The science of becoming a mother: what is really happening to your brain, your body, and your sense of self.https://matrescencementor.com/en-gbhttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/best-parenting-books/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/best-parenting-books/Mags Salton's top five parenting books for the early years, in the order your child grows into them, plus one more for when they start talking.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/matrescence-books/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/matrescence-books/Mags Salton's own reading list for becoming a mother: Lucy Jones's Matrescence and eight more books, with who each suits and when to read it.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/depleted-mother-syndrome/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/depleted-mother-syndrome/Depleted mother syndrome is not a diagnosis, but the exhaustion is real. The signs, how it differs from postnatal depression, and what actually helps.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/matrescence-adolescence/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/matrescence-adolescence/Matrescence is often compared to adolescence. What brain scans of mothers and teens show, where the comparison breaks, and does pregnancy shrink your brain?Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/mum-guilt/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/mum-guilt/Mum guilt (or mom guilt) is not a verdict on you. Where it comes from, how it differs from shame, the research on working mums, and how to let go.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/postpartum-rage/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/postpartum-rage/Sudden, intense anger after a baby is not a character flaw. Why postpartum rage happens, how long it lasts and when to speak to your doctor or midwife.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/back-to-work-after-baby/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/back-to-work-after-baby/Returning to work after maternity leave: the questions most mothers face in the weeks before going back, answered in full rather than with platitudes.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/not-enjoying-motherhood/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/not-enjoying-motherhood/Yes, it is common. 84 per cent of mothers hide their real struggles when asked how they are. What that number says about what you are going through.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/not-lose-yourself-motherhood/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/not-lose-yourself-motherhood/You have not lost yourself. You are in the biggest identity change of your life, and nobody told you it was coming. Here is what comes next.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/patrescence-after-baby/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/patrescence-after-baby/Patrescence is a man becoming a father, as matrescence is a woman becoming a mother. What it is, and why it matters for your relationship after a baby.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/western-culture-postpartum/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/western-culture-postpartum/The overwhelm, the guilt, the pull between baby and career are not just how motherhood is. Why the way Western culture treats new mothers is not normal.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/how-capitalism-rewired-the-way-mothers-feed/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/how-capitalism-rewired-the-way-mothers-feed/Before we can talk about why breastfeeding is hard, we need to talk about who made it that way, and why. The guilt was never yours to carry.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/word-that-changed-everything-1973/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/word-that-changed-everything-1973/Matrescence was named in 1973 by an American anthropologist who studied 250 cultures. Nobody listened. How it took fifty years for the word to reach you.Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/conflicting-emotions-motherhood/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/conflicting-emotions-motherhood/Maternal ambivalence is feeling that motherhood is hard and extraordinary at once. Why both are true, and how where you point your attention changes it.Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/postpartum-hormones/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/postpartum-hormones/What your hormones do after birth: the brain changes, the mood swings that have a name, the identity shift that has a reason. Explained properly, finally.Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/butterfly-study-identity/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/butterfly-study-identity/Do butterflies remember being caterpillars? Scientists asked. The answer is extraordinary, and it changes how you understand what is happening to you.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/inner-critic-to-inner-coach/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/inner-critic-to-inner-coach/Scientists now frame mum brain as cognitive enhancement. Why that changes what you say to yourself, and how to turn your inner critic into a coach.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://matrescencementor.com/blog/mum-brain-what-actually-happens/https://matrescencementor.com/blog/mum-brain-what-actually-happens/Mum brain is real, and it is not damage. The science of what happens to your brain after birth, why you lose your words, and why you are not broken.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT