The Unhurried Mama

Got it wrong enough times to know what helps
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Being a mom is a lot. We're holding so much. I'll go first. We're walking through the rooms of motherhood together, where I sit with it long enough to understand it, then share it with you. Episodes drop every two weeks, with monthly meditations in between. Season 1 was about the external ruptures my children brought to me. Season 2 is me bringing myself to myself—from a daughter of four mothers. I invite you to walk in with me. theunhurriedmama.substack.com

  1. My Turn

    Jun 29

    My Turn

    I have a closet full of clothes I never wear. 70% of my wardrobe is hand-me-downs, and I reach past the nice clothes for a “future self.” What am I saving myself for? Room 3 of The Unhurried House: the saving room. We talk about the closet full of clothes I never let myself wear, the good reasons that always end with me last, and what it took to finally take my turn. Full show notes Send this to the one mom in your life who needs the room you just walked through. The Unhurried Mama drops new episodes every other Monday and monthly meditations during the season. Walk with me by subscribing to updates in your inbox. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theunhurriedmama.substack.com

    19 min
  2. Crossing the Threshold — Meditation

    Jun 22

    Crossing the Threshold — Meditation

    This is the pause before asking yourself who’s been waiting for you. The first meditation of Season 2—a 10-minute reset to help you return to yourself and stand at the door of one of the rooms in your house of motherhood. Which room are you walking past? The Unhurried Mama drops new episodes every other Monday and monthly meditations during the season. Walk with me by subscribing to updates in your inbox. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theunhurriedmama.substack.com

    10 min
  3. Trying Not to Do Math in Front of Him

    Jun 15

    Trying Not to Do Math in Front of Him

    On the bus ride home from the dentist, my 8-year-old asked one question: "Are the fillings going to hurt?" Days later, an Instagram Reel told me I shouldn't have shared the cost with him at all. Room 2 of the motherhood house: the perfect-mom facade. Full show notes Send this to the one mom in your life who needs the room you just walked through. The Unhurried Mama drops new episodes every other Monday and monthly meditations during the season. Walk with me by subscribing to updates in your inbox. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theunhurriedmama.substack.com

    19 min
  4. The Door

    Jun 1

    The Door

    Some days, I wish I weren’t a mom. I have never said it publicly until now. You might want headphones or to listen alone. This season, I’m walking into the house of motherhood as a daughter of four mothers. I’m walking in first. Full show notes Send this to the one mom in your life who needs the room you just walked through. The Unhurried Mama drops new episodes every other Monday and monthly meditations during the season. Walk with me by subscribing to updates in your inbox. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theunhurriedmama.substack.com

    14 min
  5. Episode 10: The Image

    Apr 6

    Episode 10: The Image

    My twelve-year-old wandered into the kitchen while I was chopping vegetables and watched me for a beat. Then she said, almost to herself: You seem more relaxed. Like, in general. Compared to a few years ago. She could see it from two feet away, whereas I had been too close to notice. This is the season finale and the real version of how I got here. I don’t open with wisdom. It starts in a bathtub in September 2021, with a seven-year-old who just wanted to sleep, a mother who couldn’t stop, and a husband who heard the crying and said, “Kids forget.” She didn’t remember the bathtub from all those years ago, but she noticed me in the kitchen at four o’clock. That was all the evidence I needed. You can also listen and follow on Spotify or Apple. Season 2 is coming. Stay up to date with what’s coming next by subscribing. New episodes, meditations, and reflections directly to your inbox. Thank you for supporting my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theunhurriedmama.substack.com

    31 min
  6. Episode 9: What Travels

    Mar 30

    Episode 9: What Travels

    I was nine years old when I asked for a ring at a Pow Wow. It was a little play thing, probably 50 cents, that sat in a foam slot in a plain box. It caught the light just enough to make me feel like a princess. I asked for it the way a child asks before they’ve learned to shrink their wants down to something more acceptable. She bought me the ring. That night, my mother made me give it back. I didn’t know it then, but a message was written into my body, living there for decades. What gets handed to us before we have words for it is worth looking at, so we know what becomes possible for our children. You can also listen and follow on Spotify or Apple. The Unhurried Mama drops new episodes every Monday during the season. Stay up to date with what’s coming next by subscribing. New episodes, meditations, and reflections directly to your inbox. Thank you for supporting my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theunhurriedmama.substack.com

    24 min
  7. The Letter — Meditation

    Mar 26

    The Letter — Meditation

    You know the girl you were before the world got loud? The one before you learned to make yourself smaller, to move at everyone else’s pace, and to be so good at the “showing up” that you forgot she was still in there? The one who is unhurried. She is still in there. She just went silent for a while because that’s what happens when no one comes. But she has been holding a place for you this whole time. This is a letter to her and an invitation to write one of your own. She needs to know you remembered. You can also listen and follow on Spotify or Apple. The Unhurried Mama drops new episodes every Monday during the season. Stay up to date with what’s coming next by subscribing. New episodes, meditations, and reflections directly to your inbox. Thank you for supporting my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theunhurriedmama.substack.com

    28 min
  8. Episode 8: The Girl On the Third Floor

    Mar 23

    Episode 8: The Girl On the Third Floor

    My kids were supposed to be writing about eagles. They were playing thumb war instead. And I was standing in the kitchen, breathing shallow, running a mental list, every cell in my body pointing at the to-do list, when my nine-year-old walked over, took my arms, and led me through a breath like she’d been doing it her whole life. Maybe she had. Children are born knowing things we spend decades trying to remember. Your child has been looking for you—the real you—the whole time. You can also listen and follow on Spotify or Apple. The Unhurried Mama drops new episodes every Monday during the season. Stay up to date with what’s coming next by subscribing. New episodes, meditations, and reflections directly to your inbox. Thank you for supporting my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theunhurriedmama.substack.com

    32 min
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Being a mom is a lot. We're holding so much. I'll go first. We're walking through the rooms of motherhood together, where I sit with it long enough to understand it, then share it with you. Episodes drop every two weeks, with monthly meditations in between. Season 1 was about the external ruptures my children brought to me. Season 2 is me bringing myself to myself—from a daughter of four mothers. I invite you to walk in with me. theunhurriedmama.substack.com

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    Got it wrong enough times to know what helps
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  • Episodes
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    © Michelle Zhang
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