The Next Wave: The Motherhood Studies Certification

Begin here! Welcome to The Motherhood Studies Certification
6 Lessons
- Stepping In: Your Commitment, My Story, and the Maternal Lineage
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- Trust the Process: How to Get the Most Out of This Course
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- Why I Say 'Mothers' - And Why I Believe It Matters
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- What to Know Before You Begin
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- A Reflection Activity
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- Download slides
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Module 1 - Your Foundation For Impact: Essential Frameworks for Supporting Mothers
7 Lessons
- 1: Welcome to Module 1 - Why This Work Matters & What We’re Disrupting
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- 2: The Fish Tank Model - Your Essential Foundation
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- 3: The Perfect Mother Myth (& Intensive Mothering Ideology)
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- 4: The Perfect Child Myth - Breaking the Second Chain
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- 5: The Care Career Conundrum
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- Download Slides
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- A Reflection Activity
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Module 2 - Seeing the Bigger Picture: How Systems Affect Mothers
5 Lessons
- 1: Motherhood Isn’t Just Personal - Understand The Social System of Motherhood
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- 2: Why this Work Matters - The Impacts on Mothers
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- 3: The Five Forms of Invisible Labour in Mothering
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- A Reflection Activity
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- Download slides
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Module 3: Power Dynamics Revealed: Your Path to System-Aware Support
6 Lessons
- 1: The Good Mother Bad Mother Binary
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- 2: Mothers on the Margins: Resistance, Inequality, and the Rewriting of Motherhood
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- 3: The Maternal Panopticon - The Invisible System that Keeps Mothers in Line
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- 4: The Social Conditioning Pyramid - How Society's Rules 'Get in Our Heads'
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- A Reflection Activity
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- Download Slides
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Module 4: Collective Patterns in Personal Feelings
7 Lessons
- 1: The Anger-Guilt Trap - Breaking the Cycle
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- 2: Alchemising Anger in Motherhood
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- 3: The Guilt Guard Framework - Decode, Discern, and Dismantle/Direct
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- 4: Embracing the 'And' - The Power of Maternal Ambivalence
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- A Reflection Activity
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- Experiential Activities to Try
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- Download Slides
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Module 5: Mothers and Relationships - Social Forces in Family Life
7 Lessons
- 1: How Society Shapes Maternal Relationships
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- 2: The Social Conditioning Pyramid for Dads
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- 3: The 'Fish Tank' for Dads
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- 4: What Now? Awareness, Action, and the Power of the Everyday
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- A Reflection Activity
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- Personal Community Mapping Activity
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- Download Slides
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Module 6: Matrescence Mapped - Your Toolkit for Supporting Identity Evolution
5 Lessons
- 1: Matrescence Meets Sociology: Rethinking Identity Through a Social Lens
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- 2: Disrupting the 'Divide' - What the Stay-at-Home vs Working Mum Binary Hides
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- 3: The Maternal Self in Motion - A Framework for Identity
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- A Reflection Activity
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- Download Slides
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Module 7: Reclaiming the Role of Mothering - Praxis, Feminism, and the Next Wave
6 Lessons
- 1: Beyond the Myth - Practising New Paradigms of MotheringUntitled lesson
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- 2: Matricentric Feminism: A Framework for Change and a Practice for Life and Work
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- 3: Reclaiming Power, Presence, and Joy in Motherhood
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- A Reflection Activity
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- Reflective Practices/Activities
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- Download Slides
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The 10 week Springboard: Call Registration/ Access Links
10 Lessons
- May 19th 10am AEST 2025
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- May 26th 8pm AEST 2025
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- June 2nd 10am AEST 2025
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- June 9th 8pm AEST 2025
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- June 16th 10am AEST 2025
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- June 23rd 8pm AEST 2025
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- June 30th 10am AEST 2025
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- July 7th 8pm AEST 2025
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- July 14th 10am AEST 2025
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- July 21st 8pm AEST 2025
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Year-Round Growth: Call Registration/Access Links
10 Lessons
- August 4th 8pm 2025
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- September 8th 2025 10am
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- October 6th 8pm 2025
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- November 3rd 10am 2025
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- December 8th 8pm 2025
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- January 19th 10am 2026
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- February 9th 8pm 2026
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- March 2nd 10am 2026
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- April 13th 8pm 2026
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- May 11th 10am 2026
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Call replays
1 Lesson
- Links to call replays
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Private Podcast Registration Link
1 Lesson
- Listen to course trainings via podcast
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Watch now: The Missing Piece Webinar
1 Lesson
- The Missing Piece in Mother-Care Work: An Introduction to Motherhood Studies and the Sociological Lens
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Watch now: 2x Matrescence Masterclasses
2 Lessons
- Matrescence: Maternal Wellbeing and the Transition to Motherhood - Australian National University
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- Matrescence Masterclass
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Course Content Curriculum
1 Lesson
- Curriculum Download
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Optional Pre-Course Readings
1 Lesson
- Reading downloads
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Certification Quiz
1 Lesson
- Quiz
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The Next Wave: The Motherhood Studies Certification

Starts May 19th 2025 - including 12 months of calls

Course Curriculum

Begin here! Welcome to The Motherhood Studies Certification

Module 1 - Your Foundation For Impact: Essential Frameworks for Supporting Mothers

Module 2 - Seeing the Bigger Picture: How Systems Affect Mothers

Module 3: Power Dynamics Revealed: Your Path to System-Aware Support

Module 4: Collective Patterns in Personal Feelings

Module 5: Mothers and Relationships - Social Forces in Family Life

Module 6: Matrescence Mapped - Your Toolkit for Supporting Identity Evolution

Module 7: Reclaiming the Role of Mothering - Praxis, Feminism, and the Next Wave

The 10 week Springboard: Call Registration/ Access Links

Year-Round Growth: Call Registration/Access Links

Call replays

Private Podcast Registration Link

Watch now: The Missing Piece Webinar

Watch now: 2x Matrescence Masterclasses

Course Content Curriculum

Optional Pre-Course Readings

Certification Quiz

Sophie Brock

Course Pricing

The Next Wave (inclusive of calls)

The Next Wave payment plan (inclusive of calls)

12 payments of

per month