Life Update

Hi {{first_name | default: "mama"}},

We’ve been in Bali on our first family vacation as a family of 3 🤍

In this short time, it has felt like Leora has changed so much! She’s sitting up on her own now. She’s started to crawl and pulling herself up to stand—gone are the days of being able to take my eyes off her for even a second.

And her babbles are beginning to sound more like little conversations, as if her voice is slowly finding its way into the world.

Everyone says it, and now I feel it so deeply… babies grow so quickly.

I’ve been finding myself wanting to hold onto it all—the big milestones, yes, but even more so the quiet in-between moments. The slow mornings, the stillness, the simple being together.

And being here, in a much slower rhythm of life than we’re used to, has made that even more apparent. Traveling with a baby has been a completely different experience this time—less about doing, more about being.

And in that quiet, I’ve had space to reflect. On how much life has changed in just a year. On how much I have changed.

The transition from maiden to mother has been, without a doubt, the most profound shift of my life. And what I’ve come to understand is—this shift didn’t just begin when she arrived. It began long before that.

Lately, you might have felt it too… a quiet shift, a soft unraveling, a sense that something in you is changing—even if you can’t fully put words to it yet.

And maybe alongside the excitement, there’s also a bit of uncertainty. Who am I becoming? Will I still feel like me? Why does this feel so big? What patterns might be asking to be seen… so they can be softened or rewritten?

There’s actually a word for what you’re moving through—matrescence. The transition into motherhood, not just physically, but in all the quiet, internal ways too.

It’s a total metamorphosis…a deep internal transformation—where your identity begins to stretch, your priorities start to change, and parts of your old self begin to fall away to make space for what’s coming. In many ways, it’s similar to adolescence—a complete reorganization of who you are—but this time, it’s happening quietly, without much acknowledgment or support.

So often, the focus is on the baby. The registry. The birth. The milestones. But not nearly enough on you.

The woman who is shifting, letting go, expanding in ways that can feel both beautiful and disorienting.

If you’ve been feeling a little more tender lately, a little more inward, more aware of what no longer fits—nothing has gone wrong.

You are not doing it wrong.

You are in the middle of becoming.

And even the awareness you’re holding—the questions, the noticing—is already part of what begins to shift those patterns.

And this space you’re in, this in-between, is not something to rush through. It’s something to be witnessed, to be honored, to be held with care.

This week, instead of trying to figure it all out, I invite you to gently sit with this question:

What parts of me am I being asked to release?

No need to have the answer right away. Just notice what comes up.

You don’t have to force clarity here. This season is allowed to be soft.

I’m so glad you’re here.

With love,
Nicole

Certified Doula and Birth, Postpartum Movement Specialist

P.S. If you’re moving through this season and feeling the desire to be more supported, held, and guided—I offer 1:1 doula support for women who want a more intentional and grounded experience of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

You can always reply to learn more or book a time here 🤍

xx Nicole