Stop losing your sh#t, be the conscious mother you really are and raise happy healthy children who get along.
Dear tired, stressed out Mother,
I know you’re often exhausted and overwhelmed. The demands of parenting children is a huge and often unrecognised job. It has no knock-off hours, no weekends, no holidays, no sick days.
It can feel isolating at times, like a long endless ground hog day…
At other times it can feel like an overwhelming river of high intensity craziness… where you have no idea what you’re doing.
But you are raising the next generation of the planet.
On the one hand, how inspiring is this?!
It reminds you of the sacredness of the job you are doing
….and on the other hand it can scare you silly, given you feel completely unqualified to do that justice.
Your children are growing every moment, learning; in a state of constant change. In fact, though it may not feel like it, they are growing up rapidly. Their childhoods will be over in a blink of an eye.
They will take over the running of the planet, and like all mothers I know you hope they’ll contribute to society in a positive meaningful way that enriches the world and themselves.
You already know you want to give them a nurturing, healthy, positive and loving environment. You probably have a picture in your head for what that looks like, that dream you’ve made your mission to provide right?
I also know you love your children - heart and soul. It’s a level of love that most of us never felt until we became mothers.
I get that you don’t always feel like you’re conveying that love OR providing that nurturing environment that you want to be….
I get that there are days that you feel like you are totally failing as a mother and screwing your children up in the process.
I get there are days where you long to run away (even if it’s just to the bathroom), to just sit in silence with no demands on you; to get away and breakdown, not because you don’t love your children, but because you feel past where you can cope and out of ideas.
I also get the fear and shame when you see they way your children lash out. The way they speak to each other, to you.
The days where you feel completely unheard - and resort to yelling and punishment in a desperate attempt to restore order.
Or all the times your partner communicates with the children in ways that you feel are harmful and you step in to protect them creating more conflict, anger and resentment on all sides.
You want your experience of motherhood, and the way you raise your children to match the picture you have inside.
...and it’s absolutely possible, I promise you.
"This work resonates with me on a soul-nourishing level. Before partaking in this course I felt heartbroken, disillusioned and so upset that all the wonderful parenting philosophies I always read seemed so inspiring on paper, but just couldn’t translate into in-the-moment reality when I needed it the most. I was always left parenting through my same old automatic reaction, no matter how hard I tried to do it differently. Kaya and Lisa guide me to finding my own truth as a parent, which I then implement with such a natural ease, the likes of which I have never experienced when trying on someone else’s parenting theory, no matter how inspiring. Before this course I was a Yeller. My yelling has dropped by about 90%. It’s now the exception, instead of the rule. I finally feel I have my hands on how to be the mother, partner, woman I truly long to be – for myself and my family. This work is sumptuous, nurturing, soft, strong and gentle; it will return you to yourself. Dive in and drink for your soul"
The problem is the majority of us have never learnt how to positively manage conflict. We didn’t gain that skillset growing up (and neither did our parents, or theirs).
In actuality most mother’s would rather avoid it at all costs. When you can’t, you fall back on ways you saw, experienced and learnt around you, in your families, and in the world at large.
Along with those less-than-optimal tools you have, you’re also triggered by own unhealed stuff in the face of conflict (be that boundary pushing, yelling, physical violence) and thrown out of your loving conscious mind and into your own fatigue, pain, fear and resentment.
From this place you have little chance of remembering, let alone enacting all those strategies you’ve got floating around in your head from all the numerous parenting books you’ve probably already read.
If you can actually try a strategy from a book, you’re frustrated to find they rarely bloody work. They sound like stiff scripted words that seem to bounce right off your children and feel inauthentic to you too
... yet you repeat them like crazy, hoping they’ll sink in. Words, not hands. Does that feel safe to you? Lets stop and take a breath…..
So here’s the deal.
You absolutely can create peace, connection and co-operation in your home.
Lisa and I (it's Kaya here) have both been down in the motherhood trenches too.
I can remember many times I've yelled and screamed at my children
(and to be honest, some of the times invoked so much shame and regret that I blurred out the memories)
I also remember breaking down in despair, deciding it’s all too hard and wanting to check out from this crazy job I can’t believe I took on.
Every mother we've spoken with has been where you are.
AND every one of them felt like they were particularly shit at parenting-
'You’ve no idea how much of a shamefully crazy, mother I can be!!!’
or their dynamics with their children were way more out of control than others-
‘my kids are embarrassingly crazy and I have zero control in my house !’
So you’re not alone in it, none of us are.
And you’re also not alone in being able to change this (even if you think your situation is so much worse than others) because we have, and so have 100’s of mothers we’ve worked with over nearly decade now that we’ve taught this material.
But if you want real change...
