Motherhood is a journey that transforms us. But sometimes that journey is made alone.
We live in a culture that exalts self-sufficiency and hides vulnerability. A culture that pushes mothers to do everything, to do it well, to do it alone… As if need were a failing, rather than a human truth.
But motherhood was not meant to be experienced in isolation.
Return to what was shared
For generations, women raised children in a community. There were arms to hold, ears to listen, words to soothe. Today, many mothers nurse behind closed doors, with a knot in their chest and tiredness on their skin. And even though we’re hyperconnected digitally, emotionally… we’re often alone. The tribe isn’t a luxury. It’s a collective nervous system.
It is a network, it is an echo, it is emotional regulation in the form of presence.
What the tribe allows
In a tribe, tears become normal. Doubt finds solace. Guilt is relieved. And the stories we tell ourselves—”I’m not enough,” “I’m doing something wrong”—begin to change. Because when someone looks at you and says, “It happens to me too”… space opens up to breathe. An inner place opens up where you feel validated, supported, and accompanied.
Creating a tribe is not just about being with others
Creating a tribe is choosing the quality of the bond.
It is weaving a space where:
- I can speak without being corrected.
- I can share without being judged.
- I can be a mother, but also a woman, a person, a body, an emotion.
Creating a tribe is an act of bonding repair. A way to break the chain of silence that many of us have inherited.
A network that supports the essential
In my work, I see time and again how the experience of motherhood changes when other women are present. Not to offer solutions. But to look with tenderness. To listen with an open heart. To remind us that we are not alone, that we don’t have to do it perfectly, that the bond is also built between adults.
Because what we are capable of giving to our children is deeply tied to what we have received—or what we choose to offer ourselves now—as adults.
If you can’t find it, you can start by creating it.
Sometimes the tribe isn’t ready… and it’s time to sow it. Sometimes it starts with a workshop, with an honest conversation, with daring to reveal yourself. And sometimes, it starts with you.
Because by nurturing your bond with yourself, you pave the way for more secure bonds with others.
Creating a tribe is more than just bringing mothers together. It’s reviving shared care. It’s weaving a new way of being in the world: more connected, more alive, more real.
And if you feel like something inside you is asking for that space… Welcome. There’s room for you here.
