My work represents my frustrations with domestic life specifically the challenges of motherhood. These pieces were inspired by the internal battle I have with my body. I have

always struggled with anxiety which became exacerbated once I became a mother. The female body is something of beauty and should be marveled, yet so many of us desperately try to alter our appearance. The changes your body goes through after having children and as you continue to age is something none of us can escape. Sagging breasts, stretch marks, the “mom pooch” that seems to hang on no matter how many sit-ups you do. I try to be mindful about how I

speak about my body and appearance because little ears are always listening. I have had to learn to deal with my own childhood trauma and upbringing while also raising my children to have confidence and ways to regulate their emotions. This work is my attempt to see my changing body as beautiful and not something that needs to go back to its previous form of my youth, before I had children. By addressing the harsh stigmas society has towards motherhood, I hope to normalize the reality rather than continuing the cycle of these idealized notions of what motherhood is supposed to be.