I Love My Kids... But I Miss Who I Was Before Motherhood

Can you love being a mother and still miss the woman you were before motherhood? In this episode of Mom Ish: The Conversation, Nikki Williams Rucker and Jacinta Gholston have an honest conversation about motherhood, identity, guilt, empty nesting, overparenting, and what happens when so much of your life revolves around raising children that you begin to lose sight of yourself. What happens when the children grow up? Who are you when they no longer need you in the same way? And is it okay to admit that sometimes you miss the woman you were before becoming “Mom”? Nikki and Jacinta unpack the difference between losing your identity and allowing it to evolve. They discuss the pressure mothers feel to sacrifice everything for their children, the guilt women experience when choosing themselves, living vicariously through our children, helicopter parenting, empty nesting, and the difficult process of rediscovering who you are outside of motherhood. Because two things can be true at the same time: You can deeply love your children. And you can miss yourself. This conversation is for every mother who has ever wondered: Who am I now? Join the conversation in the comments: What is one thing you love, want, or dream about that belongs entirely to YOU? Subscribe to Mom Ish: The Conversation for honest, culturally grounded conversations about motherhood, relationships, identity, healing, personal growth, and the realities Black women are navigating every day. #MomIsh #BlackMotherhood #MotherhoodPodcast