ABOUT
I set up Mothering Mindfully because I believe that mothers deserve more support.
The story below is is my why.
My Story: The Battle For Control
In 2017, my husband and I decided to start a family. At the time, I was a high-performing manager at Google, running a top team and managing my own successful executive coaching business on the side. I was used to setting the terms and getting things done.
But for the next five years, my personal life became a battle I couldn't win. I endured eight gruelling rounds of IVF, two heartbreaking miscarriages and two surgeries — all while working full-time and hiding my reality. I felt mentally exhausted and like I was fundamentally 'not enough'.
By 2022, we were ready to give up. We decided to relocate from Germany to Ireland, but I reluctantly agreed to a final embryo transfer before we left.
On this very last attempt, I fell pregnant.
The Motherhood Paradox
When my daughter was born, the love I felt for her was beautifully overwhelming, yet the transition to motherhood was harder than I could have imagined. I was already running on empty when I finally got pregnant, and suddenly I was also struggling with a deep loss of identity. Why was this sacred role, which I'd wanted forever, so difficult? Why did it seem to come naturally to the other mothers I was in contact with, but not to me?
When I returned to Google a year later, the confusion intensified. The job I loved and the team were all the same... but I wasn't. Everyone expected the 'old me', myself included, but instead I felt like a square peg in a round hole, changed physically, mentally and spiritually.
And then I heard the term 'matrescence'. It changed everything.
The birth of Mothering Mindfully
Matrescence is the intense developmental process a woman undergoes as she transitions into motherhood—a shift that can begin the moment she starts trying to conceive.
This time of extreme neurological change is comparable only to adolescence and the early developmental period between 0-3. In other words, we undergo a drastic irreversible transformation and yet hardly anyone is talking about it.
As I immersed myself in this topic, two things became clear:
1. I had been on this difficult personal journey to understand myself on the deepest possible level
2. I could use everything I had learned along the way to help other mothers make sense of their own journeys
What makes Mothering Mindfully different?
Many coaches offer a path, but I offer a different way of walking it.
My approach is built on a powerful integrated framework that blends strategic executive coaching with the mindfulness tools that have been my personal anchors on my journey. We will work together to help you stand tall and strong in your matrescence, and you'll leave our partnership with a comprehensive toolbox that will support you for life.
My Authority: Executive Experience Meets Holistic Expertise
My solutions are informed by 17 years in the demanding Tech sector alongside professional qualifications that ensure a profound and lasting transformation:
Executive & Systems Coaching: ICF-Accredited Coach (ACC), Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, Organisational & Relationship Systems Coach, Positive Intelligence Coach
Matrescence & Identity: Certified Mama Rising Facilitator & Coach
Embodied Resilience & Healing: Certified Breathwork Facilitator, Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher (Vinyasa & Restorative), Reiki Master / Teacher
And the most important thing of all:
I understand how you're feeling because I've been there, and frankly, I'm still here, right beside you.
