Womanhood is not static. It evolves – through times such as the mental transition into motherhood – or “Matrescence”, to navigating midlife reinvention, peri-menopause and menopause. This brings invisible identity shifts simmering in the background amongst the chaos of managing daily life, even decades after changes happen.
How Matrescence fits in:
Matrescence is not just for new mothers – it can be:
- Processed by women who have felt shifts in their purpose at home or at work from becoming a mother
- Revisited when children become more independent
- Re-evaluated in perimenopause if hormones and your goals shift