Maiden to Mother

A collaborative art project

I remember after Jude was born I spent a great deal of that first year in postpartum depression. I had experienced a death of self and the grief of it was overwhelming, the initiation from maiden to mother left me grasping for something, anything to hold onto. I was confused and felt so alone in my experience. Why did it seem no one was talking about the transformation of self, of who they were, and how they were navigating it? I found the mom conversations revolving around the baby and development and all these things that we are supposed to be doing or our babies are supposed to be doing. But there was no space for me to find community or connection in a way that supported my personal rebirth.

This is the basis of where my motherhood work comes from. Of bringing the awareness and focus on to you as a mother, as a woman, and where you are, what you are experiencing, how you are shifting and transitioning and experiencing the whole of it all.

My current offerings of Mother Gathering create community and space for just that.

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It also stemmed a creative art project that I am working on with Deanna.

Maiden to Mother

A photographic and written piece on the journey of maiden to mother.

We are currently accepting applications from women who want to be a part of this project.

We will be photographing each woman and sharing a piece of their writing of what that journey was or is to them.

All the pieces collected will be brought together in a coffee table book of sorts.

Creating an art piece that represents various experiences of this deep transformation, in hopes that when other look at it and read it they may see themselves in another or feel less isolated in their own experience.

If you are interested or have any questions please reach out, we would be honored to have you.