Welcome to The Soft Ground: A Space for Sacred, Embodied Transitions
I didn’t always know I would create a space like this. I mean I really didn’t think I would become a mother.
But when I look back at the years spent longing to become a mother, at the quiet ache of infertility, the sacred joy of meeting my twins, and the overwhelming tenderness of those early months I can see the threads that wove this into being.
This corner of the internet was born out of that journey. Out of the mess and the beauty. Out of the quiet moments on the forest floor while hiking, the anger filled nights of no sleep, the soul-deep love that cracked me open, and the parts of me I met there.
This space is not a how-to.
It’s not about “getting it right.”
It’s about returning to what’s real in our bodies, in our nervous systems, and in our hearts.
This corner of the internet is for you if:
You feel like motherhood has changed you in ways no one warned you about.
You sometimes feel like you're holding everything yet losing parts of yourself in the process.
You long to reconnect with your body, your rhythm not just as a parent, but as a person.
You crave something deeper than performative parenting advice.
Why The Soft Ground?
Because that’s what I feel like I have needed.
A foundation that I can soften into and explore the deeper layers of myself - a new self that continues to emerge.
A sense of being held where I can be with the polarities of motherhood. One that includes both the mundane and the profound. The nappies and the soul-work. The tantrums and the tenderness.
For 11 years, I walked the path of infertility a journey of heartbreak and letting go. I learned to sit with uncertainty. And I built a foundation in meditation, somatic therapy, and nature-based healing that became supports that continue to hold me.
When I finally became a mother to my beautifully crazy twins, I thought I was prepared. I had done “the work” and had a great relationship with my husband. Oh how the universe laughed!
But no one told me that matrescence isn’t just a shift in role it’s a complete re-formation of self (well maybe they did and I didn’t listen close enough).
And it keeps unfolding.
Motherhood cracked me open in ways I couldn’t have anticipated. Not only through pregnancy and birth trauma but it also surfaced old wounds in new ways. It stretched my nervous system to its edge. It showed me how much I still needed to feel, to grieve, to love myself through. Particularly that younger me - my inner child.
What You’ll Find Here
The Soft Ground blog is a home for the sacred transitions like motherhood. The in-between spaces women move through. The identity shifts. The soul-remembering.
Here, you’ll find:
Stories of personal healing through matrescence, infertility, and the everyday initiations of motherhood
Mindful & somatic reflections to support nervous system regulation and emotional presence
Nature-based inspiration and rituals for grounding, reconnecting, and softening into your own rhythm
Compassionate inquiry around identity, inner child healing, and the pressures of modern motherhood
And a reminder, again and again, that your experience matters. You matter.
This is not about perfection.
This is about connection.
This is about re-learning how to stay with ourselves even when it’s messy or challenging.
Because when we tend to our own inner world, we begin to show up differently, for our children, for our relationships, and for our lives.
If you are still reading - Thank you for being here.
I hope this can be your soft place to land and ground, too.
With tenderness
Lauren
