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Resources

Things worth keeping

Articles, worksheets and recordings. Written for women who have about ten minutes, not an afternoon.

Identity · 2 min read
The roles are not the problem
Being a wife, a mother, a daughter is not what wears a woman down. It is being only those things.
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Wellbeing · 2 min read
Rest is not a reward
Most women treat rest as something to be earned. It is closer to maintenance, and it does not wait for a gap.
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Wellbeing · 2 min read
How to say no without a speech
The long explanation is what gets negotiated. A shorter no is kinder to everyone, including you.
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Identity · 2 min read
The woman you were before
You are not trying to get her back. She would not fit. But she is worth visiting.
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Motherhood · 1 min read
What nobody tells you about the first year
The advice is all about the baby. Here is some about you.
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Community · 1 min read
Adult friendship takes scheduling
The friendships that survive are not the deepest ones. They are the ones somebody put in a calendar.
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Work · 1 min read
Ambition after children
It does not disappear. It gets quieter, and quiet things are easy to mistake for gone.
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Wellbeing · 1 min read
Asking for help is a skill
Not a character trait, and not a moral failure. A skill, which means it can be practised badly at first.
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Wellbeing · 1 min read
The grief nobody sends cards for
Some losses have no funeral, no ceremony and no obvious date. They are still losses.
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New resources, when there are some

We publish when we have something worth reading, which is not every week. Last piece: 14 July 2026.