Divorce

Showing SPLIT, The Film May 7th, Mill Valley, CA

Announcing the showing of Split the Film by Ellen Bruno! On May 7th, 2015 Mill Valley’s It Takes A Village is sponsoring The Mother Rising’s showing of Split, the film. Split is a fabulous documentary for children and adults done entirely from the perspective of children. There is absolutely NO adult in the film. Even […]

Conscious Uncoupling & Wevorce

The Mother Rising’s thoughts on Conscious Uncoupling, societal norms, legal logistics & more… Near as soon as Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced the conscious dissolution of their marriage with the term “conscious uncoupling” opinions of all kinds were spreading like wild fire. There are those of us who are really pleased to have the […]

You are BEAUTIFUL, you are PERFECT, you are LOVED!

These are the things that I long to hear when I hit those moments of feeling so desperately alone. Those times when there is simply no one, no one to talk to about your day. NO one that can appreciate in the way you can your magical moments with your children…the small and meaningful strides […]

Tyler Perry’s The Single Mom’s Club

I’m a busy single mompreneur. I’ve been traveling from Tiburon,CA to Denver, CO, back to Tiburon and then to LA and back over this last month and half. Meanwhile juggling starting my VoiceAmerica radio show, lining up guests and an insane 2/2/5 shared custody schedule. Never mind you the details of the shared custody nor my […]

9 Things You Can Count On In Divorce

When your world is crumbling around as you go round and round the crazy roller coaster ride of divorce…join me once a month to discover the 9 things that you CAN count on during divorce. In not having any type of roadmap, we can become overwhelmed, exhausted, and depressed. We can allow ourselves to indulge […]

Home Town Groove…

I have spent a lot of time lately writing and writing and writing…writing emails, writing content for web landing pages, for videos, for marketing material, for my radio show…and on and on. Truly all that I am writing comes from the passion within as it emanates from a place inside me that is enlivened by […]

3 Tips To Self Empowerment When Dealing With A Volatile Ex

There were several stellar examples of broken couples who were able to make it work for their children’s sake in my opinion. “It’s all about the kids,” they told me. It’s not easy, but we just put our differences aside and know that what we are doing in holding a structure together is ultimately the […]

3 Steps To Sleeping Soundly During Divorce

Separation and divorce are considered to be one of life’s biggest challenges. The incredible stress placed on the body due to an over-active mind can be immense. We can be so caught up in the logistics of how to get it all done: legal, logistical, parenting, financial that by the time our head hits the […]

Navigating Conversations About Your Divorce/Separation

This article was originally written with the intent of helping those of us encountering family and friends around the holidays whose discomfort with conversing about our divorce or separation was painful to be around. However, after re-reading it, I believe what I have written here can be applied to any conversation we have with our […]

5 Simple Ways To Love Your Body

Sure, sure, sure it makes absolute sense that a recent study has correlated that women who are confident about their bodies are more likely to have happy, healthy relationships. That no brainer is tricky for the majority of us when we are exposed excessively to airbrushed pictures of the perfect women modeling lingerie that our […]

Margaret is like the best friend every woman deserves. She is a truly wonderful listener with a very compassionate heart and creative ideas on how to bring transformation into your life and relationships.

As a fulltime mother of two young boys, one of whom was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease two years ago, I’m dealing with not only the struggles of every day motherhood but also the tremendous sorrow and stress that comes with not knowing from one day to the other if my child is going to live. This manifestation has been likened to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

As a mother of three, Margaret’s genuine mothers’ instinct has allowed me to drop into a place of trust and surrender where my heart has felt contracted and disconnected with our year of hospital experience. She has a way of honoring my unique situation and gently working with me to develop some parenting skills that allow me to be the loving strong mother that I know myself to be.

During the wellness sessions with Margaret, I have discovered tools I can use to nourish my body and soul, so I can be the best mother I possibly can be. Not only has she helped me to come up with solutions that work for me in parenting, but has also allowed me to connect my vision of where I want to be with my commitment to self-care and self-growth in my healing.

For me it has been very helpful to set goals for the week and have a loving person checking in on me every week to see how well I did, what my challenges were and how to strategize around the every day obstacles that present themselves. While working with Margaret, I have come to understand that the changes and goals don’t have to be huge, but little by little I am working towards a more peaceful heart.

Maria Potter

The Mother Rising

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