Altar of Women
Postpartum Support | Women’s Counselling
Immersive Workshops
Sunshine Coast Doula Services
The fourth trimester is a time of critical emotional, psychological, and physical changes that can have lasting effects on both mother and baby. That’s why postpartum support is so essential during this transformative season. Intentional care helps mothers heal—physically and emotionally—while ensuring they have the guidance, resources, and support needed to truly thrive in their new role. My in-person, deeply authentic postpartum care nurtures a mother’s well-being, strengthens the parent-child bond, and supports a healthy family dynamic.
Becoming a mother changes everything, your identity, your relationships, your priorities. In this time of profound transformation, support isn’t just helpful; it’s vital. Matrescence—the ongoing journey of becoming a mother—is a lifelong evolution that flourishes with strong, consistent emotional and social support. Being surrounded by a caring, connected village can change the way you experience this transition.
When you birth your baby, your birth into your Motherhood.
I’m here to walk beside you through one of the most life-changing seasons you’ll ever experience, helping you lay a solid, nourishing foundation for your unique motherhood journey - through counselling, ritual, and ceremony.
Postpartum Services in the Sunshine Coast, QLD
About Us
“Many women spend time preparing for birth, but not for the support they need after the baby arrives. Without emotional, social, and spiritual care, most mothers feel exhausted, isolated, and overwhelmed.” – Julia Jones
Welcome to The Altar of Women
The Altar was born from my own journey, one that weaves together the wisdom of a wild maiden life, a career in mental health, and the profound transformation of becoming a mother. I’ve spent years travelling the world, exploring cultures, and embracing all that life has to offer. These experiences, alongside seven years of professional work in mental health and child protection, have shaped my understanding of the human spirit and the strength of women.
Motherhood came unexpectedly, transforming my identity and deepening my empathy for the profound shifts women experience. Through my personal and professional journey, I’ve become deeply committed to empowering women to reconnect with their true essence, strength, and inner power.
My mission is to help women centre themselves with authentic confidence and clarity, guiding them through life’s transitions, whether in the tender postpartum phase, reclaiming their identity, or pursuing their goals. At The Altar of Women, I combine evidence-based care with holistic and spiritual practices to offer deeply personalised support that honours each woman’s unique path.
Postpartum Packages
Sacred Window Package
A 6-week postpartum care package designed for mothers who understand the importance of being deeply supported—emotionally, spiritually, and practically—after birth and pregnancy. This offering is for mothers seeking intentional, heart-led support during the early weeks of motherhood. It provides an emotional companion to walk alongside you as you navigate the profound changes of new motherhood, family dynamics, identity shifts, and the transition into your new role. Together, we weave in postpartum counselling, ritual, and ceremony to support healing, grounding, and integration.
Sunshine Coast based
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The 6 in-home postpartum sessions are designed to deeply support you and your family during this tender, transformative time. Each session is personalised and lasts up to 3 hours, offering a safe, nurturing space for emotional processing, healing, and integration.
These visits focus on:
Deep emotional counselling and compassionate listening
Birth debrief and processing your experience
Support through postpartum changes and identity shifts
Space to explore family dynamics and relationship transitions
Intentional, personalised ritual and ceremony
Cacao and tea sharing for heart-opening connection
Traditional Mexican Rebozo closing ceremony to honour the end of your postpartum journey
Each session evolves with your needs, providing consistent, grounded support as you navigate early motherhood—emotionally, spiritually, and practically.
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The Postpartum Preparation session is a 3-hour home visit designed to help you organise and prepare your home for postpartum life. Feeling prepared and settled before birth can make a significant difference in your peace of mind. We’ll work together to ensure:
Your home is clean, organised, and welcoming
Your space feels sacred for welcoming your baby
You can rest easy knowing your environment is ready for the fourth trimester
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This time of profound change can bring up a lot of big emotions. I am here to guide you and hold space for your postpartum experience. Women need to be emotionally held, understood, and heard during this vulnerable time.
I offer a personalised and holistic approach to my counselling to ensure you’re feeling supported and empowered during our time together.
Each home visit we will spend time over tea and coffee to check in with you and your family.
