We didn’t just watch the movie Tully, we used it as a mirror.

Through Marlo’s story, we explored experiences many of us recognize in our own lives: constant exhaustion, carrying invisible loads, and slowly losing touch with parts of ourselves while trying to keep everything running. Using the Heroine’s Journey, reparenting, and archetypal perspectives, we spoke about Mother and Maiden energies, sitting with pain, and the life–death–life cycles that show up in everyday life, not just in stories.

To understand Marlo more deeply, we worked with metaphors. With Jenga, we explored the blocks that make up her identity , responsibilities, expectations, emotional labor , and how a structure can look stable while being close to collapse. It naturally led us to reflect on how much weight a single person can carry before something has to change.

We also used the matryoshka (nesting) doll to talk about layered identities. As each layer opened, Marlo’s different selves became visible: the functioning outer role, and underneath it, parts that are tired, playful, unmet, or in need of care. Through this, reparenting became tangible , learning to notice inner needs and respond with compassion rather than self-judgment.

What stayed with us was a quiet recognition: Transformation doesn’t come from fixing ourselves, but from seeing ourselves more clearly.

Grateful for the depth, presence, and openness of this circle.

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Motherhood is often discussed through social roles and responsibilities, but we’ll step outside that frame and reflect on questions like:

• What does it mean that when a baby is born, a new woman is also born?
• How is motherhood a spiritual and inner transformation?
• What is reparenting, and how can we mother ourselves?
• Do we have to experience physical childbirth to be a “mother,” or can caring for the vulnerable—like supporting a friend, mentoring someone younger, or caring for an animal—also express the essence of motherhood?
• How are birth and creativity connected?

If these questions speak to you, bring your coffee (and maybe a friend!) and join us.

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