Hi friends! Welcome to "This is Motherhood” by me, Kim Meehan.
Honest reflections on motherhood, mental health, and the messy beauty of becoming.
Hi, I’m Kimberly Meehan. I’m a mom, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, and a creative who, in my day job, helps mothers navigate the emotional side of pregnancy, postpartum, and everything that comes after.
I started this work long before I ever became a mom myself. But when I finally entered motherhood, everything I thought I knew took on a whole new meaning. Suddenly, it wasn’t just something I supported other women through. It was something I was living. And I quickly realized it’s not something you truly understand until you’re in it.
I learned firsthand how quiet the hard parts can be. How you can prepare and still feel unprepared. How you can be surrounded by love and still feel completely alone. How joy and grief can coexist in the same breath. How your identity can shift so much that you start wondering where you went, even while loving who you are now.
That’s why I built this space. To tell the truth about motherhood. To name the parts no one prepares you for. To hold space for the beauty and the mess. To remind you that your feelings make sense, that transformation is part of the process, and that motherhood isn’t something to bounce back from. It’s something we grow through. It’s a becoming.
I write for the moms who love deeply and still find it hard. For the ones trying to understand why they’re so tired, or anxious, or guilty, even when everything looks fine from the outside. For the ones who just need to hear, “I get it.”
What You’ll Find Here
Weekly Posts
Long-form reflections on what it actually feels like to become a mother. The emotional rollercoaster. These pieces are honest, emotional, and grounded in both personal experience and clinical understanding.
Daily Notes
Shorter, rawer pieces about what’s on my mind. Think of it as my journey in motherhood in real time.
Provider Perspective
Occasional posts from my work as a perinatal psychiatric NP, blending research, real stories, and gentle, practical insights for your mental health.
Why Substack
I wanted a place where the conversation could slow down. Where we could go deeper than a caption. Where stories could live longer than twenty-four hours.
Instagram helped me find community. This space helps me create connection.
If you’re here, I hope these words help you exhale. To feel seen, understood, and a little less like you have to hold it all together.
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Let’s keep telling the truth about motherhood, together.
You don’t have to mother alone!! I get it, and I’m here for you!!
