Postpartum power moves is a comprehensive emotional wellness program for new(ish) moms…
empowering you with the wisdom, tools and community support essential for navigating the emotional ups-and-downs of the postpartum period.
Let’s talk about who Postpartum Power Moves is for:
You’re a new mom (or you just had another baby!) and you expected this to be the most blissful time of your life. You wanted your baby so badly! But now you’re experiencing an unexpected emotional rollercoaster, and you’re disappointed that being a mom is so much harder than you anticipated. You may be:
Overwhelmed
by the “new mom” job for which there is no manual and little support, but that requires you to navigate new experiences and make big decisions every day
Exhausted and Shocked
by the intense emotions
you’re experiencing
Scared
by the onslaught of anxious
(or even scary) thoughts
Confused
about who you
even are anymore
Longing
To feel understood
Mostly Elated
but also stressed, and interested in establishing a strong foundation for self-growth and self-care in motherhood
Here’s a little secret: being a modern mom is hard no matter what, but that doesn’t mean you have to be constantly overwhelmed with intolerable stress and feeling that your life is out of control.
Postpartum Power Moves is here to support you. Let’s explore how the program will give you the insight, tools and community support you need to build an emotionally resilient motherhood experience for yourself.
By the end of this program, you will have:
An in-depth understanding of the psychological transition into motherhood, and why it is truly the most complex but potentially fulfilling life transition of all
A sustainable wellness routine that will allow you to care for yourself so you can take care of your family, free of mom-guilt!
A toolbox of strategies to cope with overwhelming emotions, including anxiety, and scary thoughts
An opportunity to redefine your identity and reconnect with yourself as a woman and a mother
A tried-and-true method for establishing communication and collaboration with your partner, and getting your needs met
A greater sense of confidence in your capacity to navigate the complexities of motherhood
A community that will make you feel understood, supported, and far from alone!
Created by a perinatal psychotherapist (and mom), this 4-week program will arm you with critical information and wisdom about the emotional transition into motherhood. You will be empowered with proven tools and resources to manage motherhood’s big feelings (and thoughts) with grace, flexibility and self-compassion. Plus, you will join an intimate cohort of mom peers—a built-in community that is essential for feeling understood and connected during this often lonely phase of early motherhood.
Meet Your Leader!
Elizabeth Wellington, MA, LPC, PMH-C is a mom to a toddler and psychotherapist based in Denver, Colorado. She works with moms, pregnant people, adolescents, couples and families through individual therapy, group therapy, couple counseling, family therapy and parent coaching.
She is trained as a modern psychoanalyst and has extensive training and experience in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based therapy, and group psychotherapy. She is certified in Perinatal Mental Health and in the LifeForce Yoga® for Mood Management protocol. She is the Co-Founder of MFT Mom Social Club.
“I feel like everything that comes out of Elizabeth’s mouth is gold, and so relatable, and she just has the most magnetic way of presenting.”
What’s Inside?
Module 1: The Psychological and Emotional Transition into Motherhood
We’re learning why the transition into motherhood feels so much harder than you expected, demystifying and simplifying the science to help you understand your own experience:
Get a firm understanding of the psychology and physiology of this intense life transition so that you can get a grip on what’s happening in your mind, body and heart as you navigate early motherhood.
Learn new, empowering perspectives on early motherhood through the lens of matrescence.
Take a critical look at the most common feelings and challenges new moms experience during the postpartum period. These are the things I hear most often in my therapy office!
Distinguish the challenges associated with typical motherhood adjustment from the signs and symptoms of a potential Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder (PMAD), including Perinatal Anxiety and Perinatal Depression
Explore the differences between the natural role of a mother and the social role of being a mother
Develop self-compassion for whatever complicated stuff you’re experiencing during your journey
Set yourself up with a foundation for wellness during this season of motherhood
Assemble your “Kinship Collaborative” (i.e. your postpartum support squad) and learn to communicate effectively what you need from them and how important they are for your wellness
Execute a personalized Kinship Collaborative Strategy Session to plan the nitty-gritty details about family task-planning – an essential component for your wellness plan!
You’ll leave Module 1 with a deep understanding of all the unspoken complexities that make early motherhood so overwhelming.
Module 2: Early Motherhood + Mental Health
Here’s where it pays to learn from a seasoned psychotherapist (that’s me!) that specializes in postpartum psychology. In this Module, you’ll develop proven tools and techniques to manage the complex thoughts and emotions that can overwhelm any new mom. You will:
Implement an actionable and sustainable Matrescence Wellness Plan to safeguard your mental and emotional wellness throughout this transitional time
Understand the role of scary and anxious thoughts during postpartum; and develop practical and effective strategies to get a grip on them
Learn how to cut through overwhelming emotions so you feel empowered to manage the ups-and-downs of your feelings
Manage super intense emotions, including anxiety, by soothing your nervous system
Module 2 will give you all the tools necessary to nurture your mind, body and heart so that you can leverage the intelligence of your emotions for your benefit rather than be controlled by them.
