Are you ready to explore how motherhood has changed you - and nurture your own growth along the way?
Motherhood changes everything - your body, your relationships, your sense of who you are. And yet, amidst all that change, it can be easy to forget that you are still here - learning, evolving, growing, becoming.
What most people don't tell you is that motherhood isn’t just something you do - it’s something that transforms and shapes you. You don’t return to who you were before; you grow into someone new. There’s both love and loss; strength and vulnerability; challenge and deep growth.
This is the heart of matrescence - the name given to describe the transition of becoming a mother - a process of continual growth, shedding and becoming. And while it can feel disorienting at times, it’s also where your deepest wisdom and resilience begin to take root.
DO YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF WONDERING...
Who am I now?
Why do I feel so different since becoming a mother?
Will I ever feel like myself again?
Is there something wrong with me?
Is it just me who feels like this?
How do I even articulate how I'm feeling and what I'm going through?
How do I get through this?
Does this sound familiar? You're not alone.
Motherhood changes everything - your body, mind, identity and sense of self. But no one really prepares you for how much.
Nobody really talks about matrescence (the process of becoming a mother) and so postpartum life can feel really confusing and disorientating. It's common to feel lost, like you're broken and you don't know who you are anymore.
But here's what most people don't tell you.
Matrescence is a transformation as powerful as adolescence - but we rarely name it. You’re not supposed to have it all figured out. You’re learning, adapting and finding your way - and that’s what growth looks like.
Right Now You Might Be Feeling:
A sense of disconnection and disorientation - wondering where the old “you” has gone, and when you’ll start to feel like yourself again.
Torn between gratitude and grief - loving your baby deeply, yet missing parts of your life or identity that once felt familiar.
Overwhelmed by change - emotional, physical, mental, relational - and unsure how to make sense of it all.
Tired of the pressure to “bounce back” when it feels like everything inside you has shifted.
A quiet ache for more - more space, more calm, more understanding of what this new chapter truly means for you.
Alone and isolated in your thoughts, even though you know other mothers must surely feel this way too.
Well...
Imagine Instead Being Able To:
✨Pause and breathe, feeling grounded and centred - even amidst the noise and demands of daily motherhood.
✨Understand your emotional shifts with greater clarity and compassion, rather than judging yourself for them.
✨Acknowledge both the loss and the growth that have come with motherhood - and find peace in holding both truths.
✨Recognise your resilience - not because you have it all figured out, but because you continue to grow through the challenges and changes.
✨Feel more connected - to yourself, your story and a community of mothers who understand the unspoken parts of this journey.
✨Trust the ongoing process of becoming, knowing that you won't “go back” to who you were, but can gently grow into who you’re becoming.
The answer is
"Growing into Motherhood"
A reflective workshop to honour your journey
- the losses, the gains and the growth.
Here's What The Workshop Covers:
Matrescence
Understand what matrescence is and access exclusive content from the Seasons of Matrescence ® (a powerful matrescence model and reflection tool developed by Nikki McCahon).
Inner Growth
Explore your own embodied experience of motherhood - and all the different shifts that have taken / are taking place.
Growth Through Change
Acknowledge the changes you’ve lived through and how they’ve shaped who you are today.
Growth Amidst Grief
Reflect on your experiences of loss and gain in matrescence.
Strong Growth
Recognise your own resilience, strength and the wisdom that’s emerging through challenge.
Compassionate Growth
Learn how to develop a compassionate approach towards your motherhood journey. Leave feeling grounded, validated and gently reconnected to the person you’re becoming.
Why "Growing Into Motherhood" Matters
So often, mothers are expected to “get back to normal” - but the truth is, you are forever changed and you are not supposed to return to the same pre-motherhood state. You are evolving and growing forwards, not going backwards.
Taking time to reflect on your matrescence journey in this workshop helps you to:
Create meaning and acceptance within the changes of motherhood.
Reconnect with your values, identity and needs as a woman and mother.
Strengthen self-compassion and emotional resilience.
Regulate emotions and soothe self-doubt.
Adjust to motherhood with more ease and peace.
IS THIS WORKSHOP RIGHT FOR ME?
Growing Into Motherhood offers a calm and supportive space for reflection, self-understanding and gentle emotional growth.
THIS WORKSHOP IS SUITED FOR YOU IF YOU ARE:
A mum - brand new or seasoned!
Ready to pause, reconnect, and make sense of how motherhood has shaped you
Craving some space to reflect on all that has changed for you
Struggling to understand or articulate the changes that new motherhood brings
Curious about matrescence and the transition to and through motherhood
A LITTLE NOTE...
THIS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT FIT
FOR YOU RIGHT NOW IF:
You’re experiencing significant mental health difficulties (such as severe postnatal depression, anxiety or trauma) that would make emotional reflection feel triggering or overwhelming.
You’re seeking therapy, crisis support or medical advice - this is an educational and reflective session. It is not a replacement for clinical diagnosis or treatment.
You’d prefer practical parenting tips or step-by-step guidance (e.g. about sleep, feeding or routines). This space focuses on you, not your baby or your parenting strategies.
(If any of the above feels true for you, it might be best to seek one-to-one or specialist support first - and you’ll always be welcome to join a future "Growing Into Motherhood" session when you feel ready.)
Please note this program is for personal use only. Due to a licensing agreement it is not possible to use the workshop content in your own work with mothers, if you are a professional looking to use the material in your own mother-support work. Please contact me directly to discuss training options.
You don’t need to have it all figured out. Just come as you are with a pen and paper!
📅 Date: Saturday 29th November
⏰ Time: 10am - 12 midday
📍 Location: Online (or watch the replay in your own time)
💛 Investment: £25*
(*or FREE if you are already a member of The Postnatal Emotional Wellbeing Toolkit)
What's Included
A guided self-reflection activity using exclusive material from The Seasons of Matrescence ® (a matrescence model developed by Nikki McCahon), to help you explore your personal matrescence journey.
Gentle discussion prompts and opportunities for shared understanding.
A supportive, matrescence-informed environment where every emotion is valid.
Practical takeaways to help you continue integrating your reflections beyond the session.
Evidence-based tools to help you develop a compassionate mindset towards your motherhood journey
Your Invitation
Growing into Motherhood
A Reflective Workshop to Honour Change, Loss and Growth
Take a pause from doing - and give yourself permission to simply be.
Join me in this calm, reflective space to acknowledge your journey, your strength and your becoming
- to nurture your growth into motherhood.
Come as you are - in your PJs, with your baby, it doesn't matter.
👉 Register now:
Your Facilitator
Dr Margy Bowes
(The Postpartum Psychologist)
UK Registered Clinical Psychologist
Certified Seasons of Matrescence ® Educator
Mother
About The Postpartum Psychologist
Dr Margy Bowes is a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist and certified Seasons of Matrescence ® Educator and Guide. She specializes in providing online antenatal and postnatal support to mothers who are struggling with the transition to parenthood. She is deeply passionate about supporting new mothers through the life-transforming rite of passage that is becoming a mother.
Drawing on her professional knowledge and lived experience of postpartum difficulties and recovery, she now delivers online education courses to empower and support women struggling with the transition to motherhood. She established The Postpartum Psychologist to increase awareness of matrescence by providing mothers with access to invaluable matrescence information, education and tools that are not otherwise widely available (or acknowledged) through traditional antenatal and postnatal support services. Services and products provided by The Postpartum Psychologist aim to plug some of this gap in antenatal and postnatal support, to help mothers adjust to the changes and challenges that their new role and identity brings; and to allow them the peace and acceptance to embrace their motherhood journey, whatever that looks like and feels like for them.
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