Birth Debriefing &
Mental Health Check-in
Building support network
Values-driven Mothering
Holistic Modalities used
Breathwork & Meditation
Story Telling
ACT & Somatics
Text and voice message communication in between visit. I am really HERE for you during this first 6 weeks.
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Motherhood is a rite of passage. Together, we will create space for rituals and ceremonies to honour your transformation into motherhood. This sacred time will allow you to:
Ground into your experience
Celebrate your resilience and strength
Traditional Mexican Robozo Rituals
Mark the end of your maiden self and the beginning of your sacred journey as a mother
Personalised ceremony to honour your unique journey into motherhood
Placenta Planting Ceremony (optional)
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Every mother deserves a Mother Blessing Gift, a thoughtful care package to nurture her after birth. This gift is personally selected and intuitively curated to honour your unique journey.
$1200
Fourth Trimester Journey Package
The postpartum period doesn’t end after your 6-week check-up; the fourth trimester encompasses profound emotional, physical, and psychological changes that last well beyond those early weeks. At The Altar of Women, I offer a comprehensive Fourth Trimester Journey package to support you throughout the extended transition into motherhood.
This package is ideal for mothers who may be concerned about their mental health or navigating the adjustments of postpartum life and want integrated, personalised guidance on their motherhood journey.
Sunshine Coast based
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The 8 in-home postpartum sessions are designed to deeply support you and your family during this tender, transformative time. Each session is personalised and lasts up to 3 hours, offering a safe, nurturing space for emotional processing, healing, and integration.
These sessions can be used for up to 6 months postpartum.
Each session evolves with your needs, providing consistent, grounded support as you navigate early motherhood—emotionally, spiritually, and practically.
These visits focus on:
Deep emotional counselling and compassionate listening
Birth debrief and processing your experience. Resignifying your birth story.
Support through postpartum changes and identity shifts
Space to explore family dynamics and relationship transitions
Intentional, personalised ritual and ceremony
Cacao and tea sharing for heart-opening connection
Traditional Mexican Rebozoclosing ceremony to honour the end of your postpartum journey
Each visit will be different, guided by your and your family’s specific needs.
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Postpartum life extends beyond the first 3 month mark, and the emotional changes you experience can last up to a year or more! After your in-home visits are complete, you will receive 3 online counselling sessions (1 hour each), where we will focus on the ongoing process of becoming a mother.
These mentoring sessions will support you through:
Mental health challenges like anxiety, mood swings, stress, or overwhelm
Relationship difficulties and support
Communication & boundaries with your partner or family
Identity changes from maiden to mother
Rediscovering your sense of self and spark
Emotions around body changes
Grief and loss
These sessions offer a personalised, holistic approach to ensure you’re supported emotionally and mentally during this transformative time. They can be scheduled within 12 months after your birth.
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A 3-hour home visit designed to help you prepare your home for the fourth trimester. We will ensure your space is clean, organised, and ready for the arrival of your baby. This session helps you feel at ease, knowing that you can focus on healing and bonding with your baby instead of worrying about home tasks.
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Motherhood is a rite of passage. Together, we will create space for rituals and ceremonies to honour your transformation into motherhood. This sacred time will allow you to:
Ground into your experience
Celebrate your resilience and strength
Traditional Mexican Robozo Rituals
Mark the end of your maiden self and the beginning of your sacred journey as a mother
Personalised ceremony to honour your unique journey into motherhood
Placenta Planting Ceremony (optional)
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After your profound journey of birth, every mother deserves a thoughtful care package. I will intuitively curate a Mother Blessing Gift box just for you, honouring your unique motherhood experience.
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This time of profound change can bring up a lot of big emotions. I am here to guide you and hold space for your postpartum experience. Women need to be emotionally held, understood, and heard during this vulnerable time.
I offer a personalised and holistic approach to my counselling to ensure you’re feeling supported and empowered during our time together.
Each home visit we will spend time over tea and coffee to check in with you and your family.
Birth Debriefing &
Mental Health Check-in
Building support network
Values-driven Mothering
Holistic Modalities used
Breathwork & Meditation
Story Telling
ACT & Somatics
Text and voice message communication in between visit. I am really HERE for you during this first 6 weeks.
