Mothers Connected

Mothers Connected Mothers Group
- 8 week Program
- Founder: Liz Johnson
-Expert postpartum guest speakers Guest speakers, Morning tea & coffee included

Proof that when you are completely burnt out, overwhelmed and stressed your capacity is completely diminished 😢I know th...
26/09/2025

Proof that when you are completely burnt out, overwhelmed and stressed your capacity is completely diminished 😢

I know this. I know my child.

Making the call to pull her from mainstream Education for the rest of the year has been the best decision 🙏🏼🙌🏼
In the few weeks since deciding this is best for her mental health it has already started to show… she’s been able to reflect that she feels like a weight has been lifted.

This week she has attended a Theatre group where we were welcomed with open arms by the most accepting community 🫶🏼 and today she attended her Orientation for Happy Paws, Happy Hearts- a program that has been on the cards for some time & now she’s old enough to attend.

There’s more to learning than curriculum education. When you feel like you have to fit, but you don’t, you don’t feel like you belong and are constantly in a state of stress your brain cannot learn, then when you add in neurodivergence, especially in a system that is only as accommodating as they see necessary 🫣 well look, it just doesn’t work!
It’s a constant battle of advocacy and overwhelm with minimal positive outcomes.

These glimmers of positivity give us so much hope ❤️

Term 4 is going to look very different for Betsy and us.
I urge you to make the change if your child is unhappy, chronically stressed and completely burnt out. I live with tegret for not doing it sooner.

We aren’t privileged to have been able to make this change, it’s taken sacrifice and huge adjustments and big life changes by us all, but I know for a fact that I’m not prepared to jeopardise my child’s mental wellbeing so she fits into mainstream education 🔥🙌🏼

Week 4 of our current 6 week Mums and Bub Reformer and I’m here reflecting on the growth and progress over the last coup...
25/09/2025

Week 4 of our current 6 week Mums and Bub Reformer and I’m here reflecting on the growth and progress over the last couple of weeks ….

Two of our wonderful Mums received the most beautiful gift of a stunning journal

Honestly, I have never seen such a high quality, beautifully put together journal with fantastic content for Mums on their journey of healing, growth & self discovery in motherhood.

I cannot wait to hear more from Co-Founder Neish in their upcoming workshop in November- We would love you to join us! (I’ll pop the link in comments below)

It’s fabulous to visibly see the strength increase in Mums. Today was a spicy lower body burn 🔥 🌶️ with some technical movements and our Mums absolutely smashed their workout!! 🙌🏼

Hearing Mums share how they have felt a noticeable improvement in their mental wellbeing, honestly this is gold class 🙏🏼 This is everything!

We never put pressure on any physical change, no pressure around weight loss being the focus or ‘bounce back’ to ‘pre baby body’ 😵‍💫🤯
We won’t be the same as we were before, we weren’t Mums before… and it forever changes us, in every way…. But when you feel good, feel empowered, feel strong, feel supported other things will also start to change too 🫶🏼❤️

We love supporting our Mums to be physically and mentally healthy… we would love to see you in our next round, which is only around a month away & the last for the year 🫣😵‍💫 Wait, What!!!

Yup, you heard it right… don’t put off till the new year what you can actually start now…

Sometimes we ignore the gentle nudges, the small signs that change needs to happen and often don’t take action to make t...
14/09/2025

Sometimes we ignore the gentle nudges, the small signs that change needs to happen and often don’t take action to make the change that’s so desperately needed until it feels like we are at absolute breaking point.
That’s what we do as mums, we push through and do everything for everyone else and often ignore the most important person, ourselves.

