So why is writing for mothers such a powerful thing to do?

Because a lot of people think, I haven't got time or I can't write, or let's start there.

Yeah, I mean, it is difficult because often you don't have time, do you?

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I mean, I've sort of always written, but the specific way that it helped me just after I'd

had my son, Matt, you know, in those really early days, somebody gave me the advice that,

because I just thought he was crying all the time. And I just had this wave of sadness and

compassion for my earliest self. So I thought he was crying all the time. And then someone,

I can't remember who said, just like write down when he is crying because it won't be as long

as you think it is. So I, you know,

always have paper. So I got some notebooks out and so I started just writing down like,

you know, when I fed him and when he cried. And then I just started making the notes I was making

a bit longer. And I started writing them from his perspective. So I'd write like, Mommy looks a bit tired because I'm

still crying and she doesn't know why. And something about doing that just really helped me to,

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