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Matrescent Studios

for the making of a mother

Welcome, Mama.

And all who love her.

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ma·tres·cence
noun [from Latin mater, “mother”]
the becoming of a mother

The deep shift in body, heart, and identity of a woman when her child is born — as real as adolescence, even deeper. Much of the modern world moves past it without truly recognizing it.

Matrescent Studios exists for that becoming. We are here to walk this passage with you.

The Matrescent Journal


A guided journal that walks with you through four phases of the becoming: the woman you were, the tender in-between, the mother rising, and the honoring. Inside are letters written to you, prompts with room to write, blessings to keep, myths and old ways of mothering from cultures across the world, and the quiet science of what is happening in you. Five original songs are woven through the pages, for the hours when there is nothing left over for writing.

130 pages, made slowly and with care.

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The Songs


Original songs to accompany you through the phases of the becoming, yours to hear whenever you need them.

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