The last 12 months have been huge for me as a person, as a mum and as a small business owner.
This time last year I formally received my ADHD diagnosis, and while this was both confirmation and validation of what I had already known for a couple of years prior, it’s also been a wild ride of self discovery and acceptance.
As Mums we often believe that it’s normal to juggle so much, it’s what we do right?
Societal conditioning from a young age creates an unrealistic and unachievable benchmark of how we should act and mother.
Leaving us feeling inadequate and like we’re failing.
Motherhood is beautiful, but it’s messy and chaotic. The demands on Mums can lead to constant overwhelm and quite often so many mothers are isolated and doing it all alone.
Becoming a Mum is the biggest transformation and as you evolve and grow in this role, there are many changes over the years through every age and stage.
At times you feel lost, unsure of your identity and on autopilot in constant survival mode.

At every age and stage with both my children, there’s been challenges, struggles, new experiences, growth, learning, lots of love and joy & many moments where I’ve questioned my capacity, my abilities and have felt like I’m failing and drowning in all the extra BS we do as Mums.

I know I’m a good Mum, when you care so much it’s a sure sign you’re a bloody good Mum striving to do the best you can in that given moment with the best you have.

Anyway, as ever I’m waffling on…

My love of my work supporting Mums continues… my calling to nurture Mums is stronger than ever! I feel it to my core, I’m passionate about better care and support for Mums ❤️

I’ve made the tough decision that this work of mine won’t be in providing Mothers groups, but instead will look slightly different.

I’m excited to share more in coming weeks and months as I begin to unpack the many ideas in this chaotic brain of mine, make plans and put things into practice 🫶🏼

I hope to be more active and present on social media and look forward to taking my beautiful community along with me on this journey.

As ever, your support is always appreciated 🙏🏼
It always takes a village, to raise a Mother.

Big love,
Liz xox

Kicking off another brand new 6 week block for our Mums and Bubs Reformer program  We love seeing many Mums return, a tr...
04/09/2025

Kicking off another brand new 6 week block for our Mums and Bubs Reformer program

We love seeing many Mums return, a true testament that our program is doing what it says for our postpartum Mamas 🙌🏼🫶🏼 🔥 Welcoming new Mums and their babes into group is always a pleasure as we know they will love what we have created ❤️

You will never regret moving your body, getting those feel good hormones flowing through exercise is so empowering, especially as a Mum whose body has endured so much change.
Equally connecting with others increases feelings of wellbeing- there’s nothing quite like being supported by other Mums at a similar stage 🙌🏼🙏🏼 who really get it.

Today our Mums worked up a sweat in their first session. Spring is finally here and it feels so good to get out, get active and get social 🌞 🧘‍♀️ 🙌🏼

We have some great new additions to this holistic wellness program we are bringing to our postpartum Mamas.

Next week the fabulous will join us post reformer workout 📖 and I personally cannot wait for this and to share more 🥳

We already have Mums wait listed for our October group…. So please get in touch with Liz or Lou to be added to the next round of Mums who know that prioritising themselves is essential not selfish 💥

Thank you Amazibg ☕️ and 🥯 to accompany our catch up post workout 💪🏼

📢 Giveaway Time! 💝 We’re so excited to team up with Me To Motherhood  to celebrate our next round of Mums & Bubs Reforme...
24/08/2025

📢 Giveaway Time! 💝

We’re so excited to team up with Me To Motherhood to celebrate our next round of Mums & Bubs Reformer Pilates Studio Pilates Mt Gravatt

One lucky mum who signs up to our next 6-week program will receive a copy of the beautiful Me To Motherhood Wellbeing Journal, designed to support and nurture mums through the identity shift of motherhood. Plus, another mum will win a journal simply by entering this giveaway!

The Me To Motherhood Journal is a guided space for reflection, self-care, and rediscovering yourself in motherhood, because your wellbeing matters too.

The Me To Motherhood Wellbeing Journal
Think of it as having your very own life coach in journal form. With gentle prompts, reflections, and tools to guide you, it helps you slow down, reconnect with yourself, and navigate the identity shift called Matrescence with more clarity and calm.

Because sometimes what every mum needs most is a little space to breathe, reflect, and feel supported.

We will also be gifting one lucky Mama a $100 voucher that can be utilised towards our 6 week program.

