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Societal expectations can sometimes be the heaviest kind of expectations in mothering. I don't want that for you. I just want to give you a bit of an overview as to how you can be shaped to do things a certain way without even realising it. Society can create a massive load of life on mothers, especially those of us who work and mother together.

I'm going to break this down into five easy-to-handle ideas. Take them or leave them as you will.

I always had an inkling of them, but when I worked with the amazing motherhood studies sociologist Dr Sophie Brock — with whom I completed a motherhood practitioner certification — she opened my eyes about how it really unfolds for heaps of mums out there. I found just being gifted the basics of understanding behind all of this was enough for me to personally change and recognise things I wanted to alter in my mothering. Ultimately, it was to bring down the stress load, and up the joy mode. My hope is that something in these five concepts brings you a little ‘aha’ moment too. These small ‘aha’ moments can build up to magic change.

With your permission, let us begin!