Matrescence, identity shifts, and surrender. Plus, some things I'm loving and new podcasts

Dear Reader, When I host sister circles at which women who have just become mothers for the first time are in attendance, one theme that comes up -- after the initial fuzzy and bleary-eyed first couple of months have passed -- is that of the identity shift and re-orientation. The identity shift in the wake of welcoming a baby into your life is profound. Maybe you've heard of it talked about as the maiden-to-mother transition. Or matrescence (there's a book by this title I keep meaning to...