Are you a first-time mom-to-be, navigating pregnancy without your familiar support system? This nurturing small-group experience offers space to connect, feel grounded, and prepare emotionally for motherhood. Through guided education, creative expression, and shared stories, you’ll process your journey and grow alongside others walking a similar path.
Best suited for women in the second trimester who are wanting to build community, find support and enter into motherhood feeling more grounded, connected to self and empowered.
The group will be held at Family Care Collection for 6 weeks occurring on Mondays. This is our 2nd cycle of 2026.
What You’ll Get
Mindfulness practices to feel grounded in + accepting of your changing body
Practical support and tools for preparing for mind, body & spiritual shifts in the 4th trimester
Creative expression exercises to help you reconnect with yourself
A copy of the Becoming Mommy workbook + creative prompts + journaling exercises to help you process emotions
Guided discussions about pregnancy, postpartum, and identity shifts
A supportive community where you can feel safe, seen, and understood by other moms who get it
Bios:
Leanne Morton, LPC, ART
Leanne is a licensed professional counselor, registered art therapist, perinatal mental health specialist, and mama. She believes that pregnancy and motherhood are not meant to be carried alone, and that creative expression can reconnect us to the truest parts of ourselves. For many years, she has walked beside women in the tender seasons of becoming—through identity shifts, healing old wounds, and finding their way back home to themselves. As both a mother and a therapist, she knows how disorienting the transition to motherhood can feel, and she also knows the strength and beauty that rise up when women gather in community.
Stephanie Konter-O’Hara, LPC, PMH-C
As a licensed professional counselor and certified perinatal mental health specialist, Stephanie brings an evidence based yet warm and compassionate approach to the way she shows up for people in the room and outside of the therapy room. With years of experience working with diverse populations— Stephanie feels confident in supporting women coming back to themselves using their inner knowing and understanding of themselves to guide them to feel empowered and at ease with stepping into motherhood. As a mother and a person in therapy herself she has first hand experience of doing the work of leaning into the messy and uncomfortable moments of being a human and a mom
FAQ
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This group is designed for moms in their 2nd trimester who may feel overwhelmed, isolated, or without local family support. It’s especially helpful for first-time moms who want to prepare emotionally and mentally for motherhood while building community.
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Childbirth classes focus on the physical aspects of labor and delivery. Our circle complements that by focusing on emotional support, mindfulness, identity shifts, and preparing for postpartum life — things that are often overlooked but deeply needed to prepare for the transition into motherhood.
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If you cannot make it to one of the classes, we will send an email recap after each session outlining the topics covered. Additionally, you may want consider signing up for the next cohort if it fits with the timing of your pregnancy.