• Celebrating the harvest: announcing our Autumn Program • |
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In this newsletter
Greetings and News: an evolving team and exciting new program Autumn Program: what’s on in the coming months Counselling and Therapeutic Support Service: meet our service practitioners Network Directory of Practitioners: sharing wider webs of local support.
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Hello dear Radiant Mama community,
It’s El here, reaching out to you today on the other side of Lammas, and hoping that the energy of harvest and abundance is offering some supportive resources for you at this time of social upheaval. This will be the last newsletter written by me, as I am moving on to start an exciting new job this month with the Transition Network. I am delighted to have been offered the opportunity to support this grassroots community movement as the Just Transition lead. I’m leaving Radiant Mama filled with a deep sense of gratitude, having appreciated working alongside so much generosity of spirit and heartiness, and having been a part of such an inspiring and impactful community project. Radiant Mama will be welcoming a new support person at the beginning of September. We’ve had lots of interest in the role (there’s so much skill, experience and heart out there!) and Olivia will be interviewing applicants at the end of the month. We shared with you a couple of weeks ago news of our successful funding bid to the National Lottery, and are very glad to be able to announce the Autumn Program. The funding is supporting many exciting aspects of the program, including our new Counselling and Therapeutic Support Service, our new solo parents retreat days, as well as facilitating low-cost and free places where necessary across our offerings. |
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2. Autumn Program From 5th September - weekly Radiant Mama group for mothers in their final trimester and new mothers, HealthSource, Totnes 8th September - Love & Life After Birth, Birdwood House, Totnes 14th September - begins the Love & Live After Birth six-week online course 3rd October - new group starting up, HealthSource, Totnes 19th October - expectant and parents community day, Birdwood House, Totnes 1st December - solo parent community day, Birdwood House, Totnes
We’re also offering ongoing post-natal home visits and breastfeeding support. |
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3. Counselling and Therapeutic Support Service We are very excited to be announcing this new service, which offers donation-based counselling and therapeutic support during pregnancy and the first three years, to pregnant, birthing people, partners and new parents. This support aims to promote wellbeing and resilience, as well as healing from trauma. It can help meet the many changes and challenges inherent in this transition. This month, we’d like to highlight Romilly Keen who has just joined the team as a counsellor… |
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“I’m Romilly, a counsellor and mother of two, with personal experience of loss and birth trauma... I listen carefully to your experience and am grounded in the humanistic perspective that deeply trusts that your solutions are already inside you. I bring kind curiosity and a non-judgmental, calm approach, inviting you to be with what is in the current moment, noticing what wants to be expressed.” |
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Find out more about the service, and meet our other service practitioners here. |
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4. General directory
Radiant Mama’s Network Directory exists to connect the community with local support practitioners; from body workers and counsellors, to doulas and coaches. Explore the directory here on our website. If you’re a practitioner and you’d like to explore joining our directory, reach out to us via radiantmamahome@gmail.com . As always, do reach out to us with any of your questions or queries. We’d love to hear from you. Radiant Mama will be taking a break from 15th August until 10th September, so our responses may be delayed during this time of needed pause and transition before our Autumn program begins! If you have a specific question about one of the services, we invite you to reach out directly to the relevant person. With much gratitude,
El and the Radiant Mama team |
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