Mums4aChange
Mums4aChange is the Social Enterprise arm of Co-Creation Coaching – designed specifically for mothers because your well-being creates the well-being of the world.
Mums4aChange offers three core elements:
Mums4change are also developing lots of other ways to focus on your emotional well-being including a community hub for mothers.
Is coaching for mothers for me?
After becoming a mother it can be a struggle to know who you really are now. You may feel different, like your old sense of self has ‘burnt-out’. But you are too busy doing to think about you and your place in the world. You can end up just feeling over-whelmed and off balance. This can happen when you have a new baby or for some you start feeling this way later on in your parenting journey. For others it is when you or your child are facing extra challenges you notice you have lost your inner compass.
It can be hard dealing with the confusing and often conflicting thoughts and feelings that motherhood provokes. As mothers we are forced to bump up against our own vulnerabilities and raw spots on a daily basis, (often in public and when we are sleep deprived).
Whilst there is a lot of talk about parenting, working mothers and full-time at home mothers, we don’t often get the chance to talk about how we’re truly feeling, or admit that life as a parent can at times lose its joy. Or that the type of parent you intend to be is not who you have become, as you find yourself over-stretched, guilty and on an emotional roller coaster.
As a busy mum, the last thing you need is another ‘to do list’. Instead, both the Personal, Creative 1-1 Coaching programme and the Time for YOU coaching group offer you the opportunity to listen deeply to what you need, reconnect with yourself and forge your new identity in the world. To help you take the first step contact me or read on to find out more.
Areas that you may like to work on could include:
Replenishment: carve out the time and space for yourself to do something that supports and nourishes you
Identity: find what truly matters to you now, what gives life meaning and makes your heart sing
Wholehearted living: discover your big ‘Yes’ to life and how to practice and sustain this
Work: clarify your new values and priorities, what you have to offer and what work now fits you best
Creativity: permission to play, experiment, get messy, make mistakes, ask questions of life and invent the answers
I find coaching with Jo to be a fantastic experience. I love it because it is positive, forward focused, with a personalized goal in mind. It goes without saying that it is totally non-judgmental and each session flows in the direction dictated by the individual. It is a truly unique, creative and holistic experience.
How can Coaching for Mothers help?
Jo has been a real support and her Life Coaching sessions have been inspirational in ways I could not have imagined.
As a mother you are asked to give so much of yourself every day, both physically and emotionally. You frequently make decisions that will impact the direction of your child’s life as well as your own. Decisions about work, childcare, schooling, what everyone eats, looks at, and wears. And then there is all the ‘doing’ of daily life that requires your energy.
These parenting responsibilities demand constant attention, energy and vigilance, and can sometimes feel overwhelming. It’s easy to end up feeling depleted, exhausted and full of self-doubt. It can feel hard to know how you feel about things and what is important to you now. You need to re-establish who you are, because you know if you don’t you are depriving both you and your child of the richest resource you can offer – you.
You may have tried various things to reconnect with yourself. You know you can’t go back to your old self, but you don’t have the time or space in your normal day to even begin to take stock of what this change means to you. You have an inkling it could be a positive change, a call to grow further into yourself, but you are not sure how.
It feels like it is time to drop anchor, steady yourself and re-plot your own course.
Whilst it can feel hard to give yourself the permission, you know that time nourishing and re-charging yourself will benefit everyone. The Creative Life Coaching for Mothers Programme will help you identify how this is possible in your life. You can use it to set up ways to hold yourself accountable so that you practice re-connecting and re-charging rather than just wish you did.
If you are in Devon and also want the support of a group of mothers, the Creative Writing meets Life Coaching for Mothers group compliments the 1-1 coaching.
What you are doing day-to-day is big work, even if it doesn’t get a fanfare. You deserve a team to support you so that you’re not running on empty.
When you can be honest about how things really are, and this honesty isn’t just tolerated but is genuinely valued, it can be a huge relief. None of us measure up to the crazy ideals of motherhood. Taking compassion as our starting place we can then explore what is genuinely important to you. What are your values, passions and purpose and how you can live a life more aligned to these. You may also want to think about work perhaps returning to work, or doing something different and how to make this possible.
For your phoenix-like resurrection you need the time and space to replenish yourself and re-discover what really matters to you. Creative Life Coaching for Mothers enables you to do this, devising a personalised programme for you that is both creative and enjoyable.
I know it can be hard to prioritise yourself but if you have an inkling this may be for you, please do contact me and I’d love to fix a time to talk to you.