Rooted in community.
Growing in self-assured motherhood.
Rooted in community.
Growing in self-assured motherhood.
Go deeper. Grow stronger. Stay supported.
Go deeper. Grow stronger. Stay supported.
Hear about the scholar experience...
Hear about the SCHOLARS experience...
"Scholars is just a level up!...I remember thinking, 'I don't know how this can be better than the first time,' but it's better than the first time." -Aleisha M.
"Scholars is just a level up!...I remember thinking, 'I don't know how this can be better than the first time,' but it's better than the first time." -Aleisha M.
"I do feel like I'm a pretty awesome mom! ... I feel so much happier as a mom, and that is priceless." -Sarah J.
"I do feel like I'm a pretty awesome mom! ... I feel so much happier as a mom, and that is priceless." -Sarah J.
"I formed such strong relationships with the women there that made me feel buoyed up in my parenting journey. And that's not something that you find everywhere." -Emily B.
"I formed such strong relationships with the women there that made me feel buoyed up in my parenting journey. And that's not something that you find everywhere." -Emily B.
Let us help you continue your growth!
As a SAM Scholar, you will receive...
Smaller-Group Support
Deeper Learning
Each month, you'll hear from expert guest teachers who bring fresh insights to the SAM principles—helping you apply them in new ways and make even more meaningful shifts in your daily life.
Gentle Accountability
When life gets full, it’s easy to lose sight of your growth. SAM Scholars provides regular touch-points to help you stay intentional—so you can keep showing up in ways that align with who you are and how you want to mother.
Upcoming Masterclasses
Nervous System Regulation
with therapist Layne Burkette | 3 Summer Workshops
June 4th, July 9th, August 6th
Summer can bring so much joy—but also a lot of overstimulation. With kids home full-time, disrupted routines, travel, noise, mess, and constant demands, many moms find themselves feeling more reactive, overwhelmed, and disconnected from themselves. That’s why this summer, we’ll be doing something a little different in SAM Scholars:
We’ll be offering a three-part masterclass series with Layne Burkette, a licensed professional counselor, somatic yoga therapist, and mom of four. With more than 20 years of experience, Layne helps mothers develop the skills to calm their nervous systems in the midst of chaos and show up with more presence, connection, and ease.
Because this kind of work can’t be fully learned in a single session, Layne will meet with us in June, July, and August. Together, we’ll practice simple somatic tools and begin gently rewiring the reactive patterns that keep our nervous systems stuck in stress and survival mode—during the summer and beyond!
How to Transition Out of Summer Feeling Grounded, Clear, and Ready
with Rachel Nielson | Thursday, September 3rd @ 10:30 am MST
The kids are back in school—and we're kicking off the season together. In this class, we'll take an honest, joyful look at our summers—the highlights, the hard parts, and everything we learned about ourselves along the way—and use that clarity to step into fall with real intention. Come ready to celebrate, reflect, and get your mind, your priorities, and your life a little more sorted for the season ahead.
Q&A: Helping Your Kids Feel Safe, Seen, and Supported This School Year
with Eli Harwood
The back-to-school season can bring a lot of emotion for both kids and parents—new teachers, new routines, school anxieties, after-school meltdowns, and the general stress of transitioning into a busier season. Eli Harwood is a therapist, attachment expert, and bestselling author with nearly 20 years of clinical experience helping families build stronger, more secure relationships. In this special Q&A session, we’ll have the opportunity to ask Eli our most pressing parenting questions and learn how to support our kids in ways that strengthen connection, emotional safety, and secure attachment—even in the middle of stressful seasons. You’ll walk away with greater understanding, practical tools, and more confidence navigating the emotional ups and downs of family life.
How to Align Your Family’s Tech Use with What Matters Most (to You)
with Andrea Davis
Technology isn’t going anywhere—but the way it shows up in your life can feel much more intentional. Andrea Davis is a mom of five and founder of Better Screen Time, where she teaches families how to align their technology use with their values and goals. She speaks at schools and parent groups across the country about raising kids with healthy, intentional tech habits. In this class, Andrea will help us see how our values can guide both our own screen habits and the way we teach our children to use technology—creating a home culture that feels calmer, more connected, and more aligned with what matters most.
How to Reject Imposter Syndrome and Step Into Your Gifts
with Sara Dean
So many women move through life quietly questioning themselves—even when they are deeply capable, gifted, and accomplished. Sara Dean is a mom and a mindset and leadership coach, host of the Shameless Leadership podcast, and mom who helps women stop playing small and step more fully into who they are. With a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership, Sara understands how imposter syndrome causes many women to doubt their strengths, second-guess their instincts, and hesitate to fully use their gifts. In this class, she’ll help us understand why women often experience imposter syndrome more intensely than men—and how we can begin rejecting the patterns of self-doubt that hold us back so we can show up more confidently in our motherhood and lives.
Why we Overeat, Overspend, and Overextend During the Holidays- and What to Do Instead
with Emily Ricks
During the joyful but chaotic holiday season, it’s easy to overdo it in both big and small ways. Emily Ricks is a life coach, podcaster, and mom of four who helps women better understand their emotions so they can stop living on autopilot. In this class, Emily will help us see how overeating, overspending, over-scrolling, and overextending are often attempts to avoid difficult feelings. Instead of resisting or numbing our emotions, we can learn to notice, allow, and learn from them. This shift can help us move through the holidays with more intention, more self-awareness, and a whole lot less regret.
Forget the Goals. Make Space to Do Something Just for You this Year
with Monica Packer
What if a new year wasn’t about becoming a better version of yourself—but about reconnecting with who you already are? Monica Packer is the host of the About Progress podcast, where she teaches women how to pursue growth without perfectionism or self-criticism. She’s also a mom of five, a productivity and habits coach, and the author of the book Sticky Habits. In this class, Monica will introduce us to a refreshing alternative to traditional New Year’s resolutions by helping us create our own “Do Something List”—a simple but powerful way to make space for things that genuinely light you up. You’ll learn how to loosen the grip of perfectionism, set boundaries that protect your time and energy, and start doing things simply because you want to. This class will help you reclaim a sense of yourself and bring more joy and aliveness into your everyday life.
Why Your Cycle Affects Your Marriage More than You Think - and What to Do About It
with Shara Jackson Harper
Marriage is complicated enough on its own—but when you add hormonal shifts, changing energy levels, and the mental load of family life, communication and connection can feel even trickier. Shara Jackson Harper is a mental health therapist, birth doula, hormone and cycle guide, and mom of five who specializes in women’s emotional well-being and the hormone cycle. In this class, Shara will help us understand how our cycles can influence communication, conflict, and connection in marriage. As we learn to better recognize and work with our natural rhythms, we’ll gain practical tools for navigating hard moments with more understanding, self-awareness, and intention.
Helping Your Kids See the Good in Each Other: A New Approach to Sibling Rivalry
with Georgia Anderson
Sibling rivalry can feel constant—but what if the goal wasn’t just less fighting, but more connection? Georgia Anderson is a Certified Presence-Based Coach and Gottman-trained Relationship Educator who is passionate about helping families build stronger relationships. Her most important credential is that she’s a mom of four adult children and three adult stepchildren who love, value, and respect each other—and she's a grandma of eighteen! In this class, Georgia will teach us how to help our kids truly see and understand each other. Drawing on John Gottman's concept of “love maps,” we’ll learn simple ways to help siblings get to know one another, build positive interactions, and even have fun together. As our kids learn to gather the good in each other, we’ll begin to see a shift—not just in behavior, but in the strength and connection of their lifelong relationships.
You’re Not Crazy—It Might Be Perimenopause
with Dr. Tanmeet Sethi
It’s hard to support the struggles of the people we love when we ourselves don’t feel like ourselves. Many women enter perimenopause feeling more anxious, exhausted, emotionally reactive, forgetful, or overwhelmed—but without fully understanding why. Add in the endless (and often conflicting) advice online, and it’s easy to feel confused and discouraged.
Dr. Tanmeet Sethi is a physician with more than 25 years of experience in integrative medicine, where she helps women support the health of their body, mind, and spirit so they can feel better and truly thrive. In this class, Dr. Sethi will help us better understand the changes that can happen during perimenopause and how to support ourselves through them with more knowledge, compassion, and intention. She’ll cut through the noise and offer simple, supportive practices and recommendations to help us feel more grounded, resilient, and capable of showing up for ourselves and our families. 
Scholar Transformations:
"I feel a lot more confident in my ability to work through things with myself and with my kids... I feel like I know myself and what I need so much better than I did, even after the first year. " -Abby C.
"I feel a lot more confident in my ability to work through things with myself and with my kids... I feel like I know myself and what I need so much better than I did, even after the first year. " -Abby C.
"At the conclusion of round one, I had a really good idea of what each pillar meant to me and a basic understanding of how they related to my life, and I thought,
'If I can make this small progress in round one, then maybe round two would be even more impactful.' And I was completely right." -Meesha S.
"At the conclusion of round one, I had a really good idea of what each pillar meant to me and a basic understanding of how they related to my life, and I thought,'If I can make this small progress in round one, then maybe round two would be even more impactful.' And I was completely right." -Meesha S.
real students
FAQ
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Real transformation takes time.
You have planted the seeds of self-assured motherhood into your heart these past nine months. I hope you can see them sprouting and starting to bring forth fruit into your life!
As you continue to nurture those seeds, giving them time and space for the roots to settle in deep, you will see exponential growth within yourself over the next year.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do–not that the nature of the thing has changed, but that our power to do has increased."
Join us in the SAM SCHOLARS program and see YOUR "power to do" continue to increase!
Real transformation takes time.
You have planted the seeds of self-assured motherhood into your heart these past nine months. I hope you can see them sprouting and starting to bring forth fruit into your life!
As you continue to nurture those seeds, giving them time and space for the roots to settle in deep, you will see exponential growth within yourself over the next year.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do–not that the nature of the thing has changed, but that our power to do has increased."
Join us in the SAM SCHOLARS program and see YOUR "power to do" continue to increase!
Guest Masterclass Library Highlights
With your SAM Scholars Membership, you'll have access to a growing library of all of our previous Alumni Masterclasses. Some of our favorite previous classes include:
- "Understanding Your Attachment Patterns" with Eli Harwood
- "How to Make Peace with your Body so you can Better Live Your Values" with Dr. Anna Packard
- "The 4 B's of Soul-Care" with Mia Hemstad
- "Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle as Soul-Care" with April Davis
- "How do Design a Life Built on Your Values" with Miranda Anderson
- "Enneagram Deep Dive" with Kelsey Lincoln
- "Meal Planning Made Easy" with Kelsey Nixon
- "Helping your Children See their Strengths" with Dr. Traci Baxley
- "Photo Organization" with Casey Von Stein (Miss Freddy)
JOIN SCHOLARS TODAY!
What’s Included:
Monthly masterclasses with expert guest teachers (Annual Value $650)
Monthly deep-dive with Rachel - (Annual Value $180)
Private Alumni-only discussion board on Circle (Annual Value $120)
Access to library of previous guest Masterclasses (Annual Value $450)
EXTRA BONUS: Access to live SAM classes (Annual Value $1199)
Total ANNUAL Value: $2,399
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We start June 4th!