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My Story

Motherhood ripped me open and invited me to meet myself.

 

Not the polished version of me.
Not the “good girl.”
Not the wise one who tried to have all the answers.
Not the one who posed for Instagram.

 

But the versions of me trembling underneath all that performance.
The afraid me.
The controlling me.
The exhausted me.
The so-deeply-caring me who didn’t want to mess it up.
And it wasn’t “pretty” or “perfect.”

 

I always thought I’d be a “natural” mother. People told me I would be.
But when my firstborn arrived, I felt completely lost. 

I didn’t trust myself.
I didn’t know how to be a mom.
I didn’t know how to meet his big feelings and strong will.
I didn’t know how to meet mine.

 

So I did what so many of us do…I tried to learn my way into being the mother I wanted to be.


I read all the books. I gathered frameworks and strategies.
I learned everything I could about positive parenting, conscious parenting, nervous system science, emotional intelligence.


I became a Master Certified Parent Coach, which opened my eyes to patterns and possibilities I’d never seen before.

 

And all of it helped — truly.

 

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But I was still trying to do motherhood from my mind.
I had the tools.
I had the scripts.
I had the language.
And yet I still felt like I was performing something instead of living it.


I knew so much, but I didn’t feel like myself.
I kept striving to be “good,” and burning out in the process.

Motherhood brought all my generational patterns to the surface...
the people-pleasing,
the perfectionism,
the self-abandonment,
the quiet performing,
the belief that love meant control.

 

It showed up everywhere:
in the ways I reacted when I was afraid,
in the moments I yelled,
in the desperation I felt to make things go the “right way,”
in all the places I didn’t yet know how to lead.

 

And honestly?
It brought me to my knees.

But something happened there in the mess, in the overwhelm, in the moments I thought I was doing everything wrong.

 

I began to slow down.
I began to listen - not outward, but inward. To me.
I began to feel the parts of me I had spent my whole life rejecting.
I began turning toward presence instead of perfection.


Toward my body, not just my thoughts.
Toward my own humanity.

I worked with mentors and teachers who helped me come into relationship with my nervous system, my intuition, my truth.


Slowly, the work I had learned through training and study began to take root in my lived experience.


It wasn’t about being “right” anymore.
It was about being real.
Being honest.
Being human.

And that’s when everything shifted.

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One of the biggest turning points was with my son Noah.
He would yell and spiral, and I would escalate with him -  tight, controlling, panicked.
Until one day, something in me softened.

Instead of trying to control him, I met him.
His nervous system. His fear. His humanity.

I said with my heart and my body soft:
“All of you is welcome here. You don’t have to scream to be heard. I want to hear you.”

 

And he crumpled into tears.
Not because I told him to calm down.
Not because I lectured him.
But because, finally, he felt safe.

That moment changed everything.
Not because I figured out a “tip,” but because I saw our innocence — mine, his, my husband’s, our families’, all layered together.


I saw the lineages living inside us.
I saw how none of us were doing anything wrong. 

We were all just living out stories we hadn’t yet understood.
And once I saw that innocence, I could choose something different naturally and instinctively. 

 

This is where my practice truly lives.
Not in a classroom or a book, but on the floor of my living room, in the middle of meltdowns and challenges.


In the hard, raw moments where I feel stretched, afraid, or overwhelmed.
I choose to slow down.
I choose to look inward.
I choose to meet the tender layers inside me that want to be seen.
I learn to stay with myself instead of abandoning myself.
I expand my safety inside the discomfort.

 

From that place, something softens.
My creativity awakens.
My intuition sharpens.
My artistry as a mother begins to rise.
And from there, I can shape my home, my relationships, and the future in ways that feel honest and true.

This is the practice I bring to other mothers.

 

Not performance.

Not perfection.

But a way of being and loving that lets you meet yourself, meet your child, and create the future that is rooted in presence, compassion, and truth. 
And a place to be together in the journey.

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The Heart Behind My Work

Motherhood is the art of creating the future

An inner world with an inherited map that shapes our outer world.

We naturally pass on this map until we create a new legacy.

Motherhood invites us into leadership, vision, relationship, and transformation. 

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Home Lives in Us

How we see, feel, and meet ourselves shapes our parenting.
Every trigger is a mirror. Every reaction is an invitation inward before outward.
The world we build with our children begins inside of us — with the stories we live in, the compassion we hold, and the courage to look honestly at ourselves.

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The Mother as Leader of the Heart

The power of the mother is not in control or perfection.
It lives in embodied presence, grounded intuition, and fierce compassion.
This is leadership that protects without overpowering, guides without dominating, and creates safety through truth rather than fear.
When a mother leads from her body and her knowing, she transforms her lineage.

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Creativity is Leadership

We lead not by enforcing outcomes, but by imagining what’s possible and shaping the conditions where those possibilities can grow.
Motherhood is the quiet, courageous art of shaping the future one small moment at a time.

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To Feel is to Discover Wisdom

We grow by feeling — not suppressing, fixing, or bypassing.
Our emotions become teachers, revealing what is ready to be seen, healed, or held.When we allow ourselves to feel fully, we give our children an embodied reference for emotional maturity, resilience, and compassion.

How I Walk with You

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You are your own expert.

Your intuition is wise. My role is to help you come home to yourself.

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All of you is welcome here.

Nothing in you is too much, “bad,” or unwelcome.

We will practice meeting reality, not perfection.

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We grow in compassion.

We don't grow in shame. We grow in compassion and love.
I will stand with you while you meet what blocks you from loving yourself.

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We honor your lineage.

Your patterns are not personal failures.
They are inherited stories that can be rewritten with compassion.

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We move at the pace of your nervous system.

Not fast. Not forced. Not pressured.
Real change happens when your body feels safe enough to let go.

Where My Writing Lives

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The place where I share stories, reflections, and the truth of my motherhood practice.

Marissa Goldenstein
The Motherhood Practice™

Love from the future. Rooted in practice.
© 2025 Marissa Goldenstein. All rights reserved.

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