Matrescence Quotes by Lucy Jones

Matrescence. ‘The process of becoming a mother, which anthropologists call “matrescence,” has been largely unexplored in the medical community,’ Sacks writes. ‘Instead of focusing on the woman’s identity transition, more research is focused on how the baby turns out. But a woman’s story, in addition to how her psychology impacts her parenting, is i

It didn’t surprise me to read that researchers at the University of Massachusetts found, in a synthesis of literature on working mothers, that matrescence was associated with enhanced knowledge, skills and capacity. They found evidence that it “strengthened women’s mindset, willpower, and overall emotional intelligence.”[7] Nothing that I had previ

Motherhood, with its intense physical and emotional extremes, is a crucible in which we are tested and altered. In the alchemical vessel of motherhood, the heat is turned up high.

Motherhood changes you. Every fibre, every cell, every area. And with a little understanding, support and deep compassion, it will be the making of you.

Mothering can be like being thrown down a deep well. Like any initiatory experience, such a journey forces you to surrender control and descend into your depths where a confrontation with your soul awaits you.