This gathering might be for you if...
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You feel like the old ways of mothering no longer fit.
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Something in you is ready to break generational cycles, but you're not sure what comes next.
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Much of what you're carrying once belonged to an entire village, yet you're doing it with very little support.
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You love your children deeply, and at the same time feel guilty for how often you long for a break.
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More and more, you find yourself questioning everything.
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Something is changing within you, but you can't quite put it into words.
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Along the way, you've lost touch with parts of yourself.
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You're longing for something, but can't quite name it.
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Holding it all together is becoming exhausting.
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Sometimes you wonder why nobody talks about how hard this can be.
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You're not looking for more parenting advice.
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You're looking for somewhere to bring your experience.
Mothering in the Mist is a place where all of your experiences are welcome.
What makes this gathering different?
Mothering in the Mist weaves together the depth of a therapeutic group, the wisdom of a parenting course, and the connection of a women's circle.
There is no pressure to have the answers.
No expectation that you should have everything figured out.
Across six gatherings we'll weave together thoughtful conversation, therapeutic reflection, story, poetry, mythology, nature-based perspectives and everyday practices.
Each gathering has its own rhythm, creating space to slow down, make sense of your experience, explore new perspectives, and let the stories that need to be told to emerge in their own time.
Together, they form a seasonal journey that helps you find your bearings again, developing deeper trust in yourself, your own inner wisdom and the season of life you're living.
"Suzi has such a natural gift for teaching and sharing her wisdom. I'm so grateful our paths crossed. She's given me so much confidence and courage, not only in raising my child, but also in how I show up in my relationship and my work."
Together we will...
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Reflect on the challenges and changes inherent in mothering.
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Explore new perspectives.
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Bring fresh perspective to your own experience.
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Be deeply witnessed.
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Begin to trust your own inner wisdom.
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Leave feeling more resourced to navigate family life with clarity, compassion and self-trust.
Session One — Finding Our Bearings
Monday 13th July - 10am AEST
How did we get here?
We'll begin by exploring the landscape of modern mothering and the cultural stories we've inherited.
Session Two — Beneath the Surface
Monday 27th July - 10am AEST
We turn towards the things that so often undermine mothering, explore what they might be actually telling us and begin relating to them in a different way.
Session Three — The Stories We Carry
Monday 3rd August - 10am AEST
We’ll explore the expectations, beliefs and inherited stories that shape the way we mother ourselves and our children, creating space for greater self-compassion and new perspectives.
Session Four — Honouring Change
Monday 17th August - 10am AEST
Mothering is a continual invitation to grow, release and begin again. We'll make space for the many endings and longings that are woven through this season of life and make space to meet change with greater compassion, curiosity and trust.
Session Five — Returning to what REALLY matters
Monday 24th August - 10am AEST
As the stories begin to settle, we turn our attention toward the inner wisdom that has been there all along and explore what becomes possible when we focus on relationship, presence and trust.
Session Six — Celebrating the Journey
Monday 7th September - 10am AEST
We'll honour what we’ve shared, cross the threshold we've reached together, and explore how this journey might continue to unfold in the everyday moments of mothering.
"Suzi is the breathing example of radical acceptance. She guides you gently, firmly, to trust your own knowing. I value her unwavering ability to look into my soul and reflect back pure understanding."
Why this matters to me...
For more than thirty years I've been gathering ways of understanding mothering, children, relationships and ourselves.
I've done that through my own experience of mothering across different seasons of life - as a mother, single mother, stepmother and grandmother - and by walking alongside thousands of children, women, and families throughout my professional life as an Early Childhood Teacher, Holistic Psychotherapist, Nature Connection Mentor and Rapport Based Relating Coach.
Over the years, I've come to believe that what many of us are missing isn't more information.
It's somewhere to bring our experience.
Mothering in the Mist is my response to that.
It brings together everything I've been learning, practising and refining over the past three decades into a carefully designed and deeply held gathering for women.
If the time isn't right yet, I invite you to join the Wait List for coming seasons...
(Joining the wait list allows you first opportunity to book a place in the next season of Mothering in the Mist - It does not guarantee a place)
