For sometime now, I feel like I’ve been the Town Crier.
I’ve gone into the trenches of Motherhood, and heard what women are saying.
I’ve read their stories, I’ve shared my own.
I’ve held the space as they cried the minute they introduced themself.
I’ve gathered thousands of them together to explore what we really need.
I know what’s happening to women as they try to navigate motherhood and life… and it’s time I cried out.
We need a better way.
And matrescence is the map to navigate us there.
We are meant to have stories of becoming as guideposts on our mothering journey.
We’re meant to be inspired and comforted by the stories of other women’s lives and experience.
We’re meant to tell the truth about the emotional cost of mothering and who bears it... and what we can do about it.

Here are some of those stories, both my own and others, to ignite the change we all crave.
Hi, I’m Ilana Shapiro Yahdav—grief specialist, matrescence coach, and mama to two little ones. I help moms make sense of the big, messy feelings that come with motherhood—especially the parts no one talks about. Through my work at The Non-Linear Journey, I support women as they move through identity shifts, grief, and all the emotional…
READ MORE →Hi, I'm Kyndall! I have roots in the US South by way of the Midwest. I've spent nearly 15 years working to elevate the leadership and well-being of girls and women of color through education, community organizing, and philanthropy. I am most passionate about shifting power through participatory governance models. I believe that when moms…
READ MORE →Hi, I'm Hayley and I’m here to support you to come home to yourself, reconnect with your true nature and start living life in a way that lights you up. I hold gentle and loving safe space for you to be all of you and remain fully seen, heard and valued. Together, we walk with…
READ MORE →Hi, I'm Louise, an English mother now living in Ibiza, and a proud Mama Rising Facilitator. When I became a mother, my whole world shifted in ways I couldn’t have prepared for. I had spent years building a life and identity I was proud of — full of independence, ambition, and adventure — and yet,…
READ MORE →I'm Kirsten Killoran, a matrescence coach and mum to a wonderful neurodivergent child. My work centres around supporting mothers through the identity shift of motherhood—especially those navigating complex parenting journeys they didn’t expect, but deeply love. Through 1:1 coaching, group support, and storytelling, I help women find clarity, compassion, and strength in the messiness of…
READ MORE →Namaste, I’m Shagun – a Matrescence Coach and Ayurvedic Guide based in Brisbane, supporting mothers across Australia and beyond through the sacred transformation of motherhood. I am a certified Mama Rising® Matrescence facilitator, Ayurvedic practitioner, Reiki Master, and meditation teacher, offering heart-led guidance that blends ancient wisdom with modern understanding. My own experience of becoming…
READ MORE →Hi, I'm Lindsay, a mother, wife and engineer-turned-postnatal trainer. My journey into midlife and motherhood collided and I am unashamedly learning how to negotiate both, alongside my glorious silver streaks, fine lines and hormonal fluxes 😉😁 My distant background is actually in engineering, which has interestingly leant itself very well in understanding biomechanics and the…
READ MORE →I am Jayne. Becoming a mother is my spiritual awakening journey. Rewire back to 2022, winter. It was the darkest season in my life. With no hope of what motherhood will lead me to. The world to me is in grey. I have lots of questions but without answers. I wonder why no one ever…
READ MORE →I'm a mom of two and nonprofit consultant turned matrescence facilitator and grief advocate. My focus is supporting mamas at the intersection of grief and love in motherhood. I lost my mother when my second baby was only four months old, and my journey has inspired me to support other moms who have lost their…
READ MORE →Caitlyn is a Matrescence Coach who supports new mamas to be seen, heard and held to live a fulfilled soul-led life with deep inner alignment and peace. Caitlyn gently guides mamas who are feeling lost in motherhood overwhelm, fear, guilt, rage and exhaustion, through a magical self-discovery journey back to their inner knowing with the…
READ MORE →Understanding what matrescence is and how to navigate it is like being
handed a map.
Once you've got the map, the journey gets easier... and really, really exciting. Because it’s the making of you.
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