A space for you to hear your inner voice and for more connection to your pregnancy, your baby, and your evolving self.
“May you be blessed with quiet confidence that destiny will guide you and mind you. May the emerging spirit of your child imbibe encouragement and joy from the continuous music of your heart, so that it can grow with ease, expectant of wonder and joy”
JOHN O’DONOHUE, FOR A MOTHER-TO-BE
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Encompassing the three trimesters of pregnancy and the postpartum period, throughout the four sections of this journal, you’ll find a safe place to record and process your experience, reflect on the ups and downs, move through fears, and honor the metamorphosis taking place in you as you give birth to the new life of your child and new parts of yourself.
What brings you energy or lights you up just thinking about it? How do you connect to your creativity? When do you feel in flow?
JOURNALING PROMPT | WEEKS 1-4
playlists for every season
Pregnancy is a time like no other, a season of limbo: the baby is here but not here. We enter a dreamy phase between being and becoming, suspended in wonder with amazement of what we are creating and curiosity for who we are carrying.
We can get so caught up in the new life growing within us—distracted with facts and logistics, shoulds and shouldn’ts—that we might easily forget to acknowledge the other transformation taking place as well: the redefining of our own identity.
With a modern, minimalist design, 9 Months of Wonder is designed to help you to document the liminal space between here and there while softening into the season you’re in.
Whose opinions do you trust? Do you know any aligned moms you can count on as resources? Who do you look up to as a mother or in the parenting expert world?
JOURNALING PROMPT | WEEKS 13-16
bliss lists
A departure from the standard focus on pregnancy symptoms or “things to avoid,” each trimester includes a bliss list to speak to each mother’s own inner wisdom
01 | Find a movement class you love
02 | Join a pregnancy or mother’s group, either in person or online
03 | Upgrade to comfortable maternity clothing or add in a few new items you feel good in
04 | Savor the awe of baby’s first flutters
05 | Honor this time as a rite of passage
06 | Stay rooted in the sea of outside opinion
What are your aspirations outside of motherhood? How does your baby fit into the larger vision you have for your own life’s goals?
JOURNALING PROMPT | WEEKS 17-20
The Mother Line: What is your mother like? What stories or history do you know from her life or lineage?
JOURNALING PROMPT | WEEKS 21-24
crafting your bliss list
12 months of journaling
Mindful prompts to connect to yourself and your baby
Support for the whole mother beyond pregnancy
Beautiful illustrations by Aislinn Hanley and Maria Schoettler
emerging from the 4th trimester
Returning to a sense of self, the final chapter that didn’t make it in the book.
about the author
Rachel Garahan is a mother-of-three and personal-growth facilitator offering unconventional tools for self-discovery.
With an approach that is both easeful and effective, her journals, mediations, courses and workshops empower individuals to reclaim space for themselves– to pause, find clarity, and tap into the answers within.
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