Motherhood and Self-Awareness: How Being a Mother Impacts One’s Personal Growth

Motherhood can have a profound impact on a person’s self-awareness journey. Becoming a mother often involves a major shift in identity, priorities, and values, which can lead to a greater understanding of oneself.

From the moment I found out I was pregnant, I knew that my life was about to change in profound ways. But what I didn’t realize at the time was just how much motherhood would impact my sense of self and my understanding of the world around me.

They say that when the baby is born, the mother is born too. And they also say that it takes a village to raise a child.

And as I am living it every day since, I believe that’s very true. A friend of mine, a new mom as well, told me that once I’ll hear the first cry of my baby, I’ll feel invincible, and powerful and that I can conquer the world. And that’s how it felt. But in the days to come I experienced the opposite too, feeling powerlessness. It was a first of many more to come, I have no doubts.

The Impact of Emotional Awareness

And here lays actually one of the first learnings when it comes to the impact of motherhood or better said, being the mom of a newborn has on the self-awareness process: the increased emotional awareness…