To be in with a chance to win…

✔️ You must follow all 3 accounts-

✔️ Like this post

✔️ Tag a Mama who needs this (Each tag is one entry, there’s no limit to how many tags)

✔️ Share to your stories for an extra entry

Closing date Friday 29th August 🥳

Yesterday saw our first Mums and Bubs Reformer 2.0 - We have given this well loved program we run a glow up ✨✌🏼It can fe...
17/07/2025

Yesterday saw our first Mums and Bubs Reformer 2.0 - We have given this well loved program we run a glow up ✨✌🏼

It can feel so difficult as a Mum to carve out time for yourself, with many believing you have to be all giving and selfless, pouring every ounce of your energy into your baby and everyone but yourself.

Trust me, this doesn’t define a good Mum & you absolutely will burn out.

This new holistic model of our program focuses on supporting Mums to thrive through motherhood not just survive. Positive mental health and physical wellbeing needs a multifaceted approach and needs to be something that’s invested in as a non negotiable so that Mums are well.

Our first session welcomed our new (and often nervous) Mamas into the beautiful studio here at

Our group chat and information email had broken the ice and our Mums were taken through an orientation prior to their first workout- Safety and technique is always Key.

Our group focus is never about ‘bounce back’ 🫣 or a weight loss focus… that will come anyway as a byproduct of movement, less stress & healthy habits.

I love getting in my bub cuddles while our Mums got in their workout- it’s comforting for many of our new Mums knowing baby is close by with an extra set of hands to help out.

The lovely Katie took us through a mindfulness exercise at the end of session. We looked at individual goals for the feeling we hope to achieve by the end of this program.
We relaxed with a beautiful meditation sound bath to finish - honestly, it was bliss 🧘‍♀️

Our coffee catch up is a huge hit with our Mamas- tired Mums need their caffeine !
Who doesn’t love adult conversation over great coffee.

We’re so excited to see this group progress over coming weeks and friendships bloom.

Connection. movement. Mindfulness. Support. Accountability. Encouragement.
Empowerment.
What a great recipe for feeling good & that’s what us Mums deserve 🫶🏼🙏🏼💕

Perfection 🫶🏼 ✨ 🌳 🍁 by.nature_photography Thank you for capturing these stunning shots with my Term 2 Mums and Bubs 😍 I’...
03/07/2025

Perfection 🫶🏼 ✨ 🌳 🍁
by.nature_photography

Thank you for capturing these stunning shots with my Term 2 Mums and Bubs 😍

I’m obsessed!

After successfully running many Mums and Bubs Reformer groups over the last 3+ years and supporting hundreds of mums to ...
02/07/2025

After successfully running many Mums and Bubs Reformer groups over the last 3+ years and supporting hundreds of mums to return to/ start exercise postpartum, we have decided our group program needs a lil glow up ✨

As we know, health and wellness requires a holistic approach looking at many elements to achieve our goals.
With this in mind we have decided to include a few other components to additionally support our mums on their journey to a healthier, happier mind and body 🧘‍♀️🙏🏼

As mum we often neglect our own health and well-being while we attend to everyone else around us, often reaching breaking point before we reach out for support or prioritise ourselves.

We know that in order to have a healthy happy baby, we must first prioritise our own physical and mental well-being.

Our next six week Mums and Bubs reformer group will see areas like mindset nutrition and a wellness nature walk included. Of course our weekly movement through our reformer workout is at the start of each session, followed by connecting over coffee with like-minded mamas.

We know that connection is key to preserving positive mental health postpartum 👌🏻🧠💕

Simply getting out of the house around supportive women is all you need sometimes add in empowerment, zero judgment, caffeine and other boss babes =💥 🔥

We are so excited to launch this new package to our Mum’s, which will see you thrive not just survive on your motherhood journey.

If you wish to join our upcoming program, please get in contact with Liz direct - liz@mothersconnected.com.au

Date- Thursday 17th July 10:45
Location- Studio Pilates, Mt Gravatt
Cost - $200 *special offer price, will increase following round
Group inclusions:
- Weekly Reformer workout lead by qualified Instructors
- Bring your baby and receive support to care for your little one while you get your work out in.
- A welcome pack including grip socks
- Weekly social component- coffee and connect & morning tea and bubbly in final week
- Goal setting, mindset and mindfulness practices, mini sound bath
- Reflection and celebrations in final week.
- Wellness walk (optional) mid way through program
- Information from a clinical nutritionist

Such wonderful celebrations for this Queen  and Bride 👰 to be who will tie the knot next week in Fiji 🇫🇯🫶🏻I love a lil c...
25/06/2025

Such wonderful celebrations for this Queen and Bride 👰 to be who will tie the knot next week in Fiji 🇫🇯🫶🏻

I love a lil celebration and a reason for a midday 🥂 and of course we had to celebrate our beautiful Bride!! & this fabulous Mums group who have formed some wonderful connections the last 8 weeks…

Such a fabulous way to celebrate and welcome change moving forward… the future holds many exciting things 🙏🏻🙌🏻

But for now I breathe and live vicariously through Tanesha’s Fiji & wedding Shenanigans ♥️ Have the Best day lovely!!! 💍 👰 🌴

Oh yeah 🙌🏻🔥She’s SOLD Baby 🙏🏻 Ed EdwardsThank you to .raywhite Putting the 1 in the 4122 💥 We’re thrilled & cannot Thank...
21/06/2025

Oh yeah 🙌🏻🔥

She’s SOLD Baby 🙏🏻 Ed Edwards

Thank you to .raywhite
Putting the 1 in the 4122 💥

We’re thrilled & cannot Thank You & your wonderful team enough…. Here’s to the next Chapter.

Yesterday we enjoyed a wonderful session outside in nature 🌲 🍂 I love getting outdoors. Bubs were rugged up looking ador...
17/06/2025

Yesterday we enjoyed a wonderful session outside in nature 🌲 🍂

I love getting outdoors. Bubs were rugged up looking adorable in their winter Woolies.
A much needed moment to relax, enjoy each other’s company over a 🥂 and get some cute pics 📸 .by.nature_photography of Mums and their little ones.

I can’t wait to see these natural unfiltered shots 😍

Just because she carries it well doesn’t mean it’s not heavy! Life recently has been crazy busy, we’re currently going t...
16/06/2025

Just because she carries it well doesn’t mean it’s not heavy!

Life recently has been crazy busy, we’re currently going through some huge changes, which is beyond exciting but also busy, overwhelming and stressful.

The last few years have seen me hustle hard. As a person whatever I do is heartfelt and I give my all in whatever work I do, placing very high expectations on myself.
Small business isn’t for the faint hearted, it requires so much invisible labour, has no limits on working hours and as the sole owner and facilitator all operations fall on you as the driving force behind everything.
I’m extremely proud of what I’ve created and built from the ground up, but honestly I’m tired.
I’ve been running at an unmanageable pace for so long by myself.
Working two extra jobs as well as striving to be a good Mum to my two children who are both neurodiverse, be a half decent wife, attempt to have some kind of social life once in a while, care for our pets, attend to the house & keep myself physically and mentally healthy! With very little external support. Seriously, WTF!
Operating at such a high level for so long becomes normal, it becomes an expectation & often it’s the case that we only seek support at breaking point- trust me when I say I’ve been very close on several occasions….

Short story long… (always the way with me! )
I’m not prepared to continue to push myself to the very edge of my limits to see what it takes for me to break..

With the impending big changes and huge transitions approaching I’m taking an extended break these holidays, a breather that is well overdue.
I have to practice what I constantly preach to others and show my children that prioritising my needs is as important as others, and I am worthy of a well deserved rest.

My Mother’s Group next term are temporarily on hold.
I’m undecided exactly how things will look moving forward, change is exciting and I’m pumped to make some very positive changes both for myself as well as, of course for my children and family.

📸 Throw back to my wonderful raw Motherhood moments captured by .photography ♥️ I can’t wait for our next family shoot 🫶🏻

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