When a woman becomes a mother she is UNDONE and RE-DONE; she is LOST and the FOUND; she is DISORIENTED and then REORIENTED. To what, you might ask? That is for her to cultivate, create and fall into (with intention and design). If you aren’t already feeling validated in your experience by knowing there is a word to describe all the changes you have been feeling since becoming a mother…here is more.

When a man becomes a father, he experiences patrescence. Sure, he didn’t go through pregnancy, experience all the hormones and changing body, nor did he give birth, but whoa…his life has turned upside down too, leaving him feeling all the feelings, no doubt.