mamahive Helps Moms and Moms-To-Be Grow Their Support Network, Tap the Knowledge of Licensed and Certified Experts

To provide moms and moms-to-be with much-needed support and education, Mamahive LLC today announced the launch of mamahive (https://mamahive.com). mamahive is a membership-based online community that connects mothers to each other as well as with qualified professionals.

“Mothering is a beautiful mess,” said Maci Wescott, co-founder of mamahive. “Moms have lots of information and experience to share. Some moms already share online, but we wanted to create a space curated with licensed and certified experts so our members know the information they are receiving can be trusted. That’s what truly sets us apart.”

mamahive is specifically tailored to serve moms from pre-pregnancy until their children reach age 5/6. This is often the timeframe when foundational support is most needed by women adjusting to motherhood.

This virtual, inclusive online clubhouse (or “hive” as its members refer to the space) has many advantages. It is staffed by a licensed psychotherapist, provides members with content from expert contributors, furnishes private rooms to discuss sensitive matters, specializes in online programming as well as delivering newsfeed style discussions and individual chat.

Added Wescott, “Members won’t find judgment in the mamahive. We don’t believe motherhood is a competitive sport.”

The community offers monthly content specifically created for mamahive by motherhood and parenting experts from around the world, including:

• Ted Braude, the “Boy Whisperer” and founder of The BoysWork Project, is an integral psychologist, a License Master Social Worker and an expert on boys. An author, therapist, mentor, a martial artist, a musician, and a writer, he brings boys into young manhood helping them develop into the men they were born to become.
• Shasta Nelson, M.Div., LMFT, is the founder of GirlFriendCircles.com, a women’s friendship learning community. Her spirited and soulful voice for strong female relationships can be found in her books Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness and Friendships Don’t Just Happen! The Guide to Creating a Meaningful Circle of GirlFriends. She also writes at ShastasFriendshipBlog.com and in the Huffington Post, speaks across the country, and is a friendship expert in the media appearing on such shows as Katie Couric and the Today Show.
• Shana Averbach, LMFT psychotherapy, supportive counseling, EMDR, focuses on Women's Mental Health, with a special interest in supporting women through pregnancy and into new parenthood. Her private practice in San Francisco offers strength-based, integrative therapy and consultation services.

Other upcoming programming includes: sleep expert to address both baby and new mama sleep issues, a presentation on how to become an activist mom in your community, early childhood education experts to discuss how learning and play go hand in hand, a friendship expert to talk about how our friendship needs change as moms, Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE) parenting experts and more.

Experts in the fields of childbirth, lactation, mental/emotional health, marriage support, parenting methods, financial coaches, etc. help build a trusted community that is truly supportive and empowering.

Weekly inspiration includes yoga poses, videos, meditations and more. Topics for video-led support groups with licensed professionals can range from: parents with children of special needs to postpartum support; fertility education; mompreneurs; working moms; LGBTQ moms; stay-at-home moms; moms of sensitive children; single moms; moms of toddlers and more.

Wescott, along with co-founder Brooke Miller, decided to launch the site in January 2017 after realizing how much of the conversation in social communities for mothers was not being checked.

“Misinformation is easily spread with the best of intentions,” said Wescott. “We brought to life the network we were seeking when we were pregnant with our children, but couldn’t find.”

Wescott, a Huntington Woods, Mich. wife and mom of two, serves as an online community facilitator and is a certified Simplicity Parenting Coach. She has been cultivating online communities since 2009 and is also a productivity expert specializing in helping moms find balance in their new normal.

Miller, MA, LMFT, RYT is a proud wife and mama of two daughters and resides in Berkley, Mich. She is a licensed psychotherapist (LMFT 50412) specializing in maternal wellness, and certified yoga teacher for both children and adults. She has been working with families for 10 years in private practice, school settings, in-patient facilities, and in the media.

Moms on the go are never without the support of their hive. They can easily access the community at any time via Android and iPhone apps. Promotional membership packages begin as low as $9 per month. For more information on membership as well as an upcoming schedule of classes and events, visit mamahive.com.

About mamahive

mamahive is an online community that supports moms and moms-to-be. It’s like a virtual, inclusive clubhouse, complete with expert contributors, curated monthly content, private rooms to discuss various sensitive matters, specialized online programming as well as newsfeed style discussion and individual chat. For more information, visit mamahive.com.