NADIAH : The Rebirth
On becoming a mother, reclaiming her voice, the challenges and joys of a new chapter, and the music that carried her through.
You chose to keep your pregnancy and the first six months of motherhood private. What did protecting that experience give you that sharing it publicly couldn’t?
You chose to keep your pregnancy and the first six months of motherhood private. What did protecting that experience give you that sharing it publicly couldn’t?
Keeping this chapter private gave me the rare opportunity to become still. For most of my life, I poured so much of myself into people, opportunities and expectations that I rarely stopped to ask whether those investments were truly nourishing me. Motherhood invited me to pause and reassess everything. It revealed who was genuinely present, but more importantly, it revealed where I needed to be more present with myself. There was deep inner work that happened during that time. I had to confront old patterns, heal parts of myself I had been avoiding, and I had to become far more intentional about where I placed my energy. Not from a place of bitterness, but from a place of self-respect. For the first time, I finally had to face the girl in the mirror and become a woman. As cliche as it might sound, becoming a mother caused me to evolve. It required me to move beyond survival mode and become someone grounded in her reality, her values and her purpose. Spiritually, there was a shedding of what no longer aligned, creating space for deeper peace, deeper love and a stronger connection to who I truly am. That stillness became one of the greatest gifts of the journey.
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In an industry that often rewards constant visibility, what did stepping away teach you about your relationship with success, ambition and self-worth?
It was really challenging in the beginning. I found it hard to separate my identity as an artist from my identity as a mother. I carried a lot of fear, fuelled by all the industry sayings I'd heard for years: "You'll have to choose between a career and a baby," "Use your head, be smart," "You'll lose momentum," "Be prepared for five years out."
I was terrified. I genuinely thought that once she arrived, all the hard work I'd put in over the last decade would go down the drain. Especially after building a platform and community on TikTok and social media, I thought it was going to be over. But eventually I realised I had a choice: either accept those narratives or retrain my thinking. I had to stop letting fear make decisions for me, grow a pair, and trust myself. Ultimately, the outcome was always going to be shaped by what I believed was possible. There are so many incredible women who had already shown me it could be done. Victoria Monét, Muni Long, Lauryn Hill, and Adele, to name a few. I chose to put my faith in that instead. And rather than seeing motherhood as the end of an era, I decided it was going to be the beginning of my best one yet.
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