The liberating motherhood Experience
Understand why you need to go beyond treating the symptoms of patriarchal motherhood that mothers are experiencing - burnout, guilt, anger, depletion, and loss of identity - and get to the root cause.
Learn why bringing the lens of the social into your life as a mother and work in motherhood-support is a revolutionary act
Are You ready to deepen your understanding of yourself as a mother and the mothers you work with?
Learn why mothers are set up to ‘fall in’ to the trap of patriarchal motherhood and what we can start to do about it.
In the first ever round of The Motherhood Studies Practitioner Certification, a participant shared on one of our first Zoom calls, a quote by Desmond Tutu:
“there comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in”.
She reflected on the ways that what we were beginning to unearth about the social construction of motherhood was helping her understand why mothers were ‘falling in’ and experiencing so many of the same patterns of challenge.
This program I have created offers to bring you to that starting point.
It provides you with the launch pad from which to answer the question of why mothers are ‘falling in’ and struggling so much with guilt, depletion, exhaustion, anger, burnout, and a sense of loss-of-self, and will ignite within you a passion and hope for what we can begin to do to change this pattern. Maternal liberation starts with us.
The Liberating
Motherhood
Experience
For mothers and those who work within motherhood-support
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bite-sized course content
A power-packed 1 hour 30mins of bite-sized content teaching you what exactly the social construction of motherhood and patriarchal motherhood is and why understanding the social context of motherhood is an essential part of maternal liberation and reclamation of power.
We miss half the story if we only focus on the individual mother.
We need to integrate social and cultural understandings of motherhood if we are to enact long-lasting and significant change for our clients, ourselves, and in our society.
We now have that opportunity.
and the most revolutionary thing we can do, is to start with our own stories.
Join the liberating motherhood experience
$97 AUD
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Participants in The Liberating Motherhood Experience will receive an invitation to join The Motherhood Studies Certification 2024 at the end of the program.
If competition, comparison, and shame sustain patriarchal motherhood, then collaboration, connection, and (self) celebration are a reclaiming of our power.
Our power as Mothers is diluted when we're disconnected from each other.
Connection and self-celebration are the birthplaces of the maternal revolution.
FAQs
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If you are called to this program, you are welcome to join - regardless of if you are a mother or currently working with mothers.
The course content is delivered with the perspective that most participants will be mothers and are currently working with mothers or are looking to build a career/business within motherhood-support.
Typically those who take my programs are psychologists, counsellors, doulas, social workers, midwives, therapists, occupational therapists, lactation consultants, coaches, writers, creatives, entrepreneurs, or those who are not yet working in motherhood-support but know they are called to this area of work for their future.
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The course experience is delivered over 7 short videos.
The total length of video time is 85 minutes.
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You’ll sign up through an e-learning platform called New Zenler. This is where all course content is held.
You’ll be sent an automated email welcoming you and inviting you to create login details for New Zenler.
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Within the scope of this program we cannot provide individually tailored support and advice.
If you feel you need some support unpacking content as it’s related to your own motherhood experience we encourage you to seek support from a qualified mental health professional and can provide recommendations for therapists certified in Motherhood Studies.
If you feel you would like support in integrating the course content into your own practice/business within motherhood-support, please email info@drsophiebrock.com to enquire about any 1:1 mentoring packages currently available.
take a look inside the liberated motherhood experience
Who is Sophie?
Embarking on learning like this can be equal parts exciting and daunting! Being able to trust that a person facilitating online learning such as this is qualified and experienced is important. I take my role as an educator, facilitator, communicator, and fellow motherhood-visionary seriously, and hold this space with a deep level of respect, sensitivity, and awareness.
I have spent 10 years researching Motherhood and have a PhD in Sociology specialising in Motherhood Studies from The University of Sydney. In my research I developed what has been described as a ‘ground-breaking theory’ for understanding how Mothers’ lives are shaped by the social and cultural construct of Motherhood. I’m also a Mother myself.
I’m experienced in teaching both in person and online, having created courses and delivered programs to hundreds of passionate mothers and professionals. Through my role as a social scientist, I know that this work is ongoing, expansive, and exploratory. I remain open, curious, and ever learning.
My passion and focus is in supporting those who work with mothers to develop, integrate, and adapt a sociological lens of Motherhood into their businesses, careers, and professions.
The ultimate purpose of my work is to contribute to changing the cultural conversation on Motherhood and the individual experiences of Mothers, creating a world where Mothers feel empowered, supported, and valued.