December Maternal Journal Circle on Zoom 02/12/24

Our #maternaljournal Evening Circle is for mums (including those who identify as a mum). Our monthly online creative evenings are for anyone who identifies as a mum, whether you are:

+ expecting,

+ a new mum,

+ a mum of older children

+ adopting/fostering,

+a grandma or great grandma

These evening sessions are designed to give you a break from childcare, although we warmly welcome babes in arms. We hope you can get a night to yourself.

This month's session includes:

* Space to relax and just breathe.

* Time to meet and make friends in our interactive gathering over Zoom

* A guided relaxation and visualisation which will lead you into a relaxing journalling activity.

* Time to share and be heard

* A poem or reflection to finish

* Chill out time at the end to stay online and socialise

Enjoy a taster of our sessions:

Our new podcast 🎧🎧 series for 2024 - the "My Birth Maternal Journal Guided Visualisations" on Spotify are ideal as a taster of what we offer. This monthly series of audio guides will relax you into a guided journaling activity for you or you with your child. As well as the first "I've done doodle" 🎨🖌️🖼️ episode,there are new monthly episodes added on the last Sunday of each month for you to enjoy!

What to bring:

Please bring your journal and some colours and writing pens. You can bring a snack and drink you love. You could also play some quiet instrumental music to set a relaxing atmosphere in your own home.

Below is a piece one of the mums created at one of our Maternal Journal sessions:

Please Pay-What-You-Can:

Thanks to grants, sourced by My Birth Support CIC and parental contributions, we offer all our support on a pay-what-you-can basis. Please do contribute what you can to ensure that this support continues to be affordable for all throughout 2024 and 2025.

Membership Benefits:

We invite you to be a member of our circle this season. Save money for yourself or give this as a gift for a mum you know and enjoy a free journaling gift. As a member you will receive:

+ VIP access to 3x Evening Circle online sessions, one each month - 2nd December, 20th January, 24th March and at a discounted rate compared to PAYG prices.

+ When you (or the person you are gifting this to) first become a member, you also will receive a free wellbeing journaling gift bag which you can use in and between sessions. This will be posted to you if you are not local to me in Canterbury.

When you purchase membership as a gift or for yourself you will receive access to the secure Zoom codes you need to join these monthly evening sessions.

Monthly PAYG:

We have PAYG tickets available, this includes some spaces that are subsidised to £10 and further concessions for those on Universal Credit to £5 for the 2 hours. Please do contribute as generously as you are able to ensure that our support continues to be affordable for all throughout 2024 and 2025.

A personal message from Aileen:

“I’m really looking forward to meeting/welcoming you to our Evening Circle . These are online so you don't have to get a babysitter or leave the comfort of your home. You are in for a treat!

"So far in our evening sessions we have had mums join us from Kent and Cornwall up to Merseyside, Manchester and Scotland, even the USA. Take the time, at least once a month with us to just be!” love Aileen **

Find out more about Aileen and her work supporting families on their journey into parenthood here or you can email Aileen at [email protected] if you have questions.

Host or Publisher Aileen White of My BIrth