and overstimulation in motherhood

• The pressure to stay calm when your patience is gone

• What it feels like when bedtime feels impossibly far away

• Small mindset shifts that helped me get through the moment

• Practical ways to cope during hard evenings with kids

Motherhood has moments that feel beautiful and joyful… but it also has moments that feel incredibly long and difficult.

If you’ve ever found yourself counting the minutes until bedtime, feeling overstimulated, or wondering how to stay patient when you’re completely exhausted, this episode is for you.

Sometimes the goal isn’t to be the perfect mom.

Sometimes the goal is simply to get through the evening — and that is enough.

What are baby blues — and how do you know if what you’re feeling is normal?

In this episode of Lost & Found Mom, we’re talking about one of the most common but least understood postpartum experiences: the baby blues.

Many new moms experience intense emotional swings after giving birth. Crying spells, anxiety, overwhelm, and feeling emotionally fragile can show up suddenly in the first days or weeks after your baby arrives.

In this episode, I share my personal experience with baby blues as a first-time mom, including what it felt like emotionally, how postpartum hormones affected me, and why early motherhood can feel so disorienting.

We’ll talk about:

• What the baby blues actually are

• Common baby blues symptoms

• Why postpartum hormones can make emotions feel overwhelming

• The difference between baby blues and postpartum depression

• Why many moms feel disconnected or emotionally fragile after birth

• Practical ways to cope and navigate the first weeks postpartum

• The things that helped me the most during that time

As a licensed mental health therapist and a mom of two, I also explain why these emotional changes happen and why they are often a normal part of the transition into motherhood.

If you’ve recently had a baby and find yourself crying more than you expected, feeling overwhelmed, or wondering if something is wrong with you, you are not alone.

The baby blues are incredibly common — but they can feel confusing and scary if you don’t know what’s happening.

This episode will help you understand what’s going on, what to expect, and how to support yourself through this powerful postpartum transition.

In this episode, I’m sharing my personal experience with severe baby blues, not feeling an instant connection to my son after birth, and the emotional adjustment of becoming a first-time mom.

I loved my baby. But I didn’t feel bonded right away.

I cried daily. I felt overwhelmed. I questioned myself. I wondered if something was wrong with me.

Baby blues are common, but when you’re in the middle of postpartum hormones, sleep deprivation, and identity change, it doesn’t feel “normal.” It feels scary.

In this episode, I talk about:

• What severe baby blues felt like in my body and mind

• Not bonding with my newborn right away

• The difference between baby blues and postpartum depression

• Hormonal shifts after birth

• Why postpartum emotions can feel so intense

• The identity shock of becoming a mom

• Practical things that helped me regulate and cope

As a licensed mental health therapist and a mom of two, I also share tools that significantly helped me through early postpartum:

• Prioritizing sleep when possible

• Getting professional support

• Understanding what was happening hormonally

• Giving myself permission to not feel “blissful”

• Reducing shame around my experience

If you’re a new mom crying more than you expected, feeling disconnected, or wondering if this is normal — this episode is for you.

Not bonding instantly does not make you a bad mother.

Baby blues are real.

Postpartum adjustment is real.

And support matters.

You are not broken. You are in a massive transition.

In this episode, I’m sharing my birth story, my pregnancy experience, and the emotional shock that followed bringing my first baby home.

I loved my son. But I didn’t feel instantly connected to him.

Logically, I knew he was mine. But emotionally, something felt off. My body felt confused. My identity felt shaken. I cried often. I questioned myself. I wondered if something was wrong with me.

This episode is an honest look at:

• My pregnancy and delivery experience

• The emotional disorientation after birth

• Not feeling bonded right away

• Postpartum identity changes

• The hormonal and psychological shift into motherhood

• How life, relationships, and priorities changed overnight

• Feeling like a different person after baby

While baby blues were part of my story, this episode focuses more on the identity shock of early motherhood — the part we rarely prepare women for.

If you’ve ever thought:

“Why don’t I feel like myself after having a baby?”

“Is it normal to not feel instantly bonded?”

“Why does this feel so much bigger than I expected?”

You are not alone.

Becoming a mother is not just physical — it’s psychological.

It’s developmental.

It’s transformational.

This is the side of postpartum life we don’t talk about enough.

What is matrescence — and why does no one talk about it?

If you’ve had a baby and suddenly feel like you don’t recognize yourself anymore, you may be experiencing matrescence — the psychological, emotional, hormonal, and identity transformation that happens when a woman becomes a mother.

In this episode of The Lost & Found Mom, we break down the meaning of matrescence, why early motherhood can feel so disorienting, and why feeling lost after baby does not mean something is wrong with you.

Matrescence is the developmental transition into motherhood — similar to adolescence — and it explains:

• Why your emotions feel bigger

• Why your identity feels unstable

• Why friendships shift

• Why your relationship changes

• Why your confidence wobbles

• Why you love your baby deeply but still miss who you were

As a licensed mental health therapist and mom of two, I’ll help you understand the internal identity shift of postpartum life in a way that feels grounding instead of alarming.

If you’ve ever thought:

“I love my baby, but I don’t feel like myself.”

“Why does motherhood feel so overwhelming?”

“Is this normal?”

This episode will give you language for what you’re experiencing — and reassurance that you are not broken.

You are in matrescence.

And this is a real, powerful transition.