Support for the journey to + through Motherhood
we are becoming, too.
We prepare for the baby in so many ways. Becoming makes space to prepare for what’s changing in us, too.
I hear some version of the same thing from mothers all the time: I wasn’t prepared for how hard this would feel. Not because they didn’t prepare. They did. They read the books, took the classes, made the plans and learned what their baby might need.
But it’s much harder to prepare for what the transition might bring up in us.
We prepare for birth. We prepare for baby. What if we prepared for ourselves, too?
becoming grew out of the belief that we don’t have to wait until we’re struggling to make space for ourselves.
We can begin before the baby arrives, even before pregnancy, building ways to meet the uncertainty, identity shifts, emotions and the inevitable hard with more curiosity, compassion and awareness of our capacity.
We can learn to acknowledge the bigness of these transitions. To make room for the joy and the hard at the same time, without needing one to cancel out the other. Wherever we are in the journey, we can begin practicing how to meet ourselves in it. And parenthood will keep giving us opportunities to practice.
the principles + practices of becoming.
There’s no way to prepare for every version of hard, but there are things we can learn and practice now that will help us move through it with more awareness, curiosity and compassion.
acknowledge what’s here
Make room for your experience, the joy, the hard and everything in between, without needing one to cancel out the other
curiosity over judgment
Notice expectations, patterns and self-judgment with curiosity and compassion instead of needing to have it all figured out
capacity matters
Learn to notice what’s happening in your mind and body, recognize your capacity in different moments and understand what helps you return to yourself
Beginner’s Mindset
You don’t have to know how to do this already. Make room to learn, make mistakes, repair, adjust and try again
Keep Becoming
Stay connected to who you are while making room for who you’re becoming, your values, identity, needs and the ways you’ll continue to change
The goal isn’t to be prepared for everything. It’s to have something to come back to when the unexpected comes.
how it works
Becoming combines guided resources and real-life practices with opportunities for reflection, accountability, individual support and community. You’ll have space to explore each area in your own life and support to help you actually stay connected to what you’re learning along the way.
explore
Guided resources to move through the principles and practices of Becoming.
be supported
Individual touchpoints for reflection, accountability and making sense of what’s coming up for you.
connect
Access to Becoming community experiences and opportunities to learn and reflect alongside others.
start with coffee
Becoming: Conversation + Coffee
Wednesday, October 7 · 9:30 to 10:45 am · Novo Coffee, 1200 Clayton Street
A casual gathering for pregnant women to connect and have an honest conversation about the part of pregnancy that gets less attention: us. The changes. The unknowns. The excitement. The overwhelm. The identity shift.
Space is limited.
who you will be working with
Michelle Paget, LCSW, PMH-C, RYT
Michelle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, certified perinatal mental health therapist, and registered yoga teacher in Denver. Her work is relational and somatic.
Becoming grew out of something she noticed again and again: so much of the support offered to new parents begins only when things feel hard.
questions
Do I need to be struggling to start?
No. That is the point. Becoming is for anyone who wants to move toward motherhood feeling more grounded. I wrote more about why in preparing emotionally for motherhood.
What if I am already having a hard time?
That is welcome too. We will talk in your consultation about whether Becoming or ongoing individual counseling is the better fit. If you are wondering whether what you feel counts, every hard season counts.
ready to start?
A consultation is the easiest first step. No pressure, no commitment.