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The lines between family life and Buddhist monasticism are not so ‘either/or’ as they might seem.
Team sport provides postpartum mothers with opportunities to build community, enhance health and well-being, and counter the often unrealistic and self-sacrificing expectations of motherhood.
Mother figures from faith traditions around the world reflect many different ways of thinking about the divine.
Recent generations of Jewish women have looked to reinvent rituals marking the most meaningful moments in their lives, especially childbirth and motherhood.
Greek epic poetry often uses mothers and wives to humanize its heroes, reminding listeners of the meaning of sacrifice.
A philosopher offers advice on how mothers could stop being pitted against each other.
Renowned YA author Vikki Wakefield delves into the complex pressures of motherhood with her first adult novel – a psychological thriller.
Physical activity and new motherhood can be hard to navigate, but physiological feedback and self-compassion can help inform decisions about when and how to exercise.
Many of the preventable pregnancy-related deaths documented by the CDC are directly attributable to failures and barriers in the maternal care system.
What are the risks and benefits of having labour induced?
Finding role models can be a great way to increase confidence.
More women should feel they have a choice to continue playing after becoming a mother – which is why the right kind of support is important.
Moms in Proteomics hopes to ensure a sustainable and productive international community of expertly trained scientists, coupled with the necessary resources and tools to balance motherhood.
Feminists in the 1970s knew the liberation of women and children was inextricably linked.
Mothers with young children are consistently identified as having lower levels of physical activity and leisure opportunities, which place their physical and mental health at risk.
When Chloe Hooper’s partner was diagnosed with leukaemia, she struggled to talk about the possibility of his death with their two young children. She found the words in books.
In Mothertongues, Ceridwen Dovey and Eliza Bell make use of an eclectic range of styles to capture the essence of a mother’s experience.
Sport policy and practices to support pregnant athletes impacts athletes across all levels of sport. We have an opportunity to change the future for athletes.
Rage is a part of human motherhood, sandwiched between grief and shame. But it can be harnessed to build a better world.
Top contributors
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Human Sciences and Psychology; Faculty Associate of the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, The Ohio State University
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Assistant Professor in Kinesiology, University of The Fraser Valley
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Visiting Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Research, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in English, University of Canterbury
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Clinician Scientist, Canada Research Chair in Injury Prevention and Physical Activity for Health, Sport Medicine Physician, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
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Associate Professor in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
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Visiting Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice, Loughborough University
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Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Southampton
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Christenson Professor in Active Healthy Living, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Southampton