Matrescence Education: Empowering You Through Every Stage of Motherhood

Becoming a mother can be confusing, but it shouldn't be a mystery you’re left to solve alone.

Seed Mother™ provides the knowledge, tools, and support you need to confidently navigate every stage of motherhood, from pregnancy to toddlerhood and beyond. Developed at Columbia University, our expert-led workshops combine evidence-based education with a strengths-based approach, helping you embrace the changes and challenges of motherhood with clarity, confidence, and resilience.

Discover how to thrive in motherhood, not just survive.

Our Approach

  • Knowledge empowers us. We go beyond the physical aspects of pregnancy and childcare, exploring the emotional and psychological journeys of new motherhood. Normalizing these complexities, we advocate for comprehensive support that helps mothers to feel understood and validated.

  • Science grounds us. Developed at Columbia University, our program combines rigorous research (including our own) with practical applications, using proven methodologies to support maternal well-being.

  • Rituals build our resilience.  We teach evidence-based wellness practices from positive psychology and contemplative traditions to enhance mothers' adaptive capacities and provide essential tools for navigating challenges in motherhood.

  • Belonging buoys us. Through peer connections, we create a nurturing community that reduces isolation and negative social comparisons and fosters meaningful support networks.

  • Matrescence reminds us that mothers matter.  By prioritizing mothers’ needs, we challenge societal norms and ensure holistic well-being. We recognize that when mothers thrive, their families do too.

What is Seed Mother™?

Seed Mother™ supports mothers through the transition to motherhood, providing research-backed insights, practical tools, and supportive community. Our workshops focus on matrescence—the process of becoming a mother— to ensure all mothers receive the validation, education, and care they deserve.

Why choose Seed Mother™?

Seed Mother™ offers a space for mothers like you to acknowledge the real challenges, changes, and growth of early motherhood. Our evidence-based curriculum, developed at Columbia University and researched at Khora: The Maternal & Reproductive Psychology Lab, uses a strengths-based approach to help you thrive during this transformative journey.

OUR VALUES

Vision

A world where every mother is empowered with the knowledge and support to navigate the profound journey of motherhood with confidence and resilience.

Mission

We exist to transform maternal health by offering accessible, evidence-based education and support that normalizes the comprehensive changes of motherhood. Our mission is to empower mothers to navigate these complexities with confidence and resilience, equipping them with knowledge and tools to foster greater self-awareness, prepare them for each stage of the journey, and encourage their personal growth.

We Define Mothers As…

Seed Mother™ defines mothers as all those who self-identify as a mother, who perform mothering labor (such that all genders can also mother, just as women do), or who make caregiving the next generation a central part of their lives, including all the ways people come to that work including via pregnancy, surrogacy, fostering, or adoption.

A Reimagined Approach to Maternal Care

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Exclusive Offer

Sign up for a Free 45-Minute Webinar on Matrescence: Becoming a Mother: What No One Tells You

Becoming a mother is a profound life transition. Yet most of us aren’t prepared for how deeply it transforms our bodies, brains, emotions, relationships—and our sense of self.


In this free 45-minute workshop, we’ll introduce you to matrescence—the developmental transition into motherhood—and offer language help you make sense of what’s happening beneath the surface. Whether you’re expecting your first baby, parenting your third, or somewhere in between—you deserve to feel informed, supported, and seen.

***Attendees receive a special discount for the next Fertile Ground series (starts 6/11)***

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Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST| Free | Zoom

“Learning about matrescence has been eye-opening. I can’t believe that I hadn’t heard about this process until recently. I find it invaluable that anyone who is considering becoming a Mother learns about this. It’s empowering.”

- Aurora, Workshop Participant and Mother