Self Sacrificial Motherhood vs Embodied Motherhood

  • So many things get tangled up and compacted together. Our needs are silenced and our self is sacrificed. We are stuck like characters in a story. And it sets the stage for our depletion.

    The glorification of Self Sacrificial Motherhood is delivering an entire generation of mothers straight into the hands of overwhelm, exhaustion and burnout.

    Through this construct mothers are minimised, silenced and dehumanised. Their basic human needs are divorced from their bodies. Mothers are stretched too thin to function. Their health is not valued or nurtured. Postnatal depletion is, perhaps, inevitable.

    To deep dive into how we as a society and culture think and talk about mothers and motherhood see absolute expert in this field: Dr Sophie Brock

Self Sacrificial Motherhood creates the conditions for:

Perfectionism, Exhaustion, Rage, Anger and Guilt

which all have the power to reinforce each other

With wisdom and greater awareness we can open it up.

We can meet tangled stuckness with our own agile and reflexive thinking. We can lean into Embodied Motherhood.

  • Dethroning and disempowering self sacrificial motherhood allows us to create our own story. Allows us to see: we’re worthy as humans, all on our own.

    We bring awareness to what nourishes us - what makes us feel expansive and whole.

    We more deeply excavate our identity. So that we can be lead by our own values.

    We lean into the autonomy to claim what we want and the agility to bend.

    We voice our needs and call in the support we deserve.

    We accept Mother Focused Care.

Embodied Motherhood creates the conditions for:

Curiosity, Self Awareness, Self Compassion, Allowing What Is

which have the power to scaffold and positively reinforce each other

What Motherhood Sessions Are / Are Not

  • a focus on your child / your childs needs

    an outside-in, masked, aesthetically pleasing glossy happy perpetuation of The Perfect Mother

    ‘5 steps to perfect, seamless motherhood’

    ‘I Have All The Answers - Do What I Do’

    or more things to feel guilty about

  • Mother Focused Care

    Space to have your experience listened to from start to finish

    Allowing honest, gritty and real conversations to unfold with tenderness

    Genuine exploration of what you’re carrying

    Naming the depth of the mothering experience, and humanise the mothering role

    Fostering self-compassion and mirroring back to you your strength and beauty

    Melting confusion and overwhelm with expansive, targeted learning

    Finding the places we can positively impact your experience

    Fostering conditions for your body to feel safe and held so you can take deep breaths and see clearly

    Scaffolding support around you to allow you to grow.

    Allowing for non-linear, completely-human lopsided healing.

    Unravelling and unlearning the old to create something new

    And what you create - your new story of being within motherhood - is exactly your own. And because it’s yours, it’s the perfect fit. And it's stunning.