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Issue #23: Marriage After Baby: A Year Without Date Nights (and We're OK!!)
personal thoughts on how our marriage has shifted in the first year of parenthood — what’s changed, what we miss, and the unexpected ways we’ve actually…
Jun 26 • 
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Issue #23: Marriage After Baby: A Year Without Date Nights (and We're OK!!)
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Issue #22: Who am I alongside motherhood?
Rediscovering who I am while becoming someone new. These are my reflections on identity, creativity, and the blurry space I’m moving through as I near…
Jun 19 • 
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Issue #22: Who am I alongside motherhood?
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Issue #21: Read This If You’re Struggling with Mom Brain
It’s time to rewrite the narrative on Mom Brain — sharing my own foggy, forgetful moments and taking a closer look at matrescence
Jun 12 • 
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Issue #21: Read This If You’re Struggling with Mom Brain
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Issue #20: What if Motherhood Could Really Be Simple? Here are 3 Ways I’m Uncomplicating It.
Just some tiny, but powerful a-ha! moments regarding sleep, play, and self-care that have been making all the difference in my life.
Jun 5 • 
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Issue #20: What if Motherhood Could Really Be Simple? Here are 3 Ways I’m Uncomplicating It.
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Pause Pages: She Hates the Carseat Again, Postpartum Burnout, and Planning Keira’s First Birthday
a monthly care package of thoughts, faves, and little joys —
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Pause Pages: She Hates the Carseat Again, Postpartum Burnout, and Planning Keira’s First Birthday
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Issue #6: No Crumbs Left — How I'm Letting Motherhood Devour Me
Feb 27 • Jules Acree
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Issue #6: No Crumbs Left — How I'm Letting Motherhood Devour Me
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Issue #10: Can We Really Have It All?
Mar 27 • Jules Acree
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Issue #10: Can We Really Have It All?
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Issue #13: New Baby, New Resentment? Here's What's Actually Helping Us Feel Like Partners Again
Apr 17 • Jules Acree
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Issue #13: New Baby, New Resentment? Here's What's Actually Helping Us Feel Like Partners Again
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Pause Pages: Cultivating Calming Rituals, Dipping Our Toes into Solids, and Books Worth A Read
Feb 4 • Jules Acree
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Issue #19: Starting Solids: What I Wish I Knew & My Totally Non-Expert Guide for the Overwhelmed Mom
honest lessons learned, tons of easy batch-and-freeze meal ideas, and every product we love
May 29 • 
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Issue #18: 13 Little Things Making Motherhood Feel Really, Really Good
a mix of little rituals, habits, and feel-good rhythms making life as a new mom even sweeter
May 22 • 
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Issue #18: 13 Little Things Making Motherhood Feel Really, Really Good
Issue #17: How our baby’s first illness turned into a parenting stress test... and we did not pass.
Reflections from a night we didn’t show up how we wanted to — and the honest lessons we’re taking with us.
May 15 • 
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Issue #17: How our baby’s first illness turned into a parenting stress test... and we did not pass.
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