Why Do I Feel Depression During Pregnancy? A Womb Ecology Perspective on Matrescence in a Time of Strain

Why Do I Feel Depression During Pregnancy? A Womb Ecology Perspective on Matrescence in a Time of Strain

by | Feb 22, 2026 | Birth, Kai Njeri, Life Transitions & Thresholds, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Stress and the body, Womb ecology

Reading time: 21 minutes In this beautiful piece, Kai Njeri writes about depression during pregnancy, and why this is not about a mood disorder, but your body, nervous system, and lineage responding honestly and naturally to everything they’re carrying. ...
The Truth About Emotional Healing: Beyond Labels and Fixing Yourself

The Truth About Emotional Healing: Beyond Labels and Fixing Yourself

by | Feb 10, 2026 | Anxiety, Burn-out, Emotional healing, Emotions, Myrthe Glasbergen, Relationships, Stress and the body, The Wound Of Unworthiness, Trauma-informed healing

Reading time: 10 minutes People search for emotional healing when life starts feeling tight, repetitive, and strangely resistant to change. You might understand yourself well. You might know your patterns, your attachment style, your triggers, your story. However, the...
Trauma-Informed Healing: Reclaiming the Inner Child and Self-Worth

Trauma-Informed Healing: Reclaiming the Inner Child and Self-Worth

by | Jan 30, 2026 | Complex Trauma, Inner child healing, Relational trauma, Relationships, Self-love, Self-worth & Identity, The Wound Of Unworthiness, Trauma

Reading time: 6 minutes Trauma-informed healing is not about fixing what is broken. It is about understanding what happened, not only to you as an individual but also to the world you were born into. A trauma informed perspective looks at the full picture: the family...
Overcome People Pleasing: Why You Learned to Abandon Yourself and How to Stop

Overcome People Pleasing: Why You Learned to Abandon Yourself and How to Stop

by | Jan 23, 2026 | Anger, Anxiety, Authenticity, Boundaries, Burn-out, Co-dependency, Emotions, Fawning, Guilt, Insecurity, People pleasing, Relationships, Self-worth & Identity

Reading time: 8 minutes If you are trying to overcome people pleasing, you are likely not confused about what you do. You already notice how quickly you adapt, how easily you say yes, and how automatically you monitor the emotional state of others. You may even...
Pregnancy Anxiety for No Reason: Held Between What Was and What Is Becoming

Pregnancy Anxiety for No Reason: Held Between What Was and What Is Becoming

by | Jan 23, 2026 | Anxiety, Becoming, Birth, Emotions, Initiation, Kai Njeri, Life Transitions & Thresholds, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Stress and the body, The Mother Wound, Womb ecology

Reading time: 11 minutes A woman can be pregnant, supported, healthy, and still feel afraid. Her days look fine from the outside. Her scans are normal. Her people are kind. And yet inside her chest something stays slightly tight, slightly alert, as if the world has...
Why Relational Trauma Is the Biggest Wound of Our Time

Why Relational Trauma Is the Biggest Wound of Our Time

by | Jan 22, 2026 | Anxiety, Burn-out, Intergenerational trauma, Myrthe Glasbergen, Relational trauma, Relationships, Self-worth & Identity, Society & Culture, The Wound Of Unworthiness, Trauma

Reading time: 8 minutes Relational trauma is not a niche psychological concept, nor is it limited to people who grew up in visibly dysfunctional families. It is one of the most widespread and least recognized forms of trauma in modern society, precisely because it...