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Welcome to The Nurtured Dyad - A community for mother who trust their instincts, honour biology, and choose connection over convention - a space rooted in responsiveness, nervous system awareness and evidence-based understanding.

06/02/2026

A nervous system on overdrive isn’t something we can regulate ourselves out of. We don’t need to be in a constant state of calm to heal.

What we need is to meet ourselves - all of the parts of us that have served us in one way or another over the years.

Attachment wounds, like mother hunger, form in the critical early years of infancy. But they don’t stay there.

They show up in many different ways throughout adulthood, and in even more unique and nuanced ways in motherhood.

When we are missing nurture, protection or guidance in infancy, we can see these parts come up in our own motherhood as we parent our own children. It might show up as anxiety, misplaced anger, depression, fear, etc.

What’s important to know is that there are no bad parts. They’ve all been doing a job to keep us safe as one point or another in our lives.

Now, in our own motherhood - we can learn to meet them with compassion, thank them for the job they served and support them to move on. Ultimately, this will allow us to live in a more embodied sense of Self.

If this resonates with you and you’d like to learn more about how IFS-informed* therapy could support you in your motherhood journey - you can reach out to us by email at [email protected].

** Please note that as an IFS-informed practitioner, I have studied/trained in IFS outside of the IFS institute

All of you is welcome here,
Steph 🤍

05/31/2026

Our history lives in our nervous system.

This is why you can know everything about parenting cognitively and still find yourself overwhelmed when your child melts down, panicking when things get messy and out of control or embarrassed and ashamed when your child is behaving in a big but age appropriate way.

When these things happen, your nervous system isn't responding to them, it's responding to every time you did something similar and were met with anger, shame or nothing at all.

It's responding to all the moments where you felt out of control.

All the moments where you were made to feel like too much.

Our bodies remember what our minds have forgotten.

And these reactions are ways we've learned to survive, repeating themselves sometimes decades later after that threat is gone.

This is the work. To support our body to recognize the past is in the past. Teaching our systems that big feelings are no longer dangerous. That being messy and out of control isn't life threatening. And the little girl in you isn't alone with all these feelings anymore.

Things are different now 🤍

I am thrilled to share that I will be welcoming 1:1 clients for somatic RN psychotherapy beginning in July. Within the 1:1 container we will be able to offer your system the time, space and support it's been looking for. If you'd like to get on the waitlist, please email me at [email protected].

It would be an honour to support you in this work 🌸

Perinatal therapy Motherhood Somatic Experiencing Somatic therapy maternal mental health trauma therapy

For our final post of the Wearing Wednesdays Series it only makes sense to end here - with sleep.But before we get caugh...
05/27/2026

For our final post of the Wearing Wednesdays Series it only makes sense to end here - with sleep.

But before we get caught up in the minutiae of sleep - we wanted to come back to something more foundational.

We as humans are wired for connection.

This isn't a parenting philosophy. This is our biology.

Our babies spent nine months inside our body. It moved, it breathed, it held, it regulated. Sleep wasn't something they did alone. It was always done in relationship.

Weaved into each of these slides is an invitation to support an understanding of the information from an embodied sense. To feel it. To imagine it through our babies eyes.

Because when we do, it makes sense.

The rhythmic movement, the touch, the warmth, the sounds of our breathing, the steady heart beat.

These don't just feel good. They communicate something to your baby's nervous system long before words ever will.

They communicate safety.

They communicate "I got you, you can rest now".

This is coregulation. This is attachment. This is the biology of belonging. The biology of sleep.

It's been a joy to bring this series to life. We hope it's offered you the language for what you've always known in your body to be true.

We would love to invite you to our Mom & Baby Pop up circle at R&B Lavender Farms on June 24 @ 930. We will continue this conversation about sleep, the nervous system and the power of being close with free fit checks by our babywearing expert, Leah Woods.

The link is in our bio. We would love to see you there 🤍🪻

Warmly,
Hayley, Steph & Leah 🌸

This is a topic close to our hearts this week. As Hayley attends a multi-day training to finish up her Somatic Experienc...
05/25/2026

This is a topic close to our hearts this week. As Hayley attends a multi-day training to finish up her Somatic Experiencing training and I attended a conference as a panelist.

This was truly both of our first times postpartum doing something for ourselves in this way.

And what we found was that our babies are resilient. And also that change and letting go of control was hard for us. Both could be true.

Attachment happens in many instances. In attunement and in reattunement.

What is so important is that we also attune to ourselves and our needs. We can’t fill our cups if the glass is shattered.

And sometimes our babies surprise us. They show us that the foundation of safety has been laid. That they can nap with Dad when they only used to want Mom. That they can be soothed by other caregivers. That they are content and playful when you return from tending to yourself.

Change can be hard, there can be grief - and sometimes this is what growth feels like.

With compassion,
Steph 🤍

In doing some training around Mother Hunger and Kelly McDaniel’s work, this discussion around the “alpha mother” crossed...
05/22/2026

In doing some training around Mother Hunger and Kelly McDaniel’s work, this discussion around the “alpha mother” crossed my path. She challenged this concept and how it’s quite an unrealistic expectation of women and mothers given our current society.

That there is much work to be done to change our system and culture to value the work of mothers.

And there is.

There are also many glimmers and opportunities to start this healing.

Perhaps it’s finding a group of mothers you really connect with.

Maybe it’s processing the inter generational trauma present amongst the women in your family.

It could be healing from the loss of your mother, either through estrangement or loss.

Whatever it may be, it brings you back to seeing yourself as important, as valuable, and worthy.

Healing isn’t always a grand gesture. Some days it might just be getting out for a walk, or stopping one negative thought. And that gets to be enough.

With compassion,
Steph 🌸

Happy Wearing Wednesday - our second last week! This week we’re sharing a little bit about the history of babywearing in...
05/20/2026

Happy Wearing Wednesday - our second last week!

This week we’re sharing a little bit about the history of babywearing in honour of the individuals and cultures where the practice originated from.

Motherhood and the industry that supports it, is not free from colonial and capitalist practices, and now more than ever it is important to acknowledge our position within this space.

We honour with gratitude the origins of babywearing that have allowed us to keep our babies close 🤍.

How has babywearing shown up for you, your family, or your culture? We’d love to hear and honour your stories!

And if you’d like to learn more about co-regulation, attachment and receive support with your own babywearing - join us June 24, 2026 at R&B Lavender in Mt. Brydes! Link in bio to register. 🪻

With deep appreciation,
Steph, Hayley & Leah 🌸

Moms of little ones under 2, this one's for you 🤍Imagine spending a morning surrounded by lavender, your baby close, you...
05/13/2026

Moms of little ones under 2, this one's for you 🤍

Imagine spending a morning surrounded by lavender, your baby close, your nervous system finally exhaling.

We'll talk about sleep - not the version that leaves you feeling like you're doing it wrong, but the real story. The biological one. The one that actually makes sense of your nights 🤍

We'll talk about what your nervous system needs. What your baby's needs. And why those two things are never as separate as we've been told.

And you'll leave knowing how to wear your baby in a supportive, safe way for both of you - with a free fit check from babywearing expert, Leah Woods. The in-person support that no online tutorial can offer you.

This is the kind of morning that leaves you and your baby feeling nourished.

Join us June 24/26 @ 930am @ R&B Lavender Farms 🪻(23615 Amiens Rd. Mount Brydges, ON).

$25. Link in the bio.

We can't wait to gather, share & connect 🤍

Warmly,
Hayley, Steph & Leah 🌷

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