Mothering Myself First - A book, A breakthrough, A beginning by Jyoti Maheshwari
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Now restocked on amazon: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0F9YXC3GZ
I honestly thought Mothering Myself, First would quietly exist - maybe reach a few hands, maybe sit on someone’s bedside table, maybe get underlined a little and forgotten in a pile of half-read books.
But then… the first batch sold out.
On launch day.
And suddenly, people were searching for it online.
“Mothering Myself First by Jyoti Maheswari.”
They were asking for links, sending DMs, sharing quotes, taking pictures with it like it meant something. And I sat with that feeling for a long time. Because for the first time, I wasn’t just seen, I was understood.
This book wasn’t born out of brilliance.
It was born out of breakdowns.
Out of moments where I wished someone would hold me.
Out of times I said things I regret, just because I didn’t know how to regulate my anger.
Out of deep, aching nights where I thought: Maybe I was supposed to raise myself.
And if you’ve ever felt that… I wrote this for you too.
‘Mothering Myself, First’ isn’t a perfect book.
It doesn’t have all the answers.
But it does have truths. It has softness. It has those brutally honest thoughts we’ve been too afraid to say out loud.
It’s about being the one to sit next to your inner child and say,
“I’m here now. I’ve got you.”
It’s about learning to choose yourself, over and over again even when you were trained not to.
It’s about being the mother you never had, in moments where your world felt like it was falling apart.
When the book sold out, I smiled. And then I cried.
Because the little version of me who thought she had to earn love, stay quiet, hide the mess, and keep it all together, she had no idea that her story would become someone else’s medicine.
And that is what this book is.
A love letter to everyone who’s had to become their own safe place.
The book will be back in stock soon.
Yes, it’s going to be available again,
In print. On Amazon. On Kindle.
I’ll share the links the moment the next batch is ready.
For now, I just want to say: Thank you.
Thank you for giving Mothering Myself, First a place in your journey.
Thank you for showing up for me, but more importantly, for yourself.
With all my heart,
Jyoti Maheswari
@kesariyavanity