Zoe Pickburn

Mother writer.


I write for the restless mothers. The ones who love motherhood but don’t always enjoy every moment of mothering. The ones who hold space for the hard parts of motherhood — the fear, the fury, the bone-deep exhaustion — and who seek out the joy, too.

I publish a monthly essay to my Substack publication, Cold Coffee, along with other notes from my life as a single, self-employed mother to a chronically ill toddler. Notesapp poetry, lists of small joys, answers to the questions I was too scared to ask.

You can find my writing about the joy and the juggle of motherhood on Instagram, Substack and in various publications.