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Mary Yetter | Matrescence Coach, Educator, and Facilitator
Becoming a Mom changed my life.
But that wasn't the part I was struggling to understand.
Before becoming a mother, I spent a decade building a career I loved.
Then I had three children in 27 months, stepped away from my career, and found myself immersed in full-time motherhood while living away from much of my family.
My life had changed dramatically. Of course I was tired. Of course being a mom was demanding. But there was something else I couldn't quite explain.
I loved my children deeply. I had childcare help. I exercised and took care of myself. From the outside, I was doing many of the things we're told should help us feel better. And yet, I kept wondering why I still didn't feel settled.
Eventually, I found the word matrescence, the ongoing developmental transition of motherhood. For the first time, I had a way to understand what I was experiencing without immediately trying to fix it.
That discovery didn't give me another set of instructions. It gave me a different lens through which to understand motherhood, and myself within it.
My training
I am a certified matrescence coach through the Mama Rising® Matrescence Coach Training, an ICF-recognized and accredited program dedicated to the field of matrescence coaching.
My training provides a foundation in the emotional, psychological, and developmental experience of motherhood, along with coaching practices designed to create space for reflection, understanding, and meaningful conversation.
Additional Training
Matrescence As the Missing Piece
Practitioner training focused on applying the matrescence lens to better understand and support the maternal experience.
Women’s Circle Facilitator Training: Together
Training in creating and facilitating intentional spaces for reflection, connection, and shared experience among women.
This work is not therapy. My role is to support women in exploring and understanding their experience of motherhood through thoughtful, structured coaching. When a mother needs support beyond the scope of coaching, I believe in working alongside and referring to trusted maternal mental health professionals.
The work
I support women who are doing so much to make motherhood work, yet still feel like something isn't quite right within them.
My work is grounded in the matrescence lens and in a simple belief: a mother doesn't always need another answer, strategy, or thing to do.
Sometimes she needs space to slow down, speak honestly, and understand what she's experiencing.
Through 1:1 coaching and Mother Circles, I create spaces where women can explore what they're carrying, notice what they need, and hear themselves more clearly.
This work is about understanding before assuming what needs to change.
Virtual 1:1 coaching | In-person Mother Circles in New Hartford, NY