​Matrescence: Community Exploration for New Mothers

​This offering is for new and soon to be mothers. If you are pregnant or within 2 years postpartum, this is for you.

​This offering is a space to re-identify with yourself as the center of the unfolding, to center your emergent becoming in the narrative of matrescence. To see this season of your life not as behind the scenes to another person’s becoming, but as a long threshold moment of your own.

​It’s about meaning-making and reimagining, tending to the complex terrain of identity, desire, grief, joy, and embodiment.

​And it’s about being witnessed in that process—not just by a guide, but by a circle of others walking their own parallel thresholds.

​Testimonials from Past Participants:

​"Jaclyn brought together conversation topics that are reflective and practical....I didn’t expect the practical part. It’s such a lovely surprise." 

​"Curation of the group. It’s such a wonderful group of women."

​"Jaclyn hosts and facilitates so elegantly and beautifully."

​"I stumbled on how to explain what we’re doing together! A group therapy course on motherhood."

​What to expect:

• ​​​9 Group Circles
  A 60m gathering is held every ~10days, each one devoted to a key theme arising in matrescence. These include topics like transformation, rupture, ritual, lineage, voice, and re-integration. These sessions are the backbone of our shared journey.
  We've increased the number of the Group Circles from 6 to 9 with the intent that you can make at least 6 of them. Especially in this phase of life, scheduling can be complex, so we've built in flexibility

• ​​​2 Flexible 30m 1:1 Drop-In Sessions with Jaclyn
  These can be scheduled as needed in the weeks where group sessions are not held. They’re spacious, presence-based, and tailored to what arises in your own inner process—whether that’s grief, joy, confusion, or clarity.

• ​​​Facilitated WhatsApp Group 
  You can expect curated conversation, inspiration, writing prompts and connection.

​Details:

• ​Dates & Time:

  1. ​Thursday, January 15th at 12pm EST

  2. ​Tuesday, January 27th at 12pm EST

  3. ​Tuesday, February 3rd at 12pm EST

  4. ​Thursday, February 12th at 12pm EST

  5. ​Thursday, February 19th at 12pm EST

  6. ​Thursday, February 26th at 12pm EST

  7. ​Thursday, March 5th at 12pm EST

  8. ​Thursday, March 12th at 12pm EST

  9. ​Thursday, March 19th at 12pm EST

• ​​​Format: Live over Zoom

• ​​​Group Size: Capped at 6 participants

• ​​​Investment: $499-$699 sliding scale (less than $60/week)

​Why This, Why Now?

​We live in a culture that rushes us out of transitions before they’ve had the chance to open. But matrescence—the becoming of a mother—is not a single moment, it’s a slow unfolding. This group exists to honor this intricate threshold. 

​Led by Founding Lab Guide Jaclyn Udell

​HOW TO JOIN

• ​Indicate your interest in joining by paying somewhere along the sliding scale

• ​​If you're approved, we will accept your payment and be in touch with next steps