As you think deeply about whether to become a mother, it can be hard to figure out what you actually want — especially when there are so many voices telling you what you should want.
Do you and your partner (if partnered) have different opinions about whether to become parents?
Do you wonder what your life and career would look like with a family — and whether you can really “have it all”?
Perhaps deep down, you’re not sure whether you could be the kind of mother you’d want to be.
Or maybe everyone says you’d be a great mom, so you think you should become one, even if you “feel” it some days but not others...
Or you feel like time is running out — and you’re also worried you’ll make a decision, then regret it. If you’re struggling with the question of motherhood, you likely wish there was a simple way to know what’s right for you...
With the many competing demands on your time and energy — and concerns about global issues, like the climate crisis, war, and energy prices — you may feel hopelessly stuck when it comes to deciding whether or not to become a parent...
And you’re not alone, because thousands of women face the same question, and similar experiences...
The good news is, there is a way to decide...
You can move from confusion to clarity because, once you’ve addressed your unresolved wounds (that almost everyone has), you do know what’s right for you.
Then you can reach your deepest truth — and believe in your power to act on it...
Join Ann Davidman, Parenthood Clarity™ Mentor, licensed marriage and family therapist, author and creator of The Motherhood Clarity™ Course, a 3-month in-depth program that helps women who are struggling with indecision about whether they want to become a mother.
Through a variety of exercises, you’ll explore and come to understand the many feelings associated with making this decision — in a judgment-free, structured environment to help you determine the right choice for you.
Unconscious stories — or as Ann calls them, recordings — can get in the way of your decision-making process. While everyone’s journey is a little different, she’s found that three months is the realistic amount of time needed to tease out those recordings and begin to transform them.
No matter how many years you’ve spent feeling stuck, how complicated your life feels right now, or how dysfunctional your childhood was — this step-by-step program will guide you to the clarity you desire and deserve.
It’s for women who long to make a decision they feel good about, once and for all. It’s also for women who’ve already decided to become a mother, but want to feel more solid about their decision.
It’s also for you if you’re struggling to conceive, considering adoption, or becoming a part-time parent, co-parent, or stepparent. Women who are single, partnered, married, and of any age, culture, or sexual orientation will find direction, comfort, and clarity in this course.
With Ann as your personal mentor, you’ll begin to heal past relationships (even without the involvement of the other person) and rewrite your experience of the past so you can move forward with a new future.
You’ll get real about the cultural fantasies and fears we’ve all been indoctrinated with, that drive your understanding of what it might be like to have children or remain childfree.
In this 3-month transformational course, Ann Davidman will guide you, step-by-step, to arrive at the confident clarity you desire and deserve.
Ann has been helping women find their personal clarity since 1991, and has taken everything she’s learned and put it into a comprehensive, in-depth exploration of the deep-rooted pressures and expectations associated with motherhood.
Join Ann for her classic every other week program — OR join her for a weekly intensive format. Each week, you and your classmates will have time to share your reflections from the previous week, as well as share some of your writing assignments.
The weekly intensive course format is for you if you’re:
- Looking for an immersive, intimate support-group-style format with plenty of sharing, connection and accountability
- Seeking more one-on-one feedback from Ann
- Wanting deeper connections with others who are facing the same challenges you are
- Able to meet EVERY week (*Requirement: Must be available 8 out of the 12 sessions)
Every-Other-Week Format
(15-25 women)
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9 sessions, 90 minutes each
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Group meetings every two weeks (with one additional meeting on March 14th).
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Please note: you’ll need your own copy of Ann’s book, Motherhood - Is It For Me?
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Private discussion forum and members portal
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Access to all materials for four months after the course ends
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Ann’s recording of all 13 guided exercises in the book
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Audio replays of each session available within 24 hours (if you can’t join live for a session — or any of the sessions — it’s no problem)
Fridays @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm PST
January 24, February 7, 21, March 7,
*14, 21, April 4, 18, May 2.
Early Bird Registration
$1997
$1597
Your group mentoring sessions take place live — Ann will provide guidance on how to proceed through the book, Motherhood — Is It For Me? You can email Ann your questions or post them to the course forum in advance so she can address them during the class.
Complete recordings will be available for you soon after each session (generally within 24 hours).
After each session, the audio will be available via high-quality MP3. Should you miss a session, you can listen in and catch up at your convenience.
As questions arise during the class mentorship sessions, Ann will provide additional resources and extra exercises to meet the needs of you and your fellow participants.
During the course, you’ll receive regular encouraging communication from Ann. These audio support tips will help you stay on task and keep you engaged in the process.
During the course, you can access up to four private sessions with Ann for a discounted hourly rate.
Bonus Module #1: What it Means to Grieve
Bonus Module #2: The Mantra (Choosing Not to Know)
Bonus Module #3: Reclaiming Peace & Calm
Bonus Module #4: Halfway Through the Motherhood Clarity Course, But Not Halfway to Your Desire
Bonus Module #5: What if the Program Ends & I Still Don’t Know
Bonus Module #6: Take a Moment & Go on Vacation
- Uncover what’s true for YOU and your desires about being a parent
- Let go of overthinking and drop into inner knowing — and find relief from the anxiety of making this profound decision
- Eliminate stress and inner conflict through simple exercises designed to build self-trust and confidence
- Move toward a decision from a grounded and peaceful place, using techniques that have already helped thousands of women
- Let go of external circumstances that cloud your decision
- Stop fighting to figure out the answer and let your truths reveal themselves
- Learn the difference between present-time desires that help you make decisions, and triggers rooted in the past
- Explore how those triggers keep us stuck in a longing state
- Discern when and where it’s been difficult to speak your mind
- Discover your own internal resources and gifts, both old and new
- Get clear on a symbol that represents the essence of you
- Learn how to create healthy boundaries so you can say no when you need to — and understand where you end and other people begin.
We make it easy to pay your tuition with our convenient payment plans. In addition to a discounted single payment option, we also offer payment plans. You pay monthly and it’s easy to enroll. Choose the plan that works best for you below.
Lesson One - Preparing for Your Journey
Lesson Two - Your Journey Begins
Lesson Three - It’s Never Too Late to Heal: Visiting Your Past and Your Emotional Blocks
Lesson Four - Recalibrating Your Inner Compass: Embrace the Words “Yes” and “No”
Lesson Five - Revisiting Unresolved Issues: Understanding Your Frozen-in-Time Unmet Needs
Lesson Six - The “Good Enough Mother”: Personal Boundaries & More
Lesson Seven - Understanding the Role of Ambivalence
Lesson Eight - How to Celebrate Making a Decision
Lesson Nine - Exploring Your Uncharted Inner Territory to Gain Perspective
Lesson Ten - Wise Women (Including You) & The Impulse to Thrive
Lesson Eleven - Taking the Pulse of Your Desire
Lesson Twelve - Arriving Home to the Clarity of Your Desire
The Closing Chapter: Final LIVE Session
Your group mentoring sessions take place live — Ann will provide guidance on how to proceed through the book, Motherhood — Is It For Me? You can email Ann your questions or post them to the course forum in advance so she can address them during the class.
Complete recordings will be available for you soon after each session (generally within 24 hours).
After each session, the audio will be available via high-quality MP3. Should you miss a session, you can listen in and catch up at your convenience.
As questions arise during the class mentorship sessions, Ann will provide additional resources and extra exercises to meet the needs of you and your fellow participants.
During the course, you’ll receive regular encouraging communication from Ann. These audio support tips will help you stay on task and keep you engaged in the process.
During the course, you can access up to four private sessions with Ann for a discounted hourly rate.
Bonus Module #1: What it Means to Grieve
Bonus Module #2: The Mantra (Choosing Not to Know)
Bonus Module #3: Reclaiming Peace & Calm
Bonus Module #4: Halfway Through the Motherhood Clarity Course, But Not Halfway to Your Desire
Bonus Module #5: What if the Program Ends & I Still Don’t Know
Bonus Module #6: Take a Moment & Go on Vacation
The Motherhood Clarity™ Course is based on the original groundbreaking program, Motherhood — Is It For Me?™ co-created in 1991 by Ann Davidman and Denise L. Carlini. This program later became a book. Now Ann will share the tenants of this book in an interactive group course format, so you can experience all its wisdom as you arrive at the best decision for yourself.
Ann has spent countless hours listening to the tears and heartache of women who, just like you, want to know they’re not broken — and who long for guidance toward answering their most life-defining question.
These women were not broken, and neither are you. With compassion and understanding, Ann will help you end the cycle of motherhood indecision and move into a state of inner clarity...
You’ll feel empowered to confidently and lovingly say goodbye to what will never be, as you say hello to your future.
Psychotherapists Ann Davidman and Denise L. Carlini created the program, Motherhood — Is It For Me?™ in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1991 to provide a resource to women experiencing ambivalence about motherhood. So often, these women felt shame or judged about their indecision. Ann and Denise created support groups that allowed women to explore the issue free of judgment and discover their heart’s desire about whether they wanted to become mothers or live a childfree life. Ann and Denise led the groups together for 10 years.
In 2000, Ann Davidman began helping individual women and men find clarity about whether they wanted to be parents through her private
psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area. She now offers her Motherhood Clarity™ Course and Fatherhood Clarity™ Course to individuals and groups in her online course.
Ann Davidman, MFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, Parenthood Clarity™ Mentor and author. She received her graduate degree from San Francisco State University and is a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT). You can read more about Ann here.
