We’re fully in the whirlwind of the holiday season. Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate! This weekend is the winter solstice, and next week is Christmas and the beginning of Kwanzaa. The new year is just 2 weeks away!
And you’ve probably already had to cancel or rearrange things due to winter interruptions: illnesses that stop everyone in their tracks and snow cancellations that often leave us scrambling. Last Sunday, MCPS cancelled all community events in school buildings due to snow, so we’ve rescheduled our community care volunteer event for this Sunday, and we’d love to see you if you can make it!
If you’re feeling especially overwhelmed, we hope that instead you’ll create a little time and space to pause and create the possibility for stillness —
This Sunday is the winter solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere. Amidst the whirlwind of the holidays, it can be restorative to take a moment to reflect and look toward the light that we’ll be seeing more of each day. Here’s a favorite (simple and family friendly!) practice that you can do in just 5 minutes:
If you have the time, we’d love for you to join us for our final events of the year. Here are a few things we have coming up this week:
December 18, 2025: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Stephanie Weinberg of MoCo Lactation is presenting a free webinar, exclusively for members of our community, about returning to work after welcoming a baby. In the session, we’ll discuss your rights as a breastfeeding/pumping parent, reasonable accommodations to request from your workplace, and tips and tricks for storing, transporting, and preparing your breastmilk. There will be time for Q&A, too.
December 21, 2025: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Here’s the vision: On Sunday morning, you pack your kids and non-perishable food donations in the car and join other families to connect and give back. During our time together, your kids run around helping to build holiday meal bags and create cards while making new friends. You connect with other like-minded parents who want to support families in need, while sharing your values of enoughness, gratitude, and giving back with your children.
We hope this is the first of many community care events!
For moms we have Pregnancy Circles, Mamas Circles, Mamas Circle for Newly 2nd & 3rd Time Moms, and the NEW group therapy program Finding Your Center: Tools for Mothering with Calm & Connection. A new Motherhood: Redefined Cohort will start in February as well.
Dads groups include Fatherhood as Path and Men With Babies, both starting in January.
We offer all of our circles and groups on a sliding scale, and have a robust scholarship program. If you’d like to attend and have financial constraints, please reach out. We also accept contributions to our scholarship program here.
If this community has supported you, we’d so appreciate you sharing upcoming circles to your friends and neighbors and leaving a review on Google or Yelp.
Looking for a holiday gift for a parent or parent-to-be in your life? We offer gift certificates of any amount that can be used towards any group or circle we offer.
Have another idea for a community you’d like to be a part of? Let us know what you’d like to see on our circle interest form, reply if you received this as an email, or leave a comment below.
Interested in one-on-one support? We have one space open in Elizabeth’s Coaching Program and Pregnancy & Birth Coaching with Michelle.
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