Our Brave Hearts
Wise Words for Mothers
Jacqueline Kelly author Rosie Lovelock illustrator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Quarto Publishing PLC
Published:19th Feb '26
Should be back in stock very soon
Honest reflections and support for navigating the realities of modern motherhood.
Modern motherhood is fraught with contradictions that make it so difficult to navigate. Balancing out your fierce and all-consuming love with the desire to just be left in peace for a few minutes, juggling the pressure to put someone else’s needs first with the sense that you’re losing your grasp of the person you once were; it’s easy to feel confused, angry and even lost.
Certified life coach and matrescence psychotherapist, Jacqueline Kelly, knows how you feel and knows how to help. Her honest, compassionate writing is a soothing balm to anyone going through the heady cocktail of confusion, joy, rage and adoration that is new motherhood.
In Our Brave Hearts, you’ll find:
- Reflective essays that explore identity, strength and resilience.
- Gentle prompts and affirmations to help mothers reconnect with themselves.
- Beautiful illustrations by Rosie Lovelock that bring warmth and calm to every page.
- Suggestions for practical resources to help with mental health and self-care.
This book is both a companion and a guide, offering recognition and reassurance for mothers who feel overwhelmed by expectations.
Whether you’re buying for yourself or gifting to a new mother, Our Brave Hearts provides clarity, comfort and confidence at one of life’s most transformative stages.
'Honest, tender, and deeply human, this book captures motherhood as it is actually lived. Small and unassuming, it holds powerful truths so many mothers live but rarely feel able to say out loud. Jacqueline writes with a gentle fierceness, holding the beauty and the difficulty of mothering side by side. Reading her words, I felt seen in the love, the exhaustion, the longing, and the deep complexity of becoming a mother. This is a book that understands the duality mothers carry and offers something profoundly rare: the experience of being seen.'
Dr Emma Bagnall, Clinical Psychologist, Matrescence Practitioner, Holistic Sleep Coach, and Mom
'A tender and powerful companion for the mother who has lost - or nearly lost - herself, and is quietly finding her way back home. This beautiful, accessible book gives language to what has long been invisibilized, honors the sacred, and helps make sense of the tenderness, gratitude, and rage that grow within us as our babies grow up. It reminds us that we were never "just" mothers. We are foundational to all that is healthy, decent, and restorative in this wounded world.'
Beth Berry (@bethberrycoaching), Author of Motherwhelmed, Coach and Mother of four
ISBN: 9781836007593
Dimensions: 170mm x 110mm x 19mm
Weight: 290g
144 pages