Grounded Momma Collective is a maternal mental health organisation developing Motherhood Capacity™, an emerging framework exploring what happens when the psychological, emotional and relational demands of motherhood repeatedly exceed the capacity available to meet them.
Maternal Mental Health • Research • Assessment • Intervention • Social Impact
How can we help?
I'm a mother
Understand what's happening, explore your capacity and find the right support for you.
I represent an organisation
Explore partnerships, research, programmes, workplace wellbeing and social impact.
You might still be getting everyone where they need to be.
You're working, parenting, remembering the appointments, sorting the meals, answering the messages and keeping everything moving.
But underneath, your mind never really switches off.
You're overwhelmed by things that shouldn't feel this hard, you're more irritable than you want to be. You snap, shut down or feel completely depleted and then wonder why you're struggling when, from the outside, you seem to be coping.
This is where Motherhood Capacity™ begins.
Rather than asking “What's wrong with me?”, we start with a different question:
Your capacity isn't fixed.
It can change depending on what you're carrying, the support available to you, how depleted you are and what your nervous system is already managing.
The free Grounded Momma Capacity Curve™ quiz helps you identify where you may currently be sitting, from Room to Breathe through to Survival Capacity and what that could mean for you.
TAKE THE FREE CAPACITY CURVE QUIZ
Free • Takes just a few minutes • Personalised results
Motherhood Capacity™ is an emerging framework exploring what happens when the demands placed upon a mother repeatedly exceed the psychological, emotional and relational capacity she has available to meet them.
Capacity isn't fixed. The same thing that feels manageable one day can feel completely overwhelming another, depending on what you're already carrying and what is depleting or protecting your capacity.
What you're carrying
Mental load • Parenting • Work • Relationships • Emotional labour • Responsibilities
The Capacity you have available
Mental energy • Emotional regulation • Patience • Flexibility • Ability to recover
Your capacity can be depleted by things like stress, poor sleep, trauma, isolation, overstimulation and lack of support, or protected and rebuilt through support, rest, regulation, connection and reduced demands.
Overwhelm • Cognitive overload • Snapping • Shutdown • Depletion • Guilt
These reactions aren't the whole story. They're signals that something underneath may need attention.
Not only at what a mother is experiencing, but what she's carrying, what is depleting her capacity and what could help restore it.
You don't necessarily need to try harder, become more organised or learn another coping strategy.
Sometimes the first step is understanding what is actually draining your capacity and what kind of support would make a difference.
That's why Grounded Momma Collective doesn't begin by assuming every mother needs the same thing.
Discover your current capacity
Start with our free quizzes...
The Grounded Momma Capacity Curve and the What's Your Motherhood Survival Style
These diagnostic tools will help you to recognise where you are and how overwhelm, overload and capacity depletion may be showing up for you.
Calm & Control™ Motherhood Capacity Assessment
A £49 personalised assessment looking beneath the overwhelm at what you're carrying, where your capacity may be leaking, the patterns you've developed to keep functioning and what support could help.
You'll leave with greater understanding, practical next steps and your personalised Calm & Control™ Roadmap.
Support matched to what you need next
For some mothers, understanding and a clear plan may be enough.
Others may benefit from ongoing capacity support through Grounded Momma Sanctuary™ our monthly membership, or deeper trauma-informed 1:1 work through Heal Mother Thrive™ our 12-week program.
Our intervention approach is guided by the Grounded Momma Method™
Grounded Momma isn't only supporting individual mothers.
We're developing an evidence-informed approach to understanding maternal overload that can inform research, prevention, workplace wellbeing, community provision and maternal mental health services.
Through Grounded Momma Collective and our social-impact arm, Grounded Momma Movement CIC, we're interested in working with organisations to explore how Motherhood Capacity™ can be translated into practical support, programmes and earlier intervention.
Research & Evidence
Developing the Motherhood Capacity™ evidence base through lived experience, behavioural insights and comparison with established psychological and maternal-health literature.
Partnerships & Programmes
Working with organisations around maternal wellbeing, programme development, workplace support, funded pilots and evaluation.
Social Impact
Through Grounded Momma Movement CIC, increasing access to trauma-informed maternal mental health support through community and funded provision.
Psychology • Research • Mental Health • Trauma-Informed Practice • Education
Grounded Momma was founded by Charlotte Hamilton, a maternal mental health and trauma specialist with a background spanning psychology, research, mental health and education.
Charlotte holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychology and an MRes in Neuropsychology & Rehabilitation from the University of Birmingham, with professional experience including Psychology Research Assistant, Assistant Psychologist, Educator and Specialist Mental Health Mentor roles.
Her combination of research, professional practice and direct work with mothers informs the ongoing development of Motherhood Capacity™ and the Grounded Momma Method™ approach.
Whether you're a mother trying to understand what's happening beneath the overwhelm, or an organisation looking to improve how mothers are understood and supported, there's a place to begin.
For mothers
Explore your capacity, understand your patterns and find the support that's right for you.
For organisations
Explore research, partnerships, programs, workplace wellbeing & opportunities to work together.