Twin and multiple motherhood places unique and often invisible demands on the nervous system. From pregnancy and birth through to sleep deprivation and constant caregiving, many mums of multiples live in survival mode without understanding why. This compassionate, somatic reflection explores the nervous system impacts of twin motherhood, the hidden grief and loneliness many mums carry, and how coming back to yourself happens slowly through safety, nature, breath and being met.

Motherhood can pull us out of our bodies in ways we never expect. From birth trauma and sleep deprivation to constant nervous system activation, many mothers live in survival mode while quietly wondering where they went. This personal, somatic reflection explores how early motherhood disconnects us from ourselves, why this makes sense through a nervous system lens, and how coming back into the body happens slowly, gently and in relationship. A compassionate read for mothers who feel foggy, vigilant, lonely or not quite themselves yet.

If the new year feels like just another day of caring, feeding and holding everyone together, you’re not alone. This post is an invitation to step away from pressure and perfection, and instead turn inward with kindness.

Motherhood can feel deeply lonely, even when you are never actually alone. Big emotions like overwhelm, rage, grief, guilt or numbness are not signs that something is wrong with you, but signals from a nervous system under pressure. This article gently normalises the emotional intensity of motherhood and offers a somatic, body-led perspective on how to meet these feelings with kindness rather than fixing. It also introduces a supportive Insight Timer course created for mothers who want simple, grounding practices they can return to in real life.

Motherhood places a huge load on the nervous system. This page is a simple guide to the different ways you can work with me, whether you’re seeking private nervous system support, gentle self-paced resources, or a place to begin when you’re not sure what you need yet.

This blog explores why more mothers are turning to AI tools like ChatGPT for emotional support, and what this reach may be pointing to beneath the surface, including loneliness, shame, and a lack of relational care. While acknowledging the comfort and accessibility AI can offer in moments of overwhelm, this piece gently names the limits of technology when it comes to deep healing. Through a somatic and nervous-system-informed lens, it explains why our deepest wounds are formed in relationship and therefore need to heal in relationship too, highlighting the essential role of embodied presence, co-regulation, and human connection, particularly in motherhood.

So many mothers quietly carry this question, especially when they lose their temper or can’t live up to the “gentle” or “conscious” parenting ideals. This blog explores how shame and silence after hard moments keep your nervous system in survival mode, and how societal pressure, lack of support and old wounds all play a role. Instead of perfection, you’ll be invited into something softer: connection, nervous system awareness, and the courage to tell the truth and repair.

Shame, guilt and judgement can flood in after a messy day with your child, especially when you feel you should know better. This piece explores why your nervous system reacts the way it does, and how somatic, cycle breaking motherhood work can create more space, repair and compassion for both you and your little one.

Millennial mums are the first generation widely parenting while healing their own wounds. It is beautiful and heavy work. This blog explores the research on cycle-breaking and offers simple, body-based practices to ease the pressure, so you can choose presence over perfection and grow real connection with your little one.

A heartfelt reflection on the pressure so many mothers feel to “get it right.” This piece explores how the self-improvement mindset and constant stream of parenting advice can leave our nervous systems overwhelmed and disconnected from our own intuition.

Explore what happens in your body during and after breastfeeding from hormonal shifts in oxytocin and prolactin to the emotions of weaning. A gentle, somatic reflection to help mothers understand, normalise, and honour this transition.

Your hormones shape more than your body, they shape how you feel, relate and care. From the sensitivity of adolescence to the deep bonding of breastfeeding and the inward pull of menopause, each shift changes your emotional landscape.

This is why you need to know. When we understand our hormonal rhythms through a somatic lens, we stop fighting our bodies and begin to listen. And in that listening, we find our way home to ourselves.

A gentle, embodied reflection on breastfeeding, weaning, and motherhood, exploring cultural pressure to “get back to normal” and honouring every parent’s unique feeding journey through presence, feeling, and body wisdom.

There’s a new kind of parenting trending — the “mess around and find out” approach. It’s sold as strength, as firm boundaries and tough love. But beneath the tone, you can feel something else. The tightness. The exhaustion. The quiet grief of parents who are stretched beyond capacity and just trying to survive the day. This isn’t bad parenting; it’s the sound of nervous systems crying out for rest and connection. Maybe what we need isn’t more control, but more compassion — for ourselves and for the children who are learning from the way we soften.

Many new mothers feel disconnected from who they were before birth. This gentle, somatic reflection explores how motherhood reshapes identity and why you were never meant to bounce back, but to become.

I’m Lauren. Somatic and Eco Therapist, Meditation Teacher, and mum to spirited twin toddlers who keep me both grounded and slightly wild at the same time.

This isn’t a polished list of facts. It’s more like a conversation over coffee, a little bit real, a little bit reflective, with crumbs of sourdough between us and the sound of small feet in the background.

Discover how to be more present with your children by working with your nervous system, noticing glimmers, and softening old patterns.

Motherhood can sometimes feel flat, numb, or disconnected, a quiet exhaustion that goes beyond tiredness. This post explores dorsal shutdown and protective patterns, helping mothers understand why their body pulls away and how gentle, somatic practices can help them reconnect with presence and vitality.

Feeling anxious as a mom? You’re not failing, your body is trying to keep you safe. Explore how anxiety shows up through your nervous system and protective patterns, and discover gentle ways to come back to your body, your breath, and presence.

Motherhood invites us into joy, love, exhaustion, and everything in between. But sometimes the weight of it all feels like too much, and without even realising it, we step away from the very feelings that make us human.

This stepping away or leaving our body has a name: impasse.