Motherhood, Matrescence &
Maternal Mental Health
Motherhood is a deep transition, a passage that brings so many feelings, all the time in varying amounts, intensities and durations. Mothers seem to get lost in the arrival of a new baby, whereas during pregnancy the focus is so acute on the body carrying the baby, and then all of a sudden the focus shifts…and during the time when a mother needs the focus on her more than ever.
If you are a mom - pregnant, postpartum, in the thick of raising humans - I am here to be with YOU. You are so deeply deserving of focus, care and attunement. The messages moms receive are all focused on being good and perfect, on taking care of others, and on sacrificing self - so it makes sense if it feels impossible to believe that you matter, you are deserving, and you not only can but NEED to put yourself first! It can feel confusing, and yet I know it to be true - without putting yourself first, no one else can thrive, especially not you.
My intention for working with moms is to bring forth the truth that they deeply and profoundly matter. My hope is to normalize all of the changes and the losses that they are walking through. My desire is to give permission for moms to be exactly where they are at, and to create a space to be able to say all the things that feel way too scary to think let alone say aloud. I bring an immense amount of care, compassion, understanding and curiosity that I know will support moms in reconnecting with the immense wisdom and power that lives inside of each and every one of us.
Moms need support, in fact without supporting moms, children, families and entire communities suffer. I believe in challenging the societal story that either we are the “good mom” happy all the time in a state of bliss, or we are the “bad mom” struggling with pain, sadness, fear and worry - a problem to be fixed. I am here to remind moms that they are living in a society that has created systems that can only lead to struggle and pain, and that moms do NOT deserve to be pathologized as a result. You are not a problem, and I am here to help you heal and cope with all that motherhood asks that can feel so deeply hard.