Module 3: Rediscovering You as a Mom
Motherhood completely transforms your sense of self. Reconciling the “old you” with the “new mother you” can be unexpected and destabilizing — you may feel like you have no clue who or where you are, and no idea how to find her. Module 3 will help you to understand why this identity shift is so profoundly emotional, and help you to come home to yourself. You will:
Analyze our shared cultural meaning as mothers, your personal definition of being a mom, and how these concepts have impacted you
Learn why having a clear identity is important for your emotional wellness
Understand why so many new moms get lost in motherhood
Appreciate how new mothers change in positive ways, and how you can celebrate those changes
Reconnect with yourself with through the wisdom of your emotions
Leverage motherhood as the BEST time to redefine your identity by re-establishing your values and priorities in this season of life!
Module 3 will give you a concrete way to reestablish your identity and evolve with ease and flexibility as you grow and change throughout different seasons of motherhood.
When you enroll in Postpartum Power Moves, February 2024 Cohort right now, you’ll get:
3 Modules of actionable information and wisdom to transform feelings of overwhelm and loneliness into clarity, confidence, and connection with yourself and your baby
A step-by-step roadmap for managing the most common emotional challenges of early motherhood with easy-to-follow, on-demand lessons to complete at your own pace and on your own schedule (hello, naptime!)
Live weekly group coaching calls with Elizabeth each week in February
An intimate, private community with the other moms learning their Power Moves
Proven, research-based skills for managing overwhelming emotions and scary thoughts
An empowering strategy for communicating your needs and getting the essential support you need to thrive in motherhood
A personalized Matrescence Wellness Plan for you to use as a springboard for creating a sustainable motherhood experience grounded in your own wellness
Your video lessons and support materials will drop weekly, with new content available each Sunday. These weekly lessons will allow you to delve deep into each topic without overwhelming you with material! This course is all about creating a sustainable and flexible self-care routine!
Plus You’ll Be Backed by a Risk-Free 14-Day Guarantee
Make no bones about it. Postpartum Power Moves is the most sophisticated program supporting new moms with emotional wellness through proven tools and techniques, so you can feel grounded, empowered, and decisive, and create an intentional, resilient early motherhood experience.
We are so confident that our extraordinary course will feel majorly supportive through this wild time, that we give you 14 days to try it out risk-free. By then, you’ll already have learned all about the psychology of this transition, and put into practice some of the most effective emotion management strategies from psychology.
If you’re not already feeling supported by us at that point, simply reach out to us, show us you’ve participated and put in the effort, and we’ll refund your investment.
Burning Q’s other new moms asked before jumping into the program:
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I define “postpartum” as the first two years after having a baby. If you’ve had a new baby in the last two years, you are welcome to join us. Whether that was your first baby or a subsequent baby, you’re in, mama!
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I totally get it and I’ve been there. There is just not enough time in the day in early motherhood, let alone time for you to do something for yourself. This course is designed so that you can take it at your own pace. The video lessons are dripped weekly, but you can engage with them whenever it works for you. There’s no rush, and nothing to keep up with. Our live coaching calls are “come as you are,” so whether you’re breastfeeding, covered in spit-up, or holding a screaming baby, you are welcome just as you are. And if attending live doesn’t work for you, you’ll get access to the recording so you can watch when you can!
We’re here to help you implement a sustainable, flexible self-care routine that will always be available. We believe it’s imperative for you to make time for self-care, so making time for this course (and asking for support from your family to make it a priority) is just the practice you need to build a strong foundation for personal wellness that will support your motherhood for the rest of your life!
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No, this course does not provide therapy. Therapy requires a one-to-one contractual relationship with a therapist. While this program was designed by a psychotherapist using psychological concepts and strategies, it is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy. Think of it as an educational crash course in the psychology of early motherhood.
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The course is delivered via video lessons from yours truly (me, Elizabeth!). You’ll also receive a workbook with exercises and prompts to complete along with each video lesson, so that the material will be immediately actionable for you and your personal journey.
For each weekly live coaching call, you’ll receive a link to the group’s meeting platform, where you’ll also have access to your priceless community, the cohort of other moms who have also committed to this program.
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Just a computer! You will receive a workbook with exercises and complementary journal prompts. You can complete the exercises in whatever form you like - in a journal, Google doc, however you like to work.
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Elizabeth will be available weekly via our live coaching calls and in that capacity will answer questions! She’ll also be engaging throughout the program via our community platform!
Elizabeth + Jack, 2021
I truly cannot wait to guide you over the next 4 weeks…
The lessons, insights, and tools in this program have transformed my own life and motherhood. I cannot wait to share them with you and guide your journey over these four weeks in February!
I know what it feels like to be disappointed, confused and overwhelmed in early motherhood. Like you, I was expecting this to be the best time of my life! I created The Kinship Collaborative and this program because I wish this kind of support system had been available to me during this wild and wonderful time that no one prepares you for.
If you’re a new mom and you are struggling, or you want to use this transition as a moment for self-reflection and growth, you’re in the right place. You owe it to yourself to enroll in this course and get the support you need to embark on this journey of self-discovery with emotional balance and a full heart.
I look forward to guiding you along the way.
With Lots of Love,
Elizabeth
“Elizabeth is a real voice that brings expertise and speaks from experience and heart when people need it most. She’s raw, unedited, and relatable when most service providers are selling a fairy tale. Kinship Collaborative offers critical tools to help understand and self-regulate so you can grow from the experience, not backpedal. Being mindful during this time is essential as you transform and begin this journey with your partner.”