september 2026
HELSINKI
HELSINKI
The Mum Circle
You love your child. And some days, motherhood is also exhausting, isolating, and nothing like you expected. The anger, the resentment, the quiet grief for the life you had before — these feelings are real. And they deserve a real space.
The Mum Circle is a small, safe group for expat mums in Helsinki Greater Area who are ready to stop performing okayness and start actually feeling.
We will have honest conversations, exercises, real listening, and the relief of being in a room with mums who get it. You don't have to have it figured out to come. You just have to show up.
The Mum Circle is a small, safe group for expat mums in Helsinki Greater Area who are ready to stop performing okayness and start actually feeling.
We will have honest conversations, exercises, real listening, and the relief of being in a room with mums who get it. You don't have to have it figured out to come. You just have to show up.
In English
Expat Mums
Limited to 8 Spots
100€
Expat Mums
Limited to 8 Spots
100€
What mums from the first circle say
Why am I starting this group?
Your facilitator.
I'm a part of The Nest Doulas Collective and a mum of an energetic, wonderfully sensitive 3-year-old — and I've lived through the burnout-straight-into-motherhood tunnel. The exhaustion, the anger, the shame, the identity shake-up of going from a fast-paced tech career to new motherhood in a foreign country. I know what it means to desperately need a space where someone simply listens.
I've got 4-year training in Gestalt psychotherapy and ICF PCC coach certification. I work with mums navigating exactly these feelings — exhaustion, resentment, burnout, and the quiet grief of a changed sense of self.
Research backs what we already know in our bones: being heard by other mums helps. This group is a space I'm creating because I wish it had existed for me. My core values are creating a community and a safe space to express feelings.
I've been practicing 1:1 sessions for mums (and not only mums) who need mental support. You can see more of my work and prices here. I take clients online and in-person in cabinet downtown Helsinki.
Your facilitator.
I'm a part of The Nest Doulas Collective and a mum of an energetic, wonderfully sensitive 3-year-old — and I've lived through the burnout-straight-into-motherhood tunnel. The exhaustion, the anger, the shame, the identity shake-up of going from a fast-paced tech career to new motherhood in a foreign country. I know what it means to desperately need a space where someone simply listens.
I've got 4-year training in Gestalt psychotherapy and ICF PCC coach certification. I work with mums navigating exactly these feelings — exhaustion, resentment, burnout, and the quiet grief of a changed sense of self.
Research backs what we already know in our bones: being heard by other mums helps. This group is a space I'm creating because I wish it had existed for me. My core values are creating a community and a safe space to express feelings.
I've been practicing 1:1 sessions for mums (and not only mums) who need mental support. You can see more of my work and prices here. I take clients online and in-person in cabinet downtown Helsinki.
Topic of the circle: Who am I now?
4 sessions on identity after becoming a mother.
4 sessions on identity after becoming a mother.
This is a closed group — we ask you to commit to all 4 sessions if possible. Trust and safety build over time, and every mum's presence matters. If life happens and you miss one, please still come to the next.
Every Sunday in September
(6.9, 13.9, 20.9, 27.9)
(6.9, 13.9, 20.9, 27.9)
16:30 - 18:30
Open Mum Circle session (optional) before the program starts: Sunday, August 23
10:30 - 12:00
Questions you might have
This is a peer support group, not therapy or a workshop. We sit together, we talk, discuss, we listen. We get to know each other. Each session has a light structure to help the conversation flow, there's no agenda to follow and nothing you need to prepare. The focus is on your feelings and being genuinely heard.
Yes, you can come to the session during the Abrazo Studio opening week and see if you want to join the circle. The session will happen on August 23 from 10.30 to 12 pm. The cost is reduced, 10€.
Never. You share only what feels right, only when it feels right. Listening is just as valuable as speaking, and you will never be asked to share anything you're not ready for.
Yes. What's shared in the circle stays in the circle. We'll agree on this together as a group in the first session — it's one of our core ground rules.
No — this is a facilitated peer support group, not individual therapy. Anna holds the space and guides the conversations, but the support comes from the group itself. If you feel you need individual therapeutic support, Anna is happy to talk about that separately.
All sessions are in English. This group is especially welcoming to expat mums in Helsinki — no Finnish or Swedish needed.
Safety and trust take time to build — and they're what make this group actually work. When the same women show up each week, something real can happen. We ask for your commitment to all 4 as a gift to yourself and to the other mums. That said, if life gets in the way and you miss a session, please still come to the next one.
These two hours are genuinely for you. When children are present, it's nearly impossible for a mum to fully drop into her own feelings — our nervous systems are wired to stay alert to them. Keeping this a child-free space is an act of care, not exclusion. We hope you can arrange childcare and give yourself this time. Of course, we understand if there is a situation when you cannot leave child to anyone or you know it won't be distracting for you or other group members. Please, confirm with the organizer in this case.
The Circle is a closed group — the same women, every week. That's what makes it feel safe enough to go deep, and it's why your payment reserves your place for the whole programme rather than per session. If you have to miss one, your spot stays yours, missed sessions aren't refunded, and Anna will offer you a short 1:1 catch-up call so you can step back into the circle without missing a beat. If something serious happens in your life mid-programme, write to Anna — we'll always find a human solution.
Completely. Most mums who come have never been to a support group either. You don't need any experience — just a willingness to show up.
Every circle is carefully composed — mums at a similar stage, so the conversations land. Apply and Anna will schedule a call with you for 15 minutes to see if this circle is the right fit for you.
This group is for the first-time mums. We will have groups especially for second-time mums and separately for pregnant mums down the line in future. Please, join the waitlist to get to know of the new groups.
The cost is 25 eur per session. The total cost is 100€ per entire program/group. The payment is done for the entire program at once.
The programme is complete in itself — you'll leave with something whole. But circles often don't want to stop: our pilot group's most common feedback was "more sessions, please." So after session four, if your circle wants to continue together, Anna opens a second round of four sessions (100€) for the same group. No pressure, no automatic enrollment — it only happens if the circle wants it.
Limited to 8 spots
Apply, then we'll have a short call before you join.
Application closes on 25.8.26
Application closes on 25.8.26
📍 At Abrazo Studio
A lovely family-friendly new space in Pasila, next to train station.
Opastinsilta 10 Helsinki
Opastinsilta 10 Helsinki
Not sure yet?
Before each programme begins, Anna hosts one Mum Circle Open Session on August 23 — a single 90-minute taster session, open to any expat mum in Helsinki. It's not a presentation about the group; it is the group, in miniature: one exercise, one honest conversation, a real feel of what a facilitated circle is like.
Spots are limited to 12. If it resonates, you can apply for the full Circle that day.
Spots are limited to 12. If it resonates, you can apply for the full Circle that day.
WAITLIST
Stay up to date for the next groups! Waitlist members get first pick of spots and the founding-member rate.
