MOTHERING IS VERB. Once a mother, always a mother. Each of us has a unique journey to motherhood.
All are valuable. All are meaningful You have been, and continue to be, on your own mothering path.
I desire to live in a world where there is less competition and comparison, wounds of unworthiness, and separation...and more deep connection, community, love and compassion than we could even imagine.
We didn't get here to this place of individualism, division and layers of separation that feed the diminishing health of mothers and the mother earth in one or two or even five generations.
It will take many generations to find our way home to what feels true and sacred. To the wellness and thrive of all mothers. To a mother culture.
But we must vision and take action. We must acknowledge and celebrate. We must seek pleasure and joy. We must seek each other beyond all the layers of separation.
We really need each other for all of that. We need a village that includes all mothers, wherever they are on the path.
Here are a fews words that came to me and the truth is, I wasn't really sure where to put them, but they seemed to want to be on this site. So, here they are.
They are mostly written for women mothering through adoption. As I wrote, I felt like I was writing to myself too--and the full spectrum of motherhood and womanhood. I am a mother through birth and adoption. I'm an aunt and godmother. I'm a daughter. I was born with a womb which innately connects me to a cyclical nature and is interdependent and interconnected with mother nature and her cyclical wisdom.
I've also experienced the loss of three pregnancies and a deep ache for the loss of other mothers. Chances are you mother in many ways and you've experiences great joys and losses. Chances are you might be an adoptive or foster mom. Or maybe you found this page because you grew your family through kinship or a blended two families. Chances are you know many women who are mothering in a myriad of ways.
Here are a few things that have stirred in my mind, heart, soul, bones and womb over the years. I write for me. I write for you. I write because I believe in motherhood. I write because I want build mother culture.
All are valuable. All are meaningful You have been, and continue to be, on your own mothering path.
I desire to live in a world where there is less competition and comparison, wounds of unworthiness, and separation...and more deep connection, community, love and compassion than we could even imagine.
We didn't get here to this place of individualism, division and layers of separation that feed the diminishing health of mothers and the mother earth in one or two or even five generations.
It will take many generations to find our way home to what feels true and sacred. To the wellness and thrive of all mothers. To a mother culture.
But we must vision and take action. We must acknowledge and celebrate. We must seek pleasure and joy. We must seek each other beyond all the layers of separation.
We really need each other for all of that. We need a village that includes all mothers, wherever they are on the path.
Here are a fews words that came to me and the truth is, I wasn't really sure where to put them, but they seemed to want to be on this site. So, here they are.
They are mostly written for women mothering through adoption. As I wrote, I felt like I was writing to myself too--and the full spectrum of motherhood and womanhood. I am a mother through birth and adoption. I'm an aunt and godmother. I'm a daughter. I was born with a womb which innately connects me to a cyclical nature and is interdependent and interconnected with mother nature and her cyclical wisdom.
I've also experienced the loss of three pregnancies and a deep ache for the loss of other mothers. Chances are you mother in many ways and you've experiences great joys and losses. Chances are you might be an adoptive or foster mom. Or maybe you found this page because you grew your family through kinship or a blended two families. Chances are you know many women who are mothering in a myriad of ways.
Here are a few things that have stirred in my mind, heart, soul, bones and womb over the years. I write for me. I write for you. I write because I believe in motherhood. I write because I want build mother culture.
Motherhood & Mothering through Adoption
Mothering through adoption. A beautiful and sacred gift! Yet sometimes hard and confusing.
You never loved more and you never worked harder. Your life has never been so full, and perhaps you never felt more depleted.
Somedays, you may feel like you can't find your way home.
You prepared, or so you thought.
In the midst of all the ups and downs, the joys and losses, the paperwork, and home visits, uncertainty and anticipation, you poured time and energy into books, blogs, videos, research around adoption, parenting kids who've experienced separation, challenge, or loss with a deep desire to offer safety, love and connection forever.
Yet nothing really prepares one for motherhood, especially mothering children who've already experienced adversity and transition. You've come to know grief well...theirs and yours...even in the midst of pure awe and joy.
Maybe you've found some relief through therapy, workshops, books, and discovering "evidence-based" support through neuroscience or psychology.
Still, there are pieces of you that feel lost, disconnected.
You may feel like you've lost your sense of self through the ups and downs, ins and outs, unlearning and learning. It seems to come and go in cycles. And it's very disorienting.
Your heart is full, yet your body aches, your mind races, and your soul feels...dull.
I GET IT. I've been there.
Mothering through adoption. A beautiful and sacred gift! Yet sometimes hard and confusing.
You never loved more and you never worked harder. Your life has never been so full, and perhaps you never felt more depleted.
Somedays, you may feel like you can't find your way home.
You prepared, or so you thought.
In the midst of all the ups and downs, the joys and losses, the paperwork, and home visits, uncertainty and anticipation, you poured time and energy into books, blogs, videos, research around adoption, parenting kids who've experienced separation, challenge, or loss with a deep desire to offer safety, love and connection forever.
Yet nothing really prepares one for motherhood, especially mothering children who've already experienced adversity and transition. You've come to know grief well...theirs and yours...even in the midst of pure awe and joy.
Maybe you've found some relief through therapy, workshops, books, and discovering "evidence-based" support through neuroscience or psychology.
Still, there are pieces of you that feel lost, disconnected.
You may feel like you've lost your sense of self through the ups and downs, ins and outs, unlearning and learning. It seems to come and go in cycles. And it's very disorienting.
Your heart is full, yet your body aches, your mind races, and your soul feels...dull.
I GET IT. I've been there.
You are not alone. I see you.
