Sovereign Mama

We have been taught that being a single mother…

is shameful

means you are a lower socioeconomic status

means you are dependant on the support of others/the state

Is ‘less than’ in today's society

In the not so distant past…

In Ireland ‘unmarried mothers’ or ‘illegitimate’ children were placed in mother and baby institutions and suffered cruelly at the hands of the Catholic church and the state. Babies were taken from mothers without ever seeing their baby. Many babies were murdered and buried in mass unmarked ‘graves’. Or else sold to rich families in Ireland and USA. 

The unmarried mothers of Ireland suffered abuse - physical, sexual and emotional. As well as being treated like slaves.

The last mother and baby home only closed down in 1998.

Up until approximately 40 years ago, unmarried mothers were not allowed to mix with the married mothers in the maternity hospitals. They had separate wards where they spent their hospital stay.

Treatment of course was completely different in hospitals for unmarried mothers. One woman reports being given a longitudinal caesarean scar - a scar all the way up the abdomen (which was long gone out of date at this time) as opposed to a very modest hidden caesarean to ‘teach her a lesson’.

Priests would visit these women to ‘church’ their sins after giving birth.

‘Sarah held the space with an ancient wisdom beyond her years that allowed us to fully embody the practice of keening without fear & without judgement. She informed us clearly of what we might expect to happen during the ceremony which I felt was really important as we moved through each phase so that we could fully surrender into the roles we ended up in i.e. space holding or keening.’

Jen

I believe:

That there is a rise in feminine power and leadership at the moment in Ireland and around the world. With the resurgence in conversations about the Goddess. With Goddess Brigid being given her own day of celebration. With Sheela na Gig rising up and being placed on buildings around the globe.

With this rise in feminine power, there are many women CHOOSING to become a single mother. Choosing to use donor sperm, when they choose to become a mother.

There are many women choosing to not stay in relationships because they ‘should’.

There is CHOICE for women around Ireland, in how they mother, and how they live their life, and what their family looks like.

The Experience

This will be a Rite of Passage from Single Mother to Sovereign Mama!

This will be a deep honouring of the past, the pain, the struggles, the grief, the loneliness, the frustration, the wrongdoings, the rage.

This will be a completion, a death of the old identity of single mother and all that that represents.

This will be a stepping forward into you as sovereign mama, whole and complete as you are, your family system perfectly complete with just you.

This will be a reclamation of your power, your choice, your freedom as a woman and mother.

‘Sarah’s work is profoundly intuitive, she creates a safe space - if you trust her Guidance you will reach the depths of your soul you never thought was possible ♥️’ 

- Irene - Mother Waters Ceremony

My Experience:

I have been a single mother since I was 19 years old, after being in an extremely violent relationship.. Even at that stage in 2010, being pregnant at that age was shunned. People tutted at me as I walked down the street. Whispering ‘baby having a baby’. The treatment of authority figures of shame and disgust seeped into my bones.

I identified as being a ‘single mother’ for a long time. The meaning I made from this was that I was less than. 

This came from the current situation, but it also comes from the history in Ireland of single mothers.

Sometimes  single mothers can play into the hands of the past, and slip into victimhood or martyrdom.

This can disempower us as mothers and women.

My experience was to break away from the ‘story’ and the ‘identity’ of being a single mother, so I could reclaim my power and sovereignty.

I had to take the Rite of Passage from Single Mother to Sovereign Mama.

What is Sovereignty?

We will discuss this as a group, and it will mean something different to you all, but sovereignty really speaks to an inner power and authority over your own life, body, choices.

The definition of sovereignty is

‘Supreme Power or Authority.’

This is for you if 

You are a single mother, or used to be  a single mother

You are a single mother by choice, or by circumstance (death, relationship breakdown etc)

You identify with what I spoke about above regardless of being a single mother, but maybe this has affected your family in some way

You are planning to become a single mother

You are the child of a single mother

You have been affected by the mother and baby home scandals in Ireland

You feel called, and you don’t know why

Expect an evening of

• This evening is about moving away from victimhood and martyrdom and towards sovereignty, so it will be focused on power, rather than the ‘story’.
• Ceremony & Ritual to honour the past experiences and lay them to rest
• Guided Shamanic Journey for deep healing
• Breathwork
• Journalling
• Conversation & Sharing

‘Sarah's words will make you come back to yourself and harness all the aliveness that already lies inside you. It feels like a reset, a rinsing and refreshing.’ 

- Ciara, Mother Waters Ceremony

By doing this work we...

Take a piece of the Collective healing to support in the birth of the New Earth.

We return the sovereignty back to the feminine of Ireland for ourselves and all women and children.

We reclaim our own power!

Investment

Employed €44

Concession/Unemployed €22 with coupon code WHOLE50

Bring your sovereign mama friend and get €10 off with coupon code MAMA10

Please reach out if either of these feel like a stretch, I want you there!

What this covers

• A 2 hour online ceremony, with guided journeys, healings and sharing. 
• Integration support tools afterwards. 
• A community of like minded women to know you are not alone.

FAQs

Q: Where will this be held?

A: This will be held on the zoom online platform, you will be sent login details when you book and the day before again. You can download the app on your phone or login online.

Q: Will I have access to the recording?

A: Yes, I will send you the recording the next day so you can re-experience the magic

Q: Will this evening be confidential?

A: Yes, I am very sensitive to confidentiality, especially with my own experiences. Therefore, I will not record any one else sharing, I will only record me speaking. You can choose to have your camera on or off, and sharing is not compulsory.

Q: Do I need to bring anything?

A: I would recommend having some quiet space so you can experience it undisturbed, all you will need is a pillow, blanket, eyemask if you want, a journal and a pen. You can choose to bring ceremonial cacao if you desire and create a safe and sacred space for your ceremony like lighting candles, or burning sacred smoke.

Art Credit:

Incredible Art By - Novraka, Alana Fairchild, Amanda Greavette