Just learning another theory or memorising another strategy won't cut it (it can actually make you more despondent, as the distance between what you know in theory and what you actually do in the moment moves further apart).
You need to experience those changes in-the-moment, as you’re living the full and intense life of a mother navigating conflict.
And that is what this course will give you.
It bridges the gap between the learning and the actual doing.
It's a deep dive into the consciousness shifts it takes to create real, sustainable peace and connection in your home.
The tools, theories and strategies are in there but not without the guidance to really take them in, embody them and apply them, to naturally and authentically own them within yourself.
This is not about learning a new script, 1,2,3 tool or hack :) This is rewiring the entire way you and your family handles conflict and being able to act from that new place in the triggering, 'everything happening at once' moments of motherhood.
"Before coming to the course I was not enjoying my children and was struggling a lot with their fights and with my anger. Now I feel way more connected. I am enjoying being with them more and I am not so reactive when they fight. Some of my most memorable wins that came out of doing the course are connecting with my daughter after feeling very disconnected from her and also how I am now changing conflict with humour that before seemed overwhelming. It helped me to gently connect to what is moving deep inside, becoming aware of what I need and want, consciously moving forward from that place and authentically communicating."
Calm Mama Peaceful family is a 6 month membership program with a unique blend of go at your own pace material and a deeply safe and supportive community with real time support and coaching.
Core to this whole program is the ability for you to personalise the teaching for you and your unique family situation, and apply the material directly into your family at any given moment in a way that works for you and your values.
This is about you being able to own the learning and embody it so that works for you and springs from you naturally and authentically in a way that is totally relevant for the situation in the moment, you, and your children.
Each fortnight you are given a new lesson which is broken down into small chunks that you can fit in amongst the busyness of life with children. This material is in a private membership site that you can easily access on your phone, computer or tablet anywhere and anytime you want.
Core to each lesson is the ability for you to actually personalise and transpose the information into your family with what’s actually going on, and actually practice applying the lesson in an integrated daily way. We call this The Practice.
Over all our years of teaching and facilitating transformation we have learnt this is the easiest and most powerful way to create lasting change, to bridge the gap from knowing to actually doing. To create new default habits and to embody the learning for yourself in your own unique, natural and authentic way.
Through out each lesson in the program you’ll be guided to create a practice. To live it, to try it on, to share in community, to get feedback from the coaches, to reflect on your experience with it and to integrate the experience and the learning that came with the process each and every practice.
Each month you have access to a live Q/A and laser coaching session. You can ask any questions you have about the material you are working on, and you can bring specific real time family situations and receive personal coaching and support. You can also submit questions ahead of time and watch the replay if you can’t make the session live.
You will also be part of our exclusive client-only community, a community we are actively present in and that we have nurtured and fostered for years to be a deeply supportive and safe environment completely free of judgment and unsolicited advice.
This community is about being loved and seen in the hard moments, knowing you are not alone and we get it. This community is also about celebrating you and seeing and acknowledging you in all you do, both big and small as your raise the the next generation of the planet.
Along side the membership site, the live Q/A and coaching and the engaged and supportive community is the 4th unique pillar of the Calm Mama Peaceful Family program - text coaching. This is an optional service that you can start and stop at anytime during your 6 months membership.
So what it is it?
It’s designed specifically to support you in daily life (not just when you have found time to watch the course videos). Randomly across the week you’ll personally be sent a couple short texts to your mobile phone. They are not long and they do not require you to reply. The messages are always different but they are designed to support you, to remind you of:
Our clients LOVE having this in the moment support woven in amongst the craziness of life. They tell us it helps them stay grounded and actually LIVING the changes they are working to create. It helps them stay engaged in the material, and most importantly to actually do what they say they want to do, to bring it all into the day, instead of just when they are in front of the coaches or reviewing the teaching.
One of the most powerful life changing features we include as part of the text coaching is a once a month immersion day.
This day is about doing a deep dive into your in-the-moment practice. An in-the-moment practice is simple, can be done anywhere, takes only a moment and creates a shift in the way you feel, and show up.
You’ll be guided in the program to always have an in-the-moment practice, and during an immersion day you are invited and guided through doing a deep dive into that practice and watching the shifts that occur when you enact your own practice every hour for 8 hours.
To be honest our clients consistently tell us immersion day is mind blowing. It’s hugely powerful and the learning that they take out of it from each and every experience completely changes them, the way the day unfolds, and the way they are showing up as a mother.
So once a month for 8 hours in one day (you can pick a time frame that suits your time zone) you will be guided through your own personal immersion in your own unique crafted practice, designed to focus on the exact change and shift you want to make in yourself, your relationships and your family dynamic.
You WILL rewire the way you communicate, handle conflict in your family, and watch ALL the relationships in your family transform.
