Jennifer Savage
Mom Rage and the Danger of Being an Unexpressed Woman (Part 5)
You have wanted kids for as long as you can remember. After you got married, you knew that it was the next logical step. Yet years went by and no baby. You tried and...
Mom Rage: From Injustice to Transformation (Part 4)
“Though her soul requires seeing, the culture around her requires sightlessness. Though her soul wishes to speak its truth, she is pressured to be silent.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves:...
Mom Rage and the Need for Sisterhood (Part 3)
You are tired of hearing the words COVID. Coronavirus. Masks. Remote learning. Stay at home orders. All things pandemic related. This time has been hard. It has been beautiful in some ways and there...
Mom Rage and Unmet Needs (Part 2)
It is 5 pm and you just got home after picking up both of your children from daycare. Your son cried about going in his car seat and your daughter had a really bad...
Mom Rage and the Permission to Feel (Part 1)
Let me paint a scenario for you: it’s 10 am on what seems like day # 1 million of this seemingly never-ending pandemic. You are trying to respond to work emails and simultaneously calm...
Steps to Take Toward Racial Healing
Hey, mamas, it is time to get fired up! It is time to stop being desensitized and quiet and small and complacent. If we want a better world for our children -- all children...
Mothering Through Turbulent Waters
The world as we know it has shifted and the uncertainty can be overwhelming at times. We are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is unprecedented in its effect on the entire...
A Loaded Question: Are You Expecting?
“Are you expecting?”
A year after having my son, I was asked this loaded question by an innocent coworker. Her question came as both a shock and a confirmation at the same time. She...
From A Recovering Overachiever
I am a self-proclaimed do-er.
An overachiever. A person, like many others, who have benefitted from the achievement model. I have always been “rewarded” for being ambitious; therefore, being ambitious is how I have...
From Sleep-Deprived in Survival Mode to Surrender
It has been a minute since I last wrote. A fifteen month-long, excruciatingly sleep-deprived minute to be exact. Yes there has been some writing here and there (okay to be fair I did write...