In a world that hardens mothers, softness is resistance.
For the tea you drink while it’s still hot, the laughter from the next room, and the days you want to remember. Honest, real-life poems and small, slow practices to help you notice the good.
Poems by Sophie Slosarczyk, poet and author of How to Soften into Motherhood in a Hardened World.
What we believe
Slow isn’t lazy.
It’s choosing to be here for the moments that are already happening.
You don’t need fixing.
You need room. Room to feel the highs and lows without a checklist.
Your voice didn’t disappear.
It got quieter under everyone else’s needs. It’s still yours.
Softness is strength.
The kind that doesn’t need to prove itself to anyone.
Choose your path
Wherever you are today, there’s a way in.
Slow Motherhood
For when the days move too fast. Gentle rhythms for mornings, evenings and the after-school hour.
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Finding Yourself Again
For when you’ve lost yourself somewhere between the school run and bedtime. Who you are beyond “Mum”, and rest without guilt.
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Seasonal Motherhood
For slowing down with the year. Small rituals, walks and seasonal traditions with your little ones.
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Poems for the Hard Days
A library of poems you can open by how you feel, not by date.
ExploreHow are you today, mama?
Choose what’s true right now, and we’ll find you a poem for it.
Browse the whole libraryFor the quiet after bedtime
The ‘Good Enough’ Mother
Do you ever feel like you’re running a race where the finish line keeps moving? Why lowering your expectations will change the way you parent.
Working Mum Guilt
Take a deep breath for a second. Seven reasons it’s a cultural trap, not a personal failure.
Poems About Mom Guilt
You’re not a bad mom. Truths for when you feel like you’re failing.
Slowing into Autumn
This month’s invitation: take one walk this week with nowhere to be. Notice five things. Write one line about it.
Get the October invitationThis is where you find yours
This month’s prompt: finish the sentence “Motherhood taught me…”
The Sunday Letter
A poem, a gentle practice and one mother’s voice, every Sunday morning. Coming soon, with a free gift: 7 Poems & Practices for Slower Evenings.
The Sunday Letter is coming soon.
In the meantime, come and find us on Instagram, where a new poem arrives each week.
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How to Soften into Motherhood in a Hardened World
Not advice. Not hot takes. A gentle path away from the “Supermum” performance and towards a soft, quiet, personal resistance, where the highs and lows are allowed to exist without anyone trying to fix you.
“It’s such a great book, I’ve almost finished it. Every new Mum should be given a copy as they leave hospital, it just makes total sense.”
Hello, I’m Sophie
Rooted in motherhood, written for every heart.
Poet, mother of two boys, and the one who lights the candles here. I started writing during 3am feeds, overcome by how much I loved them and how frightening early motherhood felt. This space grew from those pages. It belongs to all of us now.
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