The transition to motherhood cracks us open. I remember sitting on my bathroom floor, baby finally asleep, wondering who I had become and where “me” had gone. I see this same disorientation in my clients’ eyes.

“Motherhood” puts words to this upheaval with stunning honesty. It validates the complex emotions that society tells us we shouldn’t have—the ambivalence, the loss, the rage alongside the love. My clients clutch this book like a lifeline, often with tears streaming down their faces as they realize they’re not monsters for these complicated feelings. They’re just humans navigating one of life’s most profound transformations. The book offers no easy answers, but something better: companionship on the messy journey of integrating who we were with who we’re becoming.