The Soft Ground
Welcome to The Soft Ground. It’s a blog where you’ll find reflections, practices, and stories that honour the messy, beautiful, and often tender journey of being a mother but firstly a human.
How Can I Be More Present With My Children?
Discover how to be more present with your children by working with your nervous system, noticing glimmers, and softening old patterns.
How to Support Your Nervous System After Birth (A Mother’s Guide)
Becoming a mother transforms not only your body, but also your nervous system. After birth, it’s common to feel wired-yet-tired, anxious, or disconnected from yourself, even while deeply in love with your baby. This guide shares gentle, realistic practices—like rest, nature, movement, connection, and self-compassion—to help you feel grounded and supported in early motherhood.
Not Perfect, Just Present - The Real Gift Our Kids Need From Us
Motherhood isn’t about getting it all right. It’s about showing up, even when it’s hard. Learn how presence shapes your children more than words, why we drift away into old patterns, and gentle ways to return home to yourself and your child.
What Matrescence Really Means - The Emotional & Physical Transition into Motherhood
Matrescence is the emotional, physical, and identity transformation into motherhood. Discover what it really means, why it’s as big as adolescence, and how to navigate it with compassion.
What the Non-Birthing Parent Often Misses (But Needs to Know)
When a baby is born, it’s not just the child who transforms the mother does too, in ways that are often unseen. For the partner standing beside her, understanding this shift is essential. This piece offers insight into the emotional, physical, and somatic changes of early motherhood and how to show up with presence, compassion, and care.
Embodied Motherhood: Rediscovering Your Body on the Journey of Becoming a Mother
Embodiment in motherhood is a profound yet often overlooked part of the transition into parenthood. This blog explores how pregnancy, birth, postpartum and past trauma can deeply impact a mother's connection to her body. It shares my personal insights and research around body image, disconnection, fatigue and emotional overwhelm. And a path to reconnection and healing.
What Is Somatic Therapy? A Guide for Mothers
Somatic Therapy supports mothers to reconnect with their bodies and emotions in a gentle, creative way. It blends mindfulness, body awareness, and expressive practices to help release tension, process held experiences, and build a deeper sense of inner connection. Especially during pregnancy, postpartum, or parenting, it offers a safe space to come home to yourself and feel more grounded, present, and resourced.
Motherhood, Guilt, and the Myth of Getting It Right All the Time
Many of us newer mothers face intense pressure to be perfect, present, and conscious. In this blog I explore how shame fuels burnout and why self-compassion can be the answer.