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This personalised Closing of Postpartum Ceremony is a sacred, intentional way to honour the end of your fourth trimester.
Rooted in traditional Mexican postpartum wisdom, the Rebozo—a beautifully woven shawl—is used to gently wrap and hold the body, offering grounding, containment, and a sense of closure after the expansive journey of birth and early motherhood.
This ceremony is adapted to meet your unique emotional, spiritual, and physical needs. It is a time to pause, reflect, integrate, and be deeply held as you transition into the next phase of your motherhood journey.
This nurturing experience may include:
A grounding meditation or intention-setting practice
Herbal tea or cacao ceremony to open the heart
Gentle wrapping using the Rebozo to support the nervous system and provide a sense of containment
Space for reflection, storytelling, and emotional release
Soft music, touch, and ritual elements to honour your experience
A closing prayer or affirmation to mark the end of your postpartum chapter with reverence
This ceremony can be held in your home and is a beautiful way to acknowledge all that you’ve moved through—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—as a mother.
$1800
Women’s Counselling
Embodied Motherhood
1:1 Virtual Counselling and Coaching Sessions designed for mothers who seek embodied healing, empowerment, and a deeper connection to their values. These sessions are for those looking to rediscover their true self and harness their inner power during their motherhood journey.
$150 per session
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Becoming a mother can often feel like a complete shift in identity. This counselling focuses on rebuilding your sense of self and rediscovering who you truly are. Together, we will explore how you can embrace your newfound maternal essence and create a stronger, grounded foundation for yourself as a mother.
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Motherhood is a transformative journey that doesn’t have to come at the cost of losing yourself. Authentic expression is about staying true to who you are while evolving as a mother. In our sessions, we’ll work on:
Rediscovering your voice
Setting strong boundaries
Creating a space where you can embody the mother you aspire to be—rooted in self-awareness and growth
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Values-driven mothering is about making parenting decisions based on your core values and unique essence. I will guide you through a journey of self-discovery, helping you identify your values so you can:
Make decisions that are aligned with your truth
Live with intention, creating a life that reflects your deepest beliefs and values
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Motherhood is both challenging and empowering. It can stretch you beyond your limits, but it also invites you to discover untapped inner power. In our sessions, we’ll focus on:
Harnessing your power with intention
Using this power as a source of strength and transformation
Creating profound changes in your relationship with yourself and those around you
Essence of Maiden
1:1 Virtual Counselling and Coaching designed for women who are ready to step into their truth and power during the Maiden season of life. This service is for those seeking to live beyond their dreams and visions, embracing their full potential as they evolve into the woman they were always meant to be.
$150 per session
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Identity and self-acceptance are intrinsically linked, and one cannot exist without the other. During your twenties and beyond, it’s common to feel like you’re searching for who you truly are. In our sessions, we’ll work on:
Unlearning limiting beliefs
Cultivating radical self-acceptance
Embracing your multifaceted essence as a woman
Together, we’ll create a strong foundation of self-love and acceptance that will empower you to step into your authentic self.
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Over time, society often teaches women to be quiet, polite, and people-pleasing, leading to self-sacrifice that disconnects us from our authentic expression. In this process, we lose sight of our true essence. Through our work together, we will:
Rediscover your authentic essence
Meet her with compassion and curiosity
Let go of shame stories that no longer serve you
This is about reclaiming your voice and living true to who you really are.
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A significant part of the journey to becoming the woman you know you are is unlearning societal conditioning about who you should be. We’ll work on:
Uncovering your true values
Challenging limiting beliefs
Letting go of unrealistic expectations
Together, we’ll create a space where you can explore new ways of being that align with your true desires and values.
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It’s your right to rewrite your fairy tale and live a life aligned with your soul’s purpose. While pain and challenges are inevitable, we must integrate them in a way that builds resilience. In our work together, we’ll focus on:
Integrating pain to cultivate safety and resilience
Making decisions that are rooted in your core values
Taking aligned action that feels true to your soul's calling
This work is about moving forward with intention and building the life you desire, no matter what obstacles you’ve faced.
About Grace
Hi, I am Grace. I am a Mother, qualified Social Worker, Postpartum Doula and a well-lived Woman.
For many years I dedicated myself to my social work career where