Motherhood changes us
our bodies
our nervous systems
our identities
and our sense of self…
Mama Melk Stories offers a gentle, listening-based healing space for mothers to speak their birth stories, breastfeeding stories, and full motherhood journeys.
This can be a conversation only, or it can include intimate, in-home photography (with or without your children) to witness this season of your life.
Mama Melk Stories was born from listening
Listening to mothers speak about births that didn’t go as planned.
Listening to bodies that still hold shock, grief, pride, tenderness, rage, and love — often all at once.
Listening to stories that rarely get full space in a culture that expects mothers to “move on” quickly.
This work is not about doing motherhood right.
It’s about being met where you are.
I hold space for you to tell your story — from pregnancy and birth, through feeding, weaning, identity shifts, relationship changes, and the quiet moments no one asks about.
The Offering
Each Mama Melk Stories session is a slow, guided conversation rooted in:
Deep listening
Parts-based healing (inner parts / inner child awareness)
Nervous-system-informed presence
Consent, pacing, and emotional safety
We begin by gently exploring:
Your birth story (or stories)
Your breastfeeding or feeding journey (past or present)
How motherhood has lived in your body
The parts of you that had to grow up fast, disappear, harden, or hold it all together
The parts of you that still need witnessing, softness, or rest
This is not therapy and there is no pressure to reach insight or closure.
The healing often happens simply by being heard.
Photography can be woven into the session — or not.
If included, images are taken slowly and intuitively in your home or chosen space.
There is no posing, no performance, and no expectation to look a certain way.
Photos may include:
You alone
You feeding your baby or toddler
You with your child(ren)
Small, quiet moments of connection
The photographs act as a witness — a way to say: this mattered, and I was here.
If photography doesn’t feel right, the session can remain purely conversational.
