MOTHERING IN THE TIME OF CORONA
Dear Moms:
We've been hit with a tsunami. We’re anxious. You can’t pilot through a tsunami. You have to get under it, where the ocean is calm. But how?
Anxiety is a habit, we learned this when it wasn’t safe growing up to express our real deeper feelings with parents who’d learned it wasn’t safe for them. This actually makes anxiety worse. What makes the anxiety go away is connection, connection inside with our deeper feelings of fear, anger, sadness, with ourselves, and sharing these with a safe other person.
Social media is offering up a lot of ‘we can do this” cheerleading, and fun jokes about hiding out in a closet sipping a martini while letting the kids run wild. What we don’t see is Mom is screaming at her kids when she’s beyond her limit, or calling her husband a name, then feeling lingering guilt. Some moms report feeling more anxious and inadequate reading social media right now.
We need what our kids need; Food, sleep and play. Not so much school and evolving. We need to get under the wave and likely regress to feel adequate to the task of being Mom. The most important role as a Mom is to find a way to stay in relationship with our kids when both are emotional, and resistant. Both need their needs appreciated, even if it’s not comfortable.
Moms need a safe space to have all their feelings, which in turn helps them let their kids have theirs. It’s especially important now as strong feelings are so close to the surface.
This is why I’m offering “Mothering in the Time of Corona,” a safe small virtual group for Moms to feel without judgement, and find clarity for how to best navigate this uncharted time.
Let me know if you’d like to give it a try. Or a Mom who would.
EACH GROUP WILL BE LIMITED TO 6 MOMS.
THE TIMES ARE: SATURDAYS FROM NOON TO 1:30 OR MONDAYS FROM NOON TO 1:30
THERE IS SLIDING FEE SCALE: $25 - $60/WEEK
In this group we will address and hold a safe space for
-Name It To Tame It: name your thoughts to tame your feelings
-How to Manage Emotional Triggers: food, behavior, love, abandonment, isolation
-Home Schooling: how to create a school schedule and in-home structure
-Work Anxiety: what it means for you to balance your professional self and motherhood while in quarantine
-Co-Parenting: parenting dynamics, balance, and communication
-How to relate with your child's unique personalities and needs without projecting your own worry and fear
-How to explore your child's needs more calmly
format of Virtual group coaching for moms
-Open with short Intro
- 5-10 minute guided meditation
-5 minute free write in a journal (to be explained per session)
-Group share for each Mom, and if wanted a request for support
-Feedback given is only positive and from personal experience
-Closing with new takeaways
CONTACT ME TODAY TO GEt STARTED…
SCHEDULE YOUR FREE 15 MINUTE PHONE CONSULTATION TO HELP DECIDE THE BEST WAY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER.
message for moms
First, it’s important to understand living through a pandemic is a trauma. Parts of all of our brains have shut down in order to survive. We feel numb and removed from our emotions. Some of us are hypervigilant and anxious, some of us are depressed and inactive.
Moms are handicapped by their fears as they handle home life with children who are miserable, too, and who likely take it out on her.
She doesn’t have time to think her own thoughts. However, let this group be the safe safe space that you deserve.