"Before I started this course, I often felt like I was missing the key to being the perfect natural mother to my toddler. I assumed that everyone else had the answers and if I just read the right book or blog I would become this mythical creature. Throughout the course I learned that the mother I want to be is inside of me if only I allow myself to hear her. I gained so much from Kaya and Lisa's honest real life anecdotes, because everyone has difficult parenting moments and they can be a lesson on how you can change your responses in the future- rather than ending up in the bottomless pit of mother guilt. I cannot recommend the course highly enough to all mothers. Thank you so much Kaya and Lisa xxx "
"Lisa and Kaya have completely changed the way I think about parenting, about life, about my children and about my partner! My life is now filled with connection rather than disconnection."
"I have gotten so much out of this course. I have come away from these women with the tools to navigate healthy communication and deep connection with myself, my beautiful son, my relationships... and anyone that comes my way really. These beautiful women, Kaya and Lisa, gave themselves to us so wholeheartedly, with every ounce of their presence and availability, their support and nourishment. I really look forward to continuing being a part of this work."
We truly believe that, like the women who have gone before you in this course, you’ll get immense value from it.
At the same time, we want to make the choice easy and risk free for you. It’s important to us that we foster an energy of trust and safety and this starts right now in your decision to join us.
After you join us for the first 30 days, if you decide that it is not for you, we’ll refund your money (no questions asked) and we’ll always love you 🙂
Our intention for sharing this course is to bring more peace and joy to your family, to strengthen the connections between your children, your partner and yourself.
To remind you that the power is within you to create the family life you desire, that the mother you most want to be is already within you… you just need to reconnect with her.
Let’s set you free from mama guilt, overwhelm, information overload, and all the stressful dynamics that drive you apart from those you love… so you can truly enjoy the gifts that motherhood holds for you and share the best of you with your children.
"If you have an opportunity to attend this course, I highly recommend it. Kaya and Lisa have an incredible ability to provide a supportive space. Their philosophy comes from the heart and has so many helpful tools which can be brought into the family environment to deepen and strengthen relationships and connection. The shadow work and the guided meditations in particular were incredibly powerful and healing for me, shifting deep thoughts and perceptions I had been holding onto."
"The impact this work has had on my family is huge. I am now more able to pause and choose a response to my children’s behaviour, rather than instantly reacting. I have more patience, I feel more connected and I feel I am parenting with integrity so much more of the time."
"Before beginning the course I was really struggling when my children were in conflict with each other and especially when my partner was in conflict with my children. I just didn’t know where to go with all that anymore. It kept feeling like I was taking sides, letting one person down in an effort to support another. I am now much more able to breathe and be aware of where I am at before responding to each of my family members. I don’t feel like I am taking sides anymore and we still have moments of conflict but my approach and response to it all has changed. Giving me more balance and less inner tension. One thing that really stands out for me as a win has been the awareness of self. It’s really easy to read this sort of stuff and think “well, yes... that’s obvious” but when you actually put it into practice it really makes SUCH a difference. And it’s really not that difficult to look after myself AND my children at the same time. I don’t need to go to a day spa to feel looked after. There is still SO much more for me to explore with all the content in the course. Luckily I have lots of handouts, meditations and beautiful posters to remind me of what I learned and experienced. There are so many aspects of the course and its philosophy that struck chords for me. Examining light and dark shadows was a very new concept for me and it was really enlightening to explore. I now find myself really thinking about my judgements of others, both positive and negative... when I make judgements of others I am wondering what is in that for me and reminding myself that what I can see in others is true for myself as well. After I have those thoughts it really helps me have empathy for others and wonder what their intentions are. This helps me maintain calm and approach situations without so much judgement."
Ever since we started actively living and teaching it this work years ago… our family lives are richer, and far more peaceful. Our relationships with our children, our partners and co-parents are stronger, and more connected and our days flow with more joy and ease (for everyone in our families).
Conflicts still happen but they're approached as an opportunity to understand each other more and create a solution that works for everyone.
Our children are actively involved, their emotional empathy has grown and their problem solving skills have expanded...
But what has changed the most dramatically is us. What has most changed is our moment by moment self awareness and the way we feel as we move through our days and interact with our families.
We love our lives! We love our families and we love waking up each day ready to experience life fully, with joy and active participation. We are calmer and more present and we have space for more in our lives.
We're more conscious of where everyone’s energy is at (including our own) and who needs what and when. We have fun and feel at ease as we move through the days with our children.
And that is what we want to share with you!!
So many mothers with grown children have told us they wish they had resources like this when their children were young, they realise in hindsight how infinitely valuable and important it is to do this work... the profound ripple effect it has & how vital it is to your own fulfilment to have really worked on your self awareness and your relationships in those precious years your children are young... So if you feel the call, join us!