The Benefits

We seek to evidence our coaching by partnering with the mother from start to finish, explaining how BREATHE works and its process and involving mothers in it by encouraging feedback and ideas, while also evaluating together the difference it has made to their overall wellbeing, thinking, emotions and choices. 

Sessions are facilitated by trauma informed, trained female coaches many of whom are mothers themselves. Independent of the justice, legal or social care system, the coach prioritises creating a safe, warm, non-judgemental and compassionate environment in order to build trust with the mother or mothers she is working with, in order for them to feel freely able and willing to express their thoughts, emotions and maternal identity, toward exploring and finding solutions from within themselves, which is also shown to result in better and more sustainable outcomes.

We also clarify from the outset whether a mother is ready, willing or able to take part in BREATHE, which again ensures better engagement, commitment and subsequently more effective, positive results. 

With essential support and use of sensitive, strategic, tailored questions from the coach, the mother is encouraged to critically reflect, reclaim and reconnect to her maternal story, intuition, insight ,voice, choice and autonomy, even when their circumstances may appear not to allow that. Therefore, even if the desired outcomes aren’t achievable, there can still be growth in their worth and identity, and in challenging the shame and stigma that is associated with the label of ‘bad mother’.

By engaging in the BREATHE sessions, at-risk and justice involved mothers can discover how to slow down and breathe again toward envisioning a future that holds potential, purpose and meaning as a mother. And in doing so encourage better mental health, self-worth, compassion and confidence in themselves, faciliating improved relationships.