Incantations of a Business Midwife

I Judge Our Community, Not Her

Published on: 29/07/2026

On depletion, maternal burnout, and why we mourn brilliant women instead of nourishing them while they're alive — reflections after Dr. Carolyn Elliott's death.

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I See the Light

Published on: 20/01/2020

I listened to I See the Light which is a love song between the main characters, and all I could hear was a love song to my daughter and how much I ached that I watched her first two years of life through a heavy fog of postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety.

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The Bathroom Sink

Published on: 07/07/2018

Everyone says “you can’t pour from an empty glass”. I disagree. I poured, and poured, and poured. For almost 2 years I poured everything I had and then some. I can’t say that what I poured was the best I could have, but I still poured.

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