Motherhood doesn’t just add a new role to your life.
It transforms you.
Some parts of you grow louder.
Some parts go quiet.
And some parts… feel like they’ve disappeared completely.
Your creative self.
Your social self.
Your sensual self.
Your silly self.
But what if she isn’t gone?
What if she’s just been waiting?
In this episode, we explore the transition from Maiden to Mother — and the quiet work of rediscovering yourself inside motherhood.
Not by going back to who you were.
But by allowing a new version of you to emerge — deeper, wiser, more expansive.
And maybe… that version of you is exactly who your children need to witness.
If you’ve ever felt a little lost in the blur of giving and doing, this conversation is for you.
🎧 Watch here:
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Specialist support for families navigating the new sibling transition. 1:1 coaching & mindful tools to help your whole family reconnect — with nervous system science and a lot of heart. Shine Om is a conscious parenting and family wellbeing practice founded by Rachel Whytcross — yoga teacher, mindfulness coach, primary school educator, and mum of two — on Ngunnawal Country, Canberra. Whether your
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How Long Does It Take a Family to Adjust to a New Baby?
Everyone said six weeks and it's been four months? Here's the truth about how long family adjustment to a new baby really takes — and why that's not a failure....
How Long Does It Take a Family to Adjust to a New Baby? Everyone said six weeks and it's been four months? And you are left wondering How Long Does It Take a Family to Adjust to a New Baby? Here's the truth about how long family adjustment to a new baby really takes — and why that's not a failure.
19/07/2026
Back-to-School Anxiety With a New Baby at Home
Term starting. New baby home. No wonder everyone feels a little undone.
Two transitions landing at once is a lot to hold — for your nervous system, and for theirs.
What looks like back-to-school anxiety is often something quieter underneath: everyone in the house adjusting to a new rhythm, all at the same time.
This post gently unpacks why this season hits differently, and offers one small way back to steady.
Read it now. A free back-to-school meditation is linked too, for the mornings that need a slower start.
Back-to-School Anxiety With a New Baby at Home Term starting, back-to-school anxiety brewing and there's a new baby in the house? Here's why the back-to-school transition hits harder when their is a new sibling in the mix, plus a free guided meditation to help your child through it.
What if we treated life like a game?
Think about it.
When you enter a new world in a game, what do you do?
You build what you want.
You go where you want.
You design the experience you’re here to enjoy.
You don’t sit there paralysed thinking,
“What if I get it wrong?”
“What if this fails?”
“What if people judge me?”
You play.
And yet in real life, we tighten.
We stress.
We treat every decision like life or death.
In this conversation with Bree , there’s this beautiful shift:
It doesn’t matter.
Not in a careless way —
but in a liberated way.
You can create what you want.
If it works, beautiful.
If it doesn’t, that’s information.
That kind of freedom doesn’t come from bypassing.
It comes from years of inner work.
From loosening the grip of fear.
What if we approached our lives with curiosity instead of control?
With experimentation instead of perfection?
What would you build?
Where would you go?
Who would you become?
🎧 Listen to Living Authentically & Creating Without Apology: A Heartled Conversation with Bree Wi******er here:
https://youtu.be/4zNuxrHuJ9c?si=8Xm3PklZ2yI5XMlK
Learn more: https://shineom.com.au/podcast
16/07/2026
Losing Yourself in Motherhood Among the New Sibling Season? You’re Not Alone
Feel like you've disappeared since baby number two arrived? Here's why identity loss is so common in the new sibling season, and how to start finding yourself again....
Losing Yourself in Motherhood Among the New Sibling Season? If you feel like you're losing yourself in motherhood particularly in the new sibling season then this article is for you. This article explains shares the experience of losing your identity in motherhood and why the second baby hits harder.
If you’re in the thick of newborness and an older child is demanding your attention this one is for you— because I’m about to show you what’s in your future.
I am Anchoring this moment into my body. I’m taking a Deep breath in and allowing the joy and gratitude to spread from my heart into every cell of my being because my two little ones, 3 and 1, are playing beautifully together giving me uninterrupted time to pack their lunchboxes.
It may seem little to some but these moments felt so out of reach 22 months ago and yet today here we are.
If you’re feeling stretched and like there I no end in sight I’m here to tell you to breathe. It will come and it’s more beautiful than you could possibly imagine. 💜
What most people call the witching hour…
I call the connection hour.
That late afternoon bubble — when everyone is tired, hungry, and emotions are rising — is often when toddlers need connection the most.
Especially if they’ve been at daycare, school or preschool all day.
Their nervous systems have held it together all day long.
They need time to decompress.
Play is how children regulate.
So before the bedtime routine begins — dinner, bath, bed — I create space for play.
Mindful colouring.
Play-Doh.
Painting.
Blocks.
Dolls and dress-ups.
Nothing fancy.
Just time to be home in their bodies again.
Because when children have space to regulate through play, bedtime becomes a whole lot softer.
🎧 Listen to Calming Toddlers at Bedtime After a New Sibling Arrives: A Nervous System–Led Approach
Learn more:
https://shineom.com.au/calming-toddler-bedtime-new-sibling/
Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music & YouTube.
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11/07/2026
The newborn isn't the hard part. Nobody tells you that. 💔
If your firstborn is hitting, regressing, or falling apart since the baby arrived — you're not failing, and your family isn't broken. You're in the sibling transition: one of the hardest, most unsupported seasons in family life.
I'm Rachel — nervous system parenting coach, Canberra mum of 2 wildflowers, and founder of the Joyful Parenting Project: 12 weeks of real-time 1:1 support for families navigating life with a new baby and a struggling big kid.
Not a course. Not modules to watch when you're already exhausted. A specialist in your corner, in the actual hard moments.
If this is your season — DM me the word JOYFUL, and I'll send you all the details. 💜
And if you know a mum who needs this, share it with them or in your stories — it might be exactly what she needs to see today.
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