🌿 Understanding Matrescence - with Clinical Psychologist Dr Naomi Gibson
Becoming a mother is more than a life event — it is a profound psychological transition. Matrescence describes the physical, emotional, and identity shifts that occur as someone moves into motherhood, a process that can unfold over several years and is often compared to the developmental changes of adolescence.
Featuring Naomi Gibson, this Reel explores the wide range of emotions that can arise during this transition. Alongside joy, pride, and excitement, many mothers may also experience anger, uncertainty, grief, or a sense of loss for aspects of life that have changed.
Dr Gibson highlights how matrescence can be challenging to navigate, particularly within a society that often portrays motherhood as something that should feel natural or effortless. Allowing space to process these complex emotions and explore a changing sense of identity can help individuals embrace the evolving self that develops alongside the role of being a mother.
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