Being a mum can be overwhelming

There’s so much pressure to do it all and you carry so much for your family. 

You're always looking after everyone else, noticing the small details and making sure everything gets done. 

But it feels like there is never enough time or support for you.

It's exhausting and some days you feel like you are drowning in it. The demands feel endless.

You feel burnt out and invisible. Like nobody truly sees or appreciates just how much you do.

You expect so much from yourself, and although you know logically that things don't have to be perfect, you still feel the guilt and sense of failure when they're not.

You feel angry or resentful sometimes. And that hurts, because you don't want to feel that way, especially towards the people you love the most.

You know that something needs to shift but you don't know what or where to start. 

So many of us are struggling with the same things

• Getting your own needs met feels impossible, and when you do take time for yourself you often feel guilty the whole time.
• You know that you need to set clearer boundaries, but end up people pleasing or doing everything for everyone else. And it's exhausting.
• You find it hard to express yourself and communicate what you want, and end up holding it all in. 
• You feel like you can never really switch off. Because you are worried if you aren't on top of everything, things will fall apart (and you'll be the one to have to pick up the pieces).
• You can be hard on yourself or get stuck in worry and self-criticism. 
• You want to break the cycle of what you were role modelled growing up, but actually making change feels hard. 
• You worry about the impact of your responses on your children, especially when you snap and shut down because it all feels too much.
• You wish your partner could anticipate what you need and how you feel without you having to tell them. But they don't. And sometimes you feel resentful.
• You feel like there is a version of motherhood that is easier but aren't quite sure how to get there. 

How could things start to shift?

Overcoming Overwhelm is a program created to help you shift your mindset and create new patterns.

In the same way we learned all of these unhelpful messages around what it is to be a good partner and mother, we can learn new messages.

New skills. New strategies. New ways of approaching situations. 

And when you learn a different way of thinking, communicating and behaving? Then you suddenly have choices that you didn’t before.

You have a map on how to start setting boundaries that protect your energy.

You have communication tools for expressing yourself and your needs.

Your relationships become stronger, healthier and more sustainable.

And you can become the role model that your children don't have to heal from in adulthood.

Hi, I'm Bec.

I'm a credentialled mental health nurse and counsellor with over ten years of experience supporting mums. 

I specialise in birth & perinatal trauma and maternal mental health. I've had the honour of working with hundreds of families over my career.

I'm also a mum that has experienced birth trauma and the challenges of motherhood. So my work is not only informed by evidence base, but a deep understanding of what mums go through.

What makes this program different?

For years, I've sat across from women and heard the exact same themes come up over and over again.

I knew I wanted to create something that could help mums with these common struggles and support real change.

And while I love sitting with you in the therapy room, I wanted this to be something that was really accessible so that more women could benefit from it.

This is not a generic program. It's one that's been specifically tailored for mums and informed by over a decade of maternal mental health work and after listening to the stories of hundreds of women.

Overcoming Overwhelm is backed by evidence based therapeutic approaches, including a blend of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).