The Mothers’ Sanctuary
Mother and Baby Circles
Mother Circles (private and closed group spaces):
Whether you choose to explore these spaces in a Circle space with other mothers, or you choose to have a 1-1 space with me, you do not have to perform or pretend. You do not have to arrive with solutions or leave with answers. These sessions are about you being seen, heard, and supported in every version of you in your mothering seasons, where the highs, joys and delights can co-exist along with the dark, distressing and raw emotions such as rage, shame, fear can be with us, as well as the mundane in between parts. These are supportive and reflective spaces where honest conversations occur, where mothers feel held in connection and understanding, and where their experiences are validated and acknowledged in a real world and withing a real relationship.
Many mothers feel immense pressure to “cope,” to push through, ignoring and avoiding their true basic needs and emotional wellbeing, maybe as perceived strength, or a badge of honour or with the conditioning of ‘we can do it all’. Many mothers keep going no matter what, until they feel like they are broken. But the truth is, the societal and systemic narratives are broken, not YOU and not motherhood. Motherhood can be isolating and requires plenty of support, love and kindness when things are ok and more so, especially during significant life transitions or times of grief. A generation of mothers deserves to be genuinely supported in genuine connection—no courses, booklets, no podcasts or journals-just raw, real, and relational healing.
If you know there is a few of you and you would like the space to explore, process, reflect and witness yourself in relation to other mothers, I can hold a small, supportive and therapeutic group within my Private Practice (up to 4-5 mothers)-please do make contact with me and we can explore facilitating this for you all. If 1-1 is feeling like what you need first or right now, also feel welcome to contact me and we can sort this together.
The private group is where we can explore all topics into the voyage of motherhood, the highs, lows and the messy and mundane and everything in between, in a safe and private group with a trained Circle Leader and with many years of holding therapeutic group spaces and a Masters research in Motherhood. The matrescence remains an untold story of many.
Come along, join us, share, listen and learn with other mothers, the babies and let's grow alongside each other, in motherhood and in togetherness.
Grief Circles and Spaces
Mothering without Mothers (1-1 spaces or in Groups)
Mothering after the death of your mother can stir up a vortex of powerful emotions. Whether your relationship with your mother was close, complicated, cold or painful, her absence may feel acutely sharper once you become a mother yourself. Here, I welcome your deep and complex grief and be alongside you as you navigate motherhood with that enormous void.
This is a space for:
- Finding strength in shared experiences
- Processing and reexperiencing grief in the context of motherhood
- Exploring emotions like sadness, anger, anxiety, guilt or longing and more
- Sharing memories and reflecting on your mother’s role in your life
- Grieving for the hopes and dreams of your experiences and children’s
- If you would like a 1:1 space or Circle place for a Grief Circle for those whose baby/infant has died, please let me know, and we can explore how to provide you with the support you need.
People often share things in a grief circle that they may not be able to in other contexts. They may reveal something that they have never told anyone before. There may not be words but feelings that are expressed through sounds, tears, body movements. If it feels safe enough, people may voice something, and through it being seen and heard by others, it can have a transformative effect.
Being witnessed can be a very powerful experience. My aim to create sacred spaces for those emotions and experiences to exist and the grief can be amongst us, in togetherness and with compassion.
- I have trained in Infertility
- I have trained in Baby and Infant Loss
- I have trained in Secondary Infertility
Please do contact me if you are interested in receiving support with me, through Grief Circles or 1-1 spaces.
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