The cultural fabric of motherhood is in need of repair. I believe what we crave and need is connection and community. I believe that we can weave the threads together and mend the fabric of our own lives, of our own motherhood journeys, and for the collective. We are weaving together a new culture that is centered around connection for our children and future generations.
I believe that when we engage in radical care of ourselves we dissolve layers of separation within our own bodies and create connection and healing in our whole being. As we live from center with supportive circles of women, we can care more deeply for our families and those we love, our communities, and the planet. We create healing spaces for our children.
Did anyone ever show you how to take such tender care of your mother self? Were you held in a nurturing circle that shared wisdom and helped you remember your own wisdom as you entered your motherhood journey and every other threshold and transition of our life?
I've experienced and witnessed the transformative power of the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and circle wisdom to help mend the places where we, and our mothers and grandmothers, have been disconnected --disconnected from ourselves, disconnected from each other, from the earth, from circle, from feminine wisdom, from sexuality, from body and from cycles of nature.
It's time to weave the threads back together, mend the tear in this cultural fabric, and remember who we are...so our daughters and future generations can too.
Accompanying women and mothers anywhere on their path is an honor and hold it with reverence and presence. It always feels like a co-creative process so thank you for being here and for your following your curiosity and wisdom too.
The cultural fabric of motherhood is in need of repair. I believe what we crave and need is connection and community. I believe that we can weave the threads together and mend the fabric of our own lives, of our own motherhood journeys, and for the collective. We are weaving together a new culture that is centered around connection for our children and future generations.
I believe that when we engage in radical care of ourselves we dissolve layers of separation within our own bodies and create connection and healing in our whole being. As we live from center with supportive circles of women, we can care more deeply for our families and those we love, our communities, and the planet. We create healing spaces for our children.
Did anyone ever show you how to take such tender care of your mother self? Were you held in a nurturing circle that shared wisdom and helped you remember your own wisdom as you entered your motherhood journey and every other threshold and transition of our life?
I've experienced and witnessed the transformative power of the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and circle wisdom to help mend the places where we, and our mothers and grandmothers, have been disconnected --disconnected from ourselves, disconnected from each other, from the earth, from circle, from feminine wisdom, from sexuality, from body and from cycles of nature.
It's time to weave the threads back together, mend the tear in this cultural fabric, and remember who we are...so our daughters and future generations can too.
Accompanying women and mothers anywhere on their path is an honor and hold it with reverence and presence. It always feels like a co-creative process so thank you for being here and for your following your curiosity and wisdom too.
Let's create a pathway of healing for ourselves and our children and let it move through generations past and future.
Mothering, in and of itself, is likely the most wild, complicated, soul-shifting transition of a woman's life!
And there's even a word for it. Matrescence.
Like adolescence, it's a time when everything changes. Matrescence is the physical, emotional, hormonal, social, and spiritual transition of becoming a mother. It applies to all mothers, regardless of the way you arrive to motherhood.
Pause a minute. Take a breath and take that in.
...really soak that up for just a moment. It's HUGE!
And it's rarely ever talked about.
You and I know there are added layers of uncertainty and challenge that arise when you are on the path of motherhood through adoption.
Thankfully, there's more emerging support for parenting, attachment, understanding communication behind behaviors, and ways we can provide safe and healing homes. But, there's little to address and support the body, mind, soul, heart and womb ache so many of us feel.
If this is landing on your heart and resonating, know that once you become a mother, you'll forever be a mother. And it's an ever-evolving journey! So it doesn't matter if you're in the first year of mothering or your kids are all grown up.
Your healing, understanding of your uniqueness ,and understanding of your own motherhood journey is essential to both your personal and the collective wellness. I believe it's essential in creating a pathway for our kids to know and understand themselves as unique, loved, whole, and always enough too.
When we live from connectivity and presence, we have a greater capacity to create the safe, healing spaces our kids, families and those we care for deserve.
Let's do this together!
Karla
So, here’s what I desire.
I want you to trust YOU. To remember your wisdom, and power, and aliveness. To feel rooted, rested and resilient.
I WANT US TO BE FIERCE YET SOFT TOGETHER, inhabiting our bodies fully and experiencing the full range of being human and mother while we create a path healing and wholeness for our kids. This is embodied healing, feminine healing.
I want us to nurture and nourish and remember together. Heal together.
I want to create, bless, and sustain a community of women who are momma bears for themselves in such radical, hopeful ways that they are free and powerful in their care for others and their hope for the future as we help create the world we want to live in and leave behind for future generations.
I don’t think that’s too much to hope for. Do you?
Here's how we can begin...
I want you to trust YOU. To remember your wisdom, and power, and aliveness. To feel rooted, rested and resilient.
I WANT US TO BE FIERCE YET SOFT TOGETHER, inhabiting our bodies fully and experiencing the full range of being human and mother while we create a path healing and wholeness for our kids. This is embodied healing, feminine healing.
I want us to nurture and nourish and remember together. Heal together.
I want to create, bless, and sustain a community of women who are momma bears for themselves in such radical, hopeful ways that they are free and powerful in their care for others and their hope for the future as we help create the world we want to live in and leave behind for future generations.
I don’t think that’s too much to hope for. Do you?
Here's how we can begin...
The spaces and circles I create are co-creative. There is deep wisdom within every mama, every woman.
I help them digest all of life and it's experiences so they can embody love, healing and connection.
...so they can remember their inherent wholeness and that we all need a village.
If you'd like to know what other women say about working together, go HERE.
I help them digest all of life and it's experiences so they can embody love, healing and connection.
...so they can remember their inherent wholeness and that we all need a village.
If you'd like to know what other women say about working together, go HERE.
May you know you are inherently whole and always enough.
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