The Blog: Tea Time with Tajuana

Tajuana, with short curly black hair, wearing a light pink sleeveless top and blue pants, posing for a selfie in front of a mirror, with a blurred background including a white door and a dresser.

Written by Tajuana, this blog is a collection of reflections on motherhood, growth, and life's ever-changing seasons. You'll also find recaps and insights from episodes of the Turn the Paige Podcast.

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Healing While Raising Kids: The Truth No One Talks About

Can you heal while raising kids? A real, honest look at motherhood, triggers, emotional healing, and breaking generational cycles.

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Episode 61: We Came for Playdates, Stayed for Sanity and Snacks (ft. Rebekah Cadet)

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Episode 60: From Zodiac Stereotypes to Book Clubs and Family Lore (ft. Taylor Warrick & Peyton Warrick)

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Send Snacks and Silence: Raising Two Little Boys

Send Snacks and Silence: Raising Two Little Boys is an honest reflection on the beautiful, chaotic reality of motherhood. In this heartfelt essay, Tajuana shares what it’s really like navigating life with a 6-year-old and a 3.5-year-old — the emotional noise, the exhaustion, the laughter, and the deep love that fills the house. This piece speaks to moms raising young boys, feeling overstimulated, and trying to hold space for themselves in the middle of motherhood’s loudest season.

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The Loud Quiet of Motherhood

Motherhood with young children can feel both mind-numbing and overwhelming. In this honest reflection, a mother shares the invisible mental load, the overstimulation, the identity loss, and the slow journey back to herself.

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Mom Rage: The Quiet Anger No One Warns You About

Motherhood doesn’t warn you about mom rage — the quiet anger that builds when you’re overstimulated, overwhelmed, and carrying the mental load for everyone else. This honest reflection explores why so many mothers feel rage and guilt at the same time, and why it doesn’t mean you’re a bad mom.

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Messy Middle

The messy middle of motherhood is where identity, growth, and self-discovery collide. It’s hard, beautiful, and deeply real—and it’s where many mothers quietly learn who they are again.