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Breaking the Myths of Parenthood

A self-paced class for releasing guilt, comparison, and unrealistic expectations. Parenthood can feel heavy when you are carrying impossible standards. This class offers a gentler, more grounded approach, helping you understand where that pressure comes from and how to move forward with more clarity, confidence, and self-trust. Inside the class, you’ll explore: the “good parent” ideal and where it comes from the emotional pressure so many parents carry quietly how to let go of guilt and comparison what it looks like to define parenthood on your own terms Includes 5 sections, 9 lessons, and companion worksheets you can move through at your own pace.

CourseBy Brittany Maalona

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Breastfeeding Without the Overwhelm

Breastfeeding can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re sorting through conflicting advice, pressure, and expectations. This self-paced class offers a calmer, more grounded approach to feeding your baby in the early weeks. Whether you’re planning to breastfeed, pump, combo feed, or simply want to feel more prepared before baby arrives, this course will help you understand what to expect and when to seek support. We’ll cover the first hours after birth, feeding cues, latch and positioning, common challenges, pumping and bottles, newborn feeding rhythms, and how to build support so feeding can feel more sustainable. You do not need to do this perfectly, and you do not need to do it alone. Created by Stork & Sprout, a Northern California doula team providing compassionate, evidence-based support for growing families.

CourseBy Brittany Maalona

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Capacity in Parenthood

Parenthood can stretch you in ways you never expected. This class explores how to stay present with the discomforts of early parenthood, not by pushing through or pretending everything is fine, but by building the capacity to meet this season with more steadiness, self-compassion, and care. Together, we look at the emotional realities that so many parents face, including exhaustion, identity shifts, overwhelm, and the disorienting transition into motherhood. You’ll also be introduced to the concept of matrescence, the profound transformation that can happen as a person becomes a mother, and why this season can feel both tender and destabilizing at the same time. Rather than seeing hard feelings as a sign that something is wrong, this class helps normalize the mixed emotions that often come with early parenthood. It offers a gentler framework for understanding yourself in this season, and a reminder that struggle does not mean failure. It means you are human.

CourseBy Brittany Maalona

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Sleep without Shame

A gentle, evidence-informed course for new parents who want to understand baby sleep without guilt, pressure, or unrealistic expectations. In six short videos, you’ll learn what’s biologically normal, how to read your baby’s cues, soothe with confidence, and layer safety into real life. With printable guides, reflection prompts, and compassionate affirmations, this course helps you replace anxiety with trust and find rest, without shame or perfectionism.

CourseBy Brittany Maalona

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