Spread Your Wings

22/04/2026

Not sure what you're walking into on 8 May?

Here's exactly what the morning looks like.

Doors open at 9am, come in, grab a coffee, settle in before we start at 9:30.

Here's what to expect:

A guided mindfulness session led by me, drawing on my training in hypnotherapy and NLP. It's designed to be genuinely settling, not another thing to push through.

A keynote speaker sharing insight on maternal wellbeing and the identity shifts that come with this season.

A panel of local services sharing what support actually exists in the Gawler region, honest, practical, no jargon.

Morning tea and time to connect with other mums who are navigating the same stretch of road.

We wrap up at 11:30am with time to linger and connect until midday if you want it.

Nothing to prepare. Nothing to perform. Just come as you are.

https://events.humanitix.com/mothers-connect

20/04/2026

When did you last do something that was just for you?

Not something squeezed into a nap time. Not something you felt guilty about before it was even finished.

Something that actually filled you back up.

If you had to think about it for longer than a few seconds, this is for you.

Mothers Connect is a three-hour morning on the 8th May in Gawler.

Guided mindfulness, a keynote, local support, morning tea, and a room full of women who understand the load.

Come as you are. This is a judgement free zone. PJ's and unwashed hair completely acceptable.

You deserve a morning that's yours.

Tickets via https://events.humanitix.com/mothers-connect 🧡

13/04/2026

Hi, I'm Tamika. I made this morning for you.

Mother's Connect is a gathering for mums in and around Gawler who are ready to feel like themselves again.

Four weeks away. Seats are filling up.

If you've been sitting on the fence, this is your sign.

Three hours. A guided mindfulness session. A keynote. A panel of local support services. Morning tea. Real connection with women who get it.

You don't have to keep doing this alone.

Friday 8 May. Gawler Civic Centre. Doors open 9am.

Grab your ticket before they're gone. 🧡

https://events.humanitix.com/mothers-connect

12/04/2026

I think so many carers and parents hear "you're burnt out" and somewhere deep down translate it to "you're failing."

Like exhaustion is a character flaw.

Like if you just loved your person a little more, you'd find a way to keep going.

Like rest is something you have to earn first.

But depletion isn't weakness.

It's what happens when a human being gives more than they have, for longer than anyone should, without enough in their corner.

Your body isn't broken.

It's been doing the impossible and asking for relief.

That difference matters.

🌿 What's one thing your body has been trying to tell you lately that you haven't had the space to listen to?

31/03/2026

Life looks a little different now. Honestly, it's why I created Mother's Connect.

I'm a mum of three, my youngest just arrived. I'm also a support coordinator and mindset coach with a background in hypnotherapy and NLP.

Some days, I still am. A mum running on survival and calling it coping.

I understood nervous system regulation in theory and still couldn't rest. I had the tools and still felt completely lost inside my own life.

What I needed wasn't more information.

I needed a room full of women who understood without me having to explain. I needed someone to say "me too" without flinching.

That's the morning I'm creating on 8th May.

Not a workshop. Not a seminar. A gathering for mums who are ready to feel seen.

https://events.humanitix.com/mothers-connect

I hope you'll come. 🤍

29/03/2026

There's a kind of exhaustion that comes from carrying things in silence.

Where you've convinced yourself that needing help is an inconvenience to others.
Asking feels harder than just continuing to manage.

"I'm fine" has become so automatic you don't even notice you're saying it anymore.
I know that place.

I also know it doesn't get lighter the longer you hold it alone.

Whatever you're navigating right now, whether it's the NDIS, the mental load of caring, the grief of a hard season, or just the quiet overwhelm of doing too much for too long.

There is space for you here.
It starts with letting someone in.

🧡 Share this with a carer who needs to hear it today.

22/03/2026

Nobody tells you that understanding the NDIS is practically a full-time job on top of everything else.

Yet somehow, you're expected to just... know it.

Know which funding category covers what.

Know how to push back when something gets declined.

Know the right language to use so you're taken seriously.

Know when to escalate and who to escalate to.

You're doing all of this while your child still needs breakfast made, the school still needs that form back, and your own nervous system is running on fumes.

The learning curve isn't a reflection of your intelligence.

It's a reflection of how little support families actually get with this stuff.

You shouldn't have to piece it together on your own.

💬 What's the part of the NDIS you wish someone would just sit down and explain to you properly? Drop it below.

17/03/2026

Motherhood changes you.

Not just your routine.

Not just your sleep.

You.

Your identity.

Your priorities.

Your sense of self.

Somewhere between the school runs, the mental load, the endless to-do lists and caring for everyone else… many women quietly wonder:

“Who am I now?”

And yet we rarely talk about it.

The identity shifts.

The pressure to hold everything together.

The invisible labour of motherhood.

So many women are carrying old beliefs that were never theirs to begin with.

“You’re too much.”

“You should be grateful.”

“Don’t take up space.”

“Put everyone else first.”

And slowly we learn to shrink.

To survive instead of truly live.

But here’s the truth I see every day when I sit with women and hear their stories:
✨ You are not broken.

✨ You are not behind.

✨ You are not too late.

Sometimes we just need a moment to pause…

To reconnect with ourselves.

To remember the woman underneath the roles we carry.

That’s exactly why I created Spread Your Wings: Mothers Connect Day.

A space for mums to come together, breathe, reconnect and be reminded that you are not alone.

We’ll have:

• Conversations around maternal wellbeing

• Local supports and services for mums

• A keynote speaker to inspire reflection

• Time to connect with other women who truly get it

Because sometimes the most powerful thing a woman can hear is:

“I see you.
I hear you.
And your story matters.”

✨ Friday 8 May – Gawler Civic Centre

✨ A beautiful morning dedicated to mothers before Mother’s Day weekend.

If your heart needs a reset, a moment to reconnect, or simply a space to be seen…

You are warmly invited.

Tickets available here:
Register Here 👇

Mother's Connect An event for YOU, to be seen, heard and feel connected to yourself again

16/03/2026

Motherhood asks a lot of us.

Sometimes we just need space to pause, connect, and remember we matter too.

Join us for Spread Your Wings: Mothers Connect — a morning of conversation, connection and support with other local mums.

📍 Gawler, SA
🗓 May 8
🎟 Register now – link in bio

15/03/2026

At what point did your needs stop making the list?

Was it gradual? A slow erosion of the small things that were yours?

Or did it happen almost overnight when everything shifted and survival mode kicked in?

For so many carers, the role becomes the whole identity and the person underneath it, the one with her own dreams, her own exhaustion, her own need to be held sometimes, she gets quieter and quieter.

You stop thinking about what you want.

What lights you up.

What you'd choose if choosing felt allowed.

You were a whole person before this role found you.

You still are.

💭 What's something that is purely, entirely yours that you've been missing lately?

08/03/2026

If rest feels wrong, you're not broken.

Your nervous system is just doing what it learned to do.

When you've spent years in survival mode - navigating trauma, holding your family together, managing crisis after crisis - your body learns that safety lives in hypervigilance.

In always being ready. Always doing. Always bracing for the next thing.

So when things finally slow down? When there's space to breathe?

It doesn't feel like peace. It feels like waiting for the other shoe to drop.

That's not a character flaw. That's biology.

Your nervous system is still scanning for threat because for so long, the threats were real.

The work isn't in forcing yourself to calm down. It's in gently teaching your body that safety can exist in stillness too.

That takes time. It takes patience. It takes letting yourself be somewhere new without bracing for it to fall apart.

You don't have to rush the unlearning.

Does this resonate? I'd love to know where you're at. 👇