Introducing Gentle Beginnings: A New Pregnancy Support Group for Your Emotional Well-Being

Pregnancy is a time of tremendous change - physically, emotionally, and mentally. While it’s often portrayed as a purely joyful season, the truth is that it can feel overwhelming, lonely, and even disorienting. That’s why we’re so honored to introduce our newest group offering:

Gentle Beginnings.

Gentle Beginnings is a support group for pregnant moms in any trimester, designed to hold space for your whole experience, whatever that looks like right now. Whether this is your first pregnancy or your third, whether you’re feeling excited, anxious, disconnected, or all of the above, you’re welcome here.

Why Mental Health Support Matters During Pregnancy

Mental health doesn’t begin postpartum, it begins now. The way you care for your emotional well-being during pregnancy can shape how you experience birth, bonding, and early parenting.

In Gentle Beginnings, we talk about the things you might not hear in your OB’s office or at your baby shower - like identity shifts, anxiety, grief over your former self, fears about parenting, and more. This is a space where you don’t have to pretend, where you can show up exactly as you are.

What to Expect in Gentle Beginnings

Each group session is 90 minutes and includes:

• A grounding check-in to connect with your body + emotions

• Psychoeducation on perinatal mental health, nervous system regulation, and identity shifts

• Gentle community-building with other pregnant moms

• Tools and practices you can take with you into birth and postpartum

• Led by a licensed mental health counselor, this group is designed to be nourishing, grounding, and real. We move slowly, we listen deeply, and we remind each other that we’re not alone.

Who It’s For

This group is for you if you’re:

• Pregnant in any trimester

• Craving emotional support and community

• Navigating anxiety, uncertainty, or big feelings about the transition to motherhood

• Looking for a space where you can just be yourself

Group Details

🕰 Start Date: October 7, 2025, 6-7:30pm for 8 weeks

📍 Location: Virtual

💬 Spots are limited to keep the group intimate and connected.

Ready to Join?

We’d love to hold space for you.

Click here to complete the interest form or email us directly at info@abalancedself.org if you have questions!

When we tend to your emotional well-being now, we lay the foundation for a more supported, steady postpartum experience. Welcome to Gentle Beginnings, where your feelings have a place to land.