Compassionate, Trauma-Informed Support for Grief & Healing in Motherhood

My Drive: What Challenges Have You Overcome?

My drive is to help women rediscover joy, while also growing awareness and understanding about difficult mothering experiences. I know the heartbreak of loss – and I understand how deeply personal and unique each woman’s experience is. In my own journey, I tried to tuck my grief and shame away, as if putting them in a box in the attic. But unprocessed emotions don’t disappear – they live in the body and eventually find other ways to speak.

One of the hardest parts after loss is the pressure to “get back to normal” – to return to work, even when you’re still shattered. Sometimes work offers distraction; not going back could also add financial strain which adds another layer of stress.

What truly supported me were glimmers – small moments that ground us – and a regular gratitude practice. Glimmers might be a quiet cup of tea, birdsong or a moment of stillness in nature. Gratitude helped me reorient my heart towards what are the small things that happen that day – roses coming into bloom, a hug with a loved one. These aren’t just feel-good ideas – they’re supported by science. Studies show that regularly practising gratitude can increase dopamine and serotonin, the brain’s “feel-good” chemicals, helping to shift us out of survival mode and into connection, building resilience again to life stresses.

We’re not forgetting our little angels when we do this – we’re learning how to carry our love and our loss together, while still finding our way forward.

Somatic work is about making these small, slow steps with the world around us, towards safety and connection again. Healing is not linear and there are times when old feelings surface and we are triggered. Anniversaries can be difficult after loss. But by compassionately embracing the parts of us that went through this, they know they do not have to hide in the dusty attic. They are part of us and we can offer them kind words like “No wonder”, “No wonder you feel this way”, “And that is all ok”.

Loving and allowing all parts of us helps create joy again.

For better or worse: What are the pros and cons of running your own business?

My business has been growing organically at a speed that works for my nervous system. When I realised I wanted to offer 1-1 support to women, I knew I needed to put in the work myself, being consistent in my own practice, showing up for myself every day – to check in with my feelings, needs and the present moment, through mind-movement-breath work. This has helped me develop a dialogue with myself that is loving and supportive.

When you run your own business, you have your own work team of people in your head, so it is about creating immense inner trust, working together and understanding where different viewpoints are coming from. And that has taken time. When you have been disconnected from your feelings for a long time due to trauma, you have to slowly build the trust again. The inner critic is just trying to keep you safe, so you need to understand why and you need to compassionately listen.

Healing is not linear. There is no end point. It is an ongoing dance, and I am not trying to fix people, but to hold a space for women that allows them to be vulnerable. Through this, we start to connect with that innate wisdom that we all have inside us, that gut feeling, that intuition. It just gets a bit lost sometimes, but it is always there.

By not rushing the growth of my business, it gives me the space to find calm and care for my family. Mothering after loss has brought its own challenges – our children are incredibly attuned to how we’re feeling. I look at my daughter, now five, and I see her developing a beautiful sense of self. She already knows how to express her needs with love and with boundaries. Just the other day, she said, “Mummy, I have needs too”. Incredible, right? And yet, it’s also deeply confronting. It can be hard to hold space for our children’s emotions when we didn’t grow up with that kind of emotional safety ourselves.

In many ways, we are re-mothering ourselves while raising these wise little beings. That’s why the practices I share are intentionally simple and grounded. I even do a short body scan with Sky at bedtime – it helps her settle, and more often than not, we both drift off together. That’s co-regulation in action. I love how naturally my work flows into everyday life – supporting not just my clients, but my own family too.

Hopes and dreams: What next?

I’m grateful to be stepping more fully into this work – offering compassionate, trauma-informed support for grief and healing in motherhood. This year I want to continue to grow my community, sharing knowledge and understanding. I’ll be holding 1:1 sessions and women’s circles, both online and in person, creating spaces where emotions can be acknowledged through somatic movement, compassionate inquiry and the healing power of being truly listened to.

In the autumn, I’ll launch a short course for mothers whose journey hasn’t gone as expected – a space to slow down, turn inward and explore feelings and needs with care. In January, a longer, deeper course will follow, allowing more time to process and integrate life experiences. These online group containers can be a real support system for women, as we gain such value through sharing as we integrate new systems of support into our lives.

At the heart of everything I offer is the belief that healing happens in connection – when we feel seen, heard and held with compassion. These offerings will support women in understanding their nervous system’s unique language and help them reconnect with all parts of themselves – creating space for kindness, inner peace and genuine human connection.