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One of the ideas that really stayed with me from this book and these teachings was this understanding that the landscape...
05/06/2026

One of the ideas that really stayed with me from this book and these teachings was this understanding that the landscape itself holds history. The rivers, valleys, rocks, and landforms are shaped by the ancestral beings and events of the Dreaming. The Earth is not separate from the story. The Earth *is* the story made visible.

The Earth is understood as female because she is the original creator, the source from which life and the creative beings emerged.

And honestly, I couldn’t stop thinking about how much this mirrors women.

Our bodies carry history too.

Puberty.
Pregnancy.
Birth.
Grief.
Joy.
Survival.
Matriarchy.
Memory.

The marks left behind are not separate from the story. They are the story.

It made me wonder what would change if we treated the Earth, women, and the body with more reverence instead of something to control, manage, extract from, or override.

Maybe returning to the feminine is really about returning to relationship.

With the Earth.
With our bodies.
With each other.

Maybe that’s where healing begins.

I shared a post about the social club on Facebook, and someone commented that the price was outrageous. That it felt lik...
05/03/2026

I shared a post about the social club on Facebook, and someone commented that the price was outrageous. That it felt like “pay to play.” That you can’t create real, authentic community if people have to pay to be there 😳.

The comment is gone now, but the conversation stuck with me (and hurt my heart).

Because this isn’t new for me. I’ve seen this come up over and over again across different areas of my work, especially when I’m serving women in more vulnerable seasons of life. There’s this question that lingers underneath it all. Is it ethical to charge for this kind of work?

And I understand where that question comes from.

But I think what gets missed is that I’m not a government funded program (early ons). I don’t have thousands of dollars in backing from a non profit or grant or a team of staff behind me. There isn’t a system holding this up (on purpose 😘).

It’s just me.

And what people don’t see is everything it actually takes to create something like this.

The years of education, ongoing learning and the lived experience. The emotional capacity it takes to hold space. Facilitation is a skill!

The hours spent planning, organizing, communicating, marketing, troubleshooting, following up.

The cost of platforms, fees, spaces, supplies.

The time it takes to build something from nothing and hope enough people say yes so it can even run.

I’ve been doing this work for 14 years, on and off. There have been so many times where I didn’t make enough money to justify being there. Times where I actually lost money showing up.

And beyond the money, there’s the time.

Time away from my family. Time away from my own life. Time that doesn’t just come back.

So when I choose to price something in a way that actually reflects what it takes for me to sustainably offer it, and that gets framed as exclusionary or inauthentic, it’s frustrating.

Because if we’re being honest, a lot of women running circles are absorbing the cost themselves. They’re overgiving in the name of community. They’re stretching themselves thin to make it accessible.

It's like we're expected to be a martyr in the name of community.

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I love both so much!
05/03/2026

I love both so much!

I always knew I wasn’t meant for a normal job. I knew I wanted to build something different, something more aligned… but...
04/30/2026

I always knew I wasn’t meant for a normal job. I knew I wanted to build something different, something more aligned… but honestly, it’s been way harder than I ever expected.

There have been so many times I’ve wanted to quit. And not just in my own head. People have told me I should quit, especially when things were tight, and I was in survival mode trying to make sure my kids were okay. Like, “just get a real job, make stable money.”

And I get why people say that.

I’ve tried, too. There were points where things got hard enough that I stepped away and thought, okay, I’ll do something else. I even went back to school for clinical herbalism and fully let birth work go, like… if I’m meant to come back to it, I will.

And of course, I did.

Because every time I try to leave, I end up circling right back here. But coming back hasn’t been simple — it comes with a cost.

Talking about alternatives, questioning systems, saying things that aren’t widely accepted. It gets you suppressed online, it makes marketing really hard, and sometimes it spills into your personal life in ways that are really heavy.

It impacted my own life in a big way...even in my separation, and in advocating for my kids to have informed choice about what happens to their bodies. That wasn’t easy to stand in.

And there have been a lot of hard seasons. Food bank lines. Social services. Just doing whatever I needed to do to get through month to month.

There’s a kind of shame that comes with that too…like not being able to just handle an unexpected expense, or sign your kids up for something, or even grab basic things without thinking twice. That part has been really humbling.

I’ve had to ask myself a lot… am I actually doing the right thing trying to make a life out of this?

Because I don’t want a massive business. I don’t want to take on a zillion clients a month or build something that feels disconnected just to make more money. I want a simple, sustainable life. A home, good food, time with my kids, meaningful work.

And somehow… I keep getting led back here.

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Some people try to chastise you for letting your story be the reason you show up in the world, but I say f🦆ck em. Let it...
04/20/2026

Some people try to chastise you for letting your story be the reason you show up in the world, but I say f🦆ck em. Let it be the fuel to your fire 🔥

12/05/2025

Gratitude to all the families at this adorable event! Watching the little ones get their pictures with Santa was adorable!!! I loved having conversations about women's health and their natural options for pregnancy and birth, and of course, spirit babies!

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