The Calm Nest

If I Could Tell My First-Year Mum Self One Thing

If I Could Tell My First-Year Mum Self One Thing

If I could go back and sit beside my first-year-mum self — the version of me with tired eyes and a heart cracked wide open — I wouldn’t overwhelm her...

If I Could Tell My First-Year Mum Self One Thing

If I could go back and sit beside my first-year-mum self — the version of me with tired eyes and a heart cracked wide open — I wouldn’t overwhelm her...

Postpartum Weight Loss Isn’t Always Healthy: What No One Tells You

Postpartum Weight Loss Isn’t Always Healthy: Wh...

There’s something I want to talk about that feels a little controversial in the pregnancy and postpartum space — body changes. Because for me, it hasn’t been a neat, linear...

Postpartum Weight Loss Isn’t Always Healthy: Wh...

There’s something I want to talk about that feels a little controversial in the pregnancy and postpartum space — body changes. Because for me, it hasn’t been a neat, linear...

The Flowers: Musings From Motherhood

The Flowers: Musings From Motherhood

When the day began to feel too full — too loud in my mind, too heavy in my body — I learned to look for something small. Something ordinary. Sometimes,...

The Flowers: Musings From Motherhood

When the day began to feel too full — too loud in my mind, too heavy in my body — I learned to look for something small. Something ordinary. Sometimes,...

A Powerful Exercise for Cultivating Self-Compassion

A Powerful Exercise for Cultivating Self-Compas...

Pregnancy — and the journey into motherhood — is often painted as a time of glowing joy and natural confidence. But for many women, it’s also a season filled with...

A Powerful Exercise for Cultivating Self-Compas...

Pregnancy — and the journey into motherhood — is often painted as a time of glowing joy and natural confidence. But for many women, it’s also a season filled with...

5 Gentle Reminders for Surviving the First Year

5 Gentle Reminders for Surviving the First Year

The first year of motherhood is unlike anything else. It’s tender and overwhelming. Sacred and exhausting. Full of love — and moments that stretch you to your edges. You are...

5 Gentle Reminders for Surviving the First Year

The first year of motherhood is unlike anything else. It’s tender and overwhelming. Sacred and exhausting. Full of love — and moments that stretch you to your edges. You are...

3 Gentle Ways to Regulate Your Nervous System

3 Gentle Ways to Regulate Your Nervous System

Early parenthood is not just emotionally demanding — it’s a full nervous system experience. Broken sleep, constant alertness, and caring for a small human around the clock can leave many...

3 Gentle Ways to Regulate Your Nervous System

Early parenthood is not just emotionally demanding — it’s a full nervous system experience. Broken sleep, constant alertness, and caring for a small human around the clock can leave many...