Motherhood Didn’t Make Me Smaller — It Made Me Stronger A Bad Breed Womanhood Post Straight From One Bad Maa There’s this quiet lie women are handed at every stage of their life: that motherhood is supposed to shrink you. That once you have a kid, you’re supposed to soften. Quiet down. Dress differently. Dream smaller. Carry only enough ambition to keep the house standing and keep everyone fed. You’re supposed to lose the pieces of yourself you worked hard to build, tuck them away, and trade them in for “acceptable mom behavior.” But here’s the truth no one
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The Crash Before the Rise There comes a moment when even the strongest soul gets leveled. It’s not glamorous. It’s not cinematic. It’s raw , a hard punch to the gut that leaves you staring at the ceiling wondering where the hell it all went wrong. Maybe your plans fell apart. Maybe your job drained the spark right out of you. Maybe you lost something, or someone, that kept you grounded. Whatever it was, it left you hollow and heavy, like a stalled engine in the middle of a storm. But here’s the truth nobody tells you: being flat on
Before One Bad Maa became a brand, it was just me, standing in a dimly lit garage surrounded by half-finished projects, a stubborn dream, and the faint hum of an idea I couldn’t shake. There were no marketing plans, no brand boards, and definitely no investors. There was just grit, caffeine (lots of it), and chaos (nothing in my life comes without chaos), the kind that either breaks you or builds you into something stronger. Everything has made me stronger so far! At that point, I didn’t set out to start a brand. I set out to rebuild myself. Every