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"So, what do you do?" When Neha Ruch had to answer this seemingly innocent question for the first time after leaving her corporate job to care for her infant son, she drew a shameful blank. She couldn’t find the words to describe this new stage of life she’d just embarked on. How, then, was she to navigate this identity shift? Frustrated, Ruch embarked on a mission to rebrand the stay-at-home mother for a new generation of women who don’t want to leave their ambition behind just because they decide to pause or change their careers post-kids.

Pregnancy and birth can stretch our bodies to their limit and beyond. Incontinence, birth injuries and birth traumas have been a taboo topic for far too long, and, until now, this has prevented women from fully regaining their strength. Stronger is the must-listen guide to the bodily changes encountered by all women following pregnancy, with explanations, exercises and friendly, accessible advice to protect, stabilise and rehabilitate.

Being a mom is a full-time job. It’s demanding, exhausting, and occasionally frustrating, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. We love our children. We want to give them the world and will stop at nothing to get them the things they need. Often, we give so much of ourselves to our work and our families that we lose ourselves in motherhood and forget to do the things that make us whole. We burn out and become exhausted, but things don’t need to be this way! It’s definitely possible to take care of ourselves while still being the excellent parents we know we are.