Mama, Are you ready to release your story?

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Unearth your most hidden motherhood story and start to your healing journey with ‘InSane Mama Moments’.

The ‘InSane Mama Moments’ project was born into the world by Eliane Polek in 2024.

It is a collection of Mother’s hidden stories, releasing shame and guilt by acknowledging and anonymously sharing your own buried stories – bringing them out into the light to be seen, heard, felt, and healed.

These are stories that may have never been told before, that may have lived buried deep inside countless women, festering over years.

You can release your own story at insanemamamoments anonymously to take the weight off your shoulders.

To remember… you are not alone in this, mama.

We have all felt this way on our motherhood journey at one time or other, and maybe more often than anyone thinks.

These stories will feature here on a monthly basis to help bring light into the darkest corners of motherhood, and foster a feeling of connection between mothers and their personal motherhood experiences.

Eliane also runs ‘The Sane Mama’ in South Dublin where she offers unique and immersive ‘Walkshops’ in the forest.

She is running 3month programmes starting April 2026 for mamas who feel they’ve lost themselves in motherhood and want to find their connection, spark and joy again.

You can follow her at thesanemama and on socials for more information or email her at info@thesanemama.ie.

The InSane Mama Moments: ‘InSane Mama Moments’

Story 1:

Singing Old McDonald with every animal I knew and ringing my sister crying as I’d run out of animals to sing to stop my baby crying in the car.

He hated the car.

Story 2:

Once after a long day and night, I safely popped my baby into the travel system, opened the back door and wheeled him outside, closing the double glaze slider behind me,

as I sat in my kitchen with a cup of tea.

Story 3:

When my daughter was 12 she really pushed me to my limits.

After many threats she went running from me and really did not listen.

I ran after her with a brush, and when we reached the top of the stairs, she slammed the door in my face.

I got so mad I put the brush through the door.

After I felt so sad of my actions and to this day grateful she was not on the other side of the door.

Story 4:

During lockdown I was alone with my two children all day 5 days a week.

One afternoon I lost my temper.

I was trying to clean the house and organise my children and my baby crawled up the stairs.

I grabbed her foot and pulled her down.

She was shocked rather than hurt.

I screamed, yelled, she screamed and I felt broken, guilty and awful.

I still do now when I think about it.

Story 5:

Wanting to put my baby in his cot and then get in my car and drive far, far away.

I felt so overwhelmed and totally inadequate.