We are a Social Enterprise to support you as a mother because mothers matter. You matter. After all, your wellbeing creates the wellbeing of the next generation and ultimately the kind of world we create.
This is not parenting advice. This is about nourishing the nurturers.
Time for YOU
Supportive groups for Mums of children with additional needs.
To register your interest for future Time for YOU groups please click here.
A supportive small group to take time for YOU, write, play with images, reflect and get to grips with what wants to shift. Specific groups for mothers of children with additional needs of any kind.
Being a Mum or having a child with additional needs can be physically and mentally exhausting. Having time for your story to be heard and your emotions to be processed is essential for your wellbeing.
Time and Space for you to think about YOU and VALUE yourself
Tools to create YOUR own INNER COMPASS and navigate your challenges
GROWTH MINDSET rules, perfectionism falls by the wayside - permission to try, fail and learn
Circles of SUPPORT and validation for the small steps and the leaps
CREATIVITY to compost the crud and fertilize possibilities (even if you don’t see yourself as creative)
Owning not moaning – championing your potency about what you CAN change
Who is Mums4aChange for?
It is for you. It doesn’t matter how old you are if you are a young mum, a 20 something, a 30 something, a 40 something, a peri-menopausal mum, a menopausal mum or a grandmother. It’s for you whatever your route into motherhood has been, if you are a birth mother, a foster mother, an adoptive mother, a mother in a blended family or any other route. It’s for you whoever your children are, if they are considered ‘neuro-typical’ or have additional needs.
It is for you because you
feel like motherhood has transformed you and you want to take stock of who you are now
love the idea of a network of mothers that talk about the thoughts and feelings that really matter including the tricky ones like rage, shame, ambivalence, overwhelm and overwhelming love
know we are all unique and have our own solutions to being a parent and being ourselves
want to create a listening environment where you can discover your own answers
know the power of being able to be vulnerable with those that have earned the right to hear it
you take responsibility for yourself and aren’t interested in blaming or being rescued
know that we all have raw-nerve-spots that being a mother exposes
you know the places where we get triggered can be excrutiating as well as huge opportunities for change
want to treat yourself and others with care and compassion
It is also for you because your child or children have additional needs and/or…
you are a parent carer
you are holding your breath in limbo land waiting to re-start a part of your life
you are juggling the needs of your other children who never quite seem to get as much attention
you are putting 190% in everyday and while time for you sounds great it seems unimaginable
Please note that Mums4aChange is not a substitute for clinical support as we don’t diagnose and treat mental health problems. Do speak to your doctor, midwife or health visitor too.
Object and Still Life Photography generously donated by Selby Thomas