Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, Who even am I anymore? A lot of women have and they tell me about it, which is why I hosted this free workshop and now I'm letting you in on it too.

It's not because you don’t love being a mom, but because somewhere between the diapers, the planning, the emotional labor, and taking care of everyone else… pieces of you started to fade into the background.

In this episode, walk with me through a recorded workshop on how to not lose yourself in motherhood. This isn’t about rejecting the role of mom. It’s about understanding that motherhood is only one part of who you are and your family benefits when the rest of you is alive and well too.

You'll walk through the emotional and cultural pressures many women feel after becoming mothers, including the invisible expectations to sacrifice everything, the mental and emotional exhaustion many moms carry, and why reconnecting with yourself isn’t selfish—it’s necessary.

Inside this episode, you’ll explore:

• Why so many moms feel like their identity disappears after having kids

• The societal pressures that quietly push women into martyr-mode

• The difference between loving motherhood and losing yourself in it

• How to reconnect with parts of yourself that existed before baby

• Questions to help you rediscover what makes you feel alive again

Chelsea also shares research from the Motherly State of Motherhood Report, which reveals that:

• Time for themselves is the most depleted area of wellbeing for moms

• 70% of mothers report feeling lonelier than they expected

• Nearly half of mothers describe themselves as managing but stressed

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or like your own voice has gotten quieter in this season of life you’re not alone. And more importantly, you’re not stuck there.

If this episode felt a little too relatable, the next step might be Confident Mom Reset.

Confident Mom Reset is a small-group, six-week experience for moms who want to reconnect with themselves and rebuild confidence in their voice, boundaries, and priorities.

Together you’ll work through things like:

• Reconnecting with what you actually want

• Understanding your energy and what drains it

• Setting boundaries without guilt

• Learning to hear your inner voice again

• Creating a version of motherhood that doesn’t erase you

This is not another course you watch alone at midnight. It’s a guided experience with real conversations and real shifts happening alongside other moms who get it.

The next group begins March 18th, and you can grab the early bird rate ($50 off) if you enroll before the 15th.

You can learn more or reserve your spot here:
postpartumtogether.com/confident-mom-reset

If you'd like the guided worksheet that accompanies this workshop, send Chelsea a quick email and she’ll send it over.

Email: chelsea@postpartumtogether.com

This one’s a little different.

No outline. No formal teaching. Just a real coffee-chat between us about something that keeps coming up in our work with couples: Emotional safety.

Find our current offerings including small groups, relationship prep for expecting couples + relationship support for current parents: postpartumtogether.com/current-offerings

We talk about:
– Why internal safety matters before communication skills– What happens when dads don’t feel emotionally safe either– The myth that you have to be everything for your family– Why modern couples are drowning without a “village”– How trust actually gets built (and rebuilt) after baby

If you’ve felt disconnected, overwhelmed, or unsure how to support each other in this season, this conversation will land.

Because strong families don’t happen by accident. They’re built by people willing to go first emotionally.Find our current offerings including small groups, relationship prep for expecting couples + relationship support for current parents:⁠ postpartumtogether.com/current-offerings⁠

• postpartum relationship

• marriage after baby

• emotional safety in marriage

• mental load in parenting

• new dad emotional support

• fatherhood emotional presence

• nervous system in relationships

• trust after baby

• couples communication after baby

• village support for parents

Find our current offerings including small groups, relationship prep for expecting couples + relationship support for current parents:⁠ postpartumtogether.com/current-offerings⁠

Every year after Christmas, the same conversation resurfaces: moms waking up to empty stockings and the internet rushing in with advice to leave, rage, or declare the relationship doomed.

But what if the stocking isn’t the real issue?

In this episode, we slow the moment down and talk honestly about why this seemingly small disappointment hits so hard for so many moms and what it actually reveals about mental load, visibility, inherited patterns, and modern partnership.

We read real posts from moms, talk through the full spectrum of reactions (from “it was an honest miss” to “this has been happening for years”), and explore why the empty stocking often becomes a quiet test of recognition, effort, and shared responsibility.

This isn’t a hate-on-men episode.
And it’s not a “just get over it” one either.

It’s a grounded conversation about:

• Why this moment feels bigger than gifts

• How inherited family patterns show up at holidays

• When disappointment is information—not a verdict

• Why “just tell him what you want” often doesn’t work

• How couples can respond without blowing things up or sweeping it under the rug

We also share what actually helped us have one of our most connected Christmases yet and what we see help couples repair moments like this instead of letting resentment calcify.

If this episode stirred something up and you want help having the conversation underneath the disappointment, we created a free guide called The Stocking Was the Symptom—a calm, honest conversation guide for couples who don’t want this moment to define their marriage.
👉 postpartumtogether.com/stocking-problem-convo-guide

In this episode you'll also hear:

A men’s group Mike is hosting on January 12th focused on emotional regulation, visibility, and showing up as a teammate at home

👉 Link to men’s group registration

Threads referenced:

@eliseoras

@crfreund

@sidneyraz

@sheisapaigeturner

@omgskr

This conversation is for parents who feel disappointed but not done—who believe growth is possible and want a better way forward.