THE MOTHERHOOD SPACE

Welcome to The Motherhood Space, a place for women to feel supported through all stages of motherhood from preconception, pregnancy through to postpartum.

Maternal Care Counsellor, Kiara Koroi, created The Motherhood Space upon finding little support for women like herself struggling throughout the various stages of motherhood. Holding a Bachelor of Counselling (Coaching) from The Australian College of Applied Psychology and 18+ years’ experience working with women and mothers in various roles, Kiara’s dream is to help other women through their most life-altering transition, becoming a mother, and providing guidance and support throughout the challenges experienced through that journey.

Whether you have experienced infertility or loss, struggled through pregnancy and birth, or find challenges in the day to day after having children; The Motherhood Space offers a place for you to feel heard, supported and encouraged.

We understand that daily life is eventful enough, and often finding time to prioritise your own needs is last on the list. We therefore have several session options available to fit around you. For those interested in one-on-one support, we offer face-to-face or online sessions, as well as walk & talk sessions suitable to bring strollers or little ones along. Alternatively, our group sessions will introduce you to women who are at a similar stage to yourself. When you are ready, please get in touch.

Like so many others, I feel so blessed to be a mother to my gorgeous son. But it was not an easy journey. Our first pregnancy ended in miscarriage, and what followed was a tumultuous road to becoming a mum, having experienced hyperemesis, gestational diabetes, an emergency C-section and postpartum anxiety and rage.

I was in a state of feeling so happy to have welcomed our beautiful son safely into the world, and simultaneously haunted by a feeling of missing out on the positive “glow” experience I had come to expect of pregnancy and birth. Despite what others led me to believe, these are not feelings of ungratefulness; these are all parts of motherhood.

Throughout these challenges, my feelings were so often rejected by those meant to support me. My worries about my newborn were rebuffed as irrational. I was prescribed the miracle cure “more sleep”, which I am still yet to determine how a new mum finds this (you will be the first to know when I do!). I often felt ignored, unsupported and dismissed when discussing the issues that I was experiencing.

I longed for a place that would listen, understand, and validate my feelings. 

I couldn't find that place. So, I created it.