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EMBRACING
MOTHERHOOD 

12 One-to-One Sessions Across the Stages of Motherhood
With reflective workbooks to guide your growth between sessions

Embracing Motherhood is a supportive coaching journey designed for mums navigating the emotional shifts of pregnancy, early motherhood, and the transition back to work.

This journey typically lasts 12 months, with flexibility to extend up to 18 months depending on your individual needs and pace — ensuring you receive ongoing support throughout the changing phases of motherhood.

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The programme is divided into three key stages, each with a guided plan to ensure we cover all important areas relevant to that phase. Alongside coaching sessions, you’ll receive a stage-specific workbook designed to help you reflect on your personal experiences and outcomes, deepen your learning, and stay grounded throughout the process.

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You’ll receive 12 online coaching sessions, thoughtfully spaced across the stages, plus the reflective workbooks that support your growth and emotional wellbeing.​​​

​​Flexible Support That Fits Your Life

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  • Sessions tailored to your pace, schedule, and needs

  • Ideal for mums taking between 6–18 months of leave

  • 1:1 sessions delivered online

  • Reflective, mindset-based coaching — not therapy

  • Workbooks deepen the journey with practical tools and emotional insight

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Start With a Free Call

Let’s talk — book a free 40-minute discovery call to see if this journey feels right for you.

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Because motherhood doesn’t pause who you are — it invites you to

rediscover, redefine, and rise into a new version of yourself.
Embracing Motherhood is your space to be held, to grow alongside your baby, and

to honour the woman you are becoming.

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Stage 1 | Rising Tides


3 sessions during pregnancy — ideally starting around Month 6


Includes: “Anchoring Before the Waves” Workbook

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  • Prepare emotionally for the transition into motherhood

  • Explore identity shifts and evolving priorities

  • Navigate fears, uncertainty, and inner critic voices

  • Build emotional resilience and self-awareness

  • Create space for intention and self-connection before birth

  • Use the workbook for self-reflection, values mapping, and emotional clarity

Stage 2 | Deep Waters


6 sessions during maternity leave — spaced over 6 to 12 months


Includes: “Finding Your Flow” Workbook

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  • Support emotional adjustment after birth

  • Process identity loss and redefine self-worth

  • Navigate changing relationships (partner, family, friendships)

  • Rebuild confidence and reconnect with personal values

  • Honour your needs and reclaim time and space for yourself

  • Prepare emotionally to return to work on your terms

  • Workbook includes journal prompts, grounding tools, and confidence-building exercises

Stage 3 | Returning Currents

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3 sessions after returning to work

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Includes: “Steering Forward” Workbook

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  • Manage the emotional transition of going back to work

  • Integrate motherhood and career with clarity and confidence

  • Address guilt, balance, and inner expectations

  • Strengthen your voice, boundaries, and sense of identity

  • Reflect on your journey and define who you are now

  • Workbook supports visioning, integration, and self-celebration

      These coaching programmes are centred around the emotional experience of mothers. That said, I also welcome partners, dads, or co-parents who resonate with this journey and would like to work together.

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