Dear reader, your guidance is desired
Questions for you to answer, so we can all go deeper together.
If you have been here for any amount of time, you have probably heard me say… “Being in Motherhood was birthed on accident.” I came to Substack to share my personal experiences and to finally commit to writing in a consistent way.
A few months in, it became clear to me I needed to talk more directly about motherhood. I pivoted when I felt this and in a few short weeks, the Unspoken Words series was formed. A month or two later, I had the idea for the Motherhood Musings series. Now, we are four months into this journey and this space has blossomed.
I love this space we have created together. I love how this space is a place for mother’s to gather and tell their stories. I did not know I wanted to hold this space, and I love it. I am grateful for all the magic of the Universe, Substack, and the beautiful people who have gather here to help me create a place where we can tell our truths about motherhood.
And I am feeling the call to go deeper.
I obviously never had a plan when I showed up on Substack, I have been trusting each next right step that appears in front of me. And you may not know this about me, but my background is vast and holds strong roots in the spiritual and practical.
I spent years as a spiritual coach, I taught and shared astrology. Then I became certified as a trauma informed coach, and I have completed two-thirds of my masters in counseling. I nerd out on psychology, understanding trauma, and different therapeutic and spiritual tools. As I told my husband recently, I may not technically be a therapist, but I think like a therapist (sometimes to my detriment).
AND I pulled away from each of those things for different reasons, mostly because I do not want to be a teacher or a therapist. I am not sure what I want to be or call myself. I love holding space and giving humans opportunities to reflect for themselves. I love providing the words that help people think a litter deeper and slow down a little more.
When I crafted Being in Motherhood, I defined being as something one could akin to a form of mindfulness. I talked about being as something we have to embody because I have done the head in the clouds, feet off the earth version of spirituality and it nearly killed me (which is a story for another day).
When I say being, I am talking about being in the moment, in our bodies, and in our experience. It has taken me years after a spiritual trauma to even feel comfortable (okay, I feel really uncomfortable, but I am here) braving this topic. I have seen how ungrounded forms of spirituality hurt people, and I will not stand for that or doing anything to mindlessly cause hurt to others.
I hold this call to go deeper. It is happening inside myself, I have been re-reading my intro post to this space and I want to connect more into what I shared there. I want to deepen into what I feel the secrets of motherhood may be…
slowing down, quieting the noise, listening to myself for guidance and healing my wounds to change past cycles.
I know I talk about these things regularly, but I am dreaming of more ways to involve you in exploring these things for yourself. Not coaching, not therapy, more like gentle invitations to reflection on where you are, what is moving through you, and how you can more in your experience.
I find myself feel a bit pulled apart by this call to go deeper. I love holding space as I have been and I love sharing the more being bits - like my posts around parts work, cycle awareness, nervous system healing, etc.
I notice I get more views when I talk only about motherhood and I hold space for you all to do the same. I am not here for views or any sort of recognition at all, but this call to go deeper is personal and I have this feeling those of you who show up to those posts, you enjoy those topics and bits too.
Maybe you will want to journey deeper with me too.
I see Being in Motherhood shifting.
I see this outer ring - where Unspoken Words, Motherhood Musings, and my general posts about motherhood live. I am see this inner ring (a paid subscription) where we can explore each month a theme together, and I can hold space for your deeper awareness and reflections.
There is a vulnerability that will come with the paid subscription. I will be able to share more personally about my life, motherhood, and certain things I am not sure I want out there for anyone to find. There will be more opportunity for vulnerability for you as the reader, more opportunities for conversations, reflection, prompts, etc., with a bit more privacy.
I created a form because what you want and enjoy from this spaces matters to me. I will leave this form open for the rest of the month, we are moving in two weeks, so I will not get to your responses until after that. I’ll drop reminders into my upcoming posts with the link to access it as well.
Some questions are about this space and some questions ask for reflection of what is going on in your life. I want to know what you love about this space, I want to know what you want more of from this space, and I also want to know a bit more about those who are reading and what season you are finding yourself in.
I only marked a few of the questions as required, but I encourage you to answer as many as you can. Answering these questions would help me include what you desire alongside what I am feeling and aspiring to create.
For your time and your presence here, anyone who fills out the survey will receive a free 90-day trial once I launch my paid option - which will be sometime in the summer.
The deadline to fill this out is May 31st, then I will archive the survey.
Thank you in advance, your feedback means so much to me.
Love,
Emma
Thank you for reading and if you are new here, welcome!
I invite you to read this to learn more about this space and how to contribute. Here, I explore mothering, healing, shifting patterns, and learning what it means to be ourselves in motherhood.
If you know someone who is on the journey of motherhood and healing, I invite you to share this with them. It means so much to me when you share my words with someone you love.
Recent writings you might have missed…
Motherhood Musings: Collection 1, Volume 1 & Volume 2- our expectations of motherhood
Unspoken Words: Volume 16 & Volume 17 - sharing mothers experiences of what is hard for them in this season of motherhood.
The birth story I never thought I’d tell - my reflections on becoming the mother and human I was all along.
Tending to our younger parts - how parts work can help us become the loving parents we may of never had.