You are successful in your career. You take pride in your work and have constructed your adult identity around it.
Motherhood changes you.
The roles you used to play, the identities you used to claim - career woman, globetrotter, spin enthusiast - all come second to your new responsibilities. This rearrangement of priorities can lead to a crisis of identity.
You wonder whether you are still the same person after becoming a mom. Would you turn into a boring, irrelevant person as you stay at home to care for your newborn? Would you be so enthralled with your child that it’s impossible for you to talk about anything else? Would you still be as committed to your work? Such thoughts can send you into an identity crisis.
Fearing the loss of your identity is real. It is an unavoidable fact that pregnancy, birth and parenthood would have changed you profoundly.
You were once yourself.
Now you are YOURSELF AND MORE!
As a parent of two young girls myself, I am passionate to help new parents adjust to their new identities and cope with the emotional challenges of parenthood.
Related trainings completed:
Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy Training by Postpartum Support International
Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care by Postpartum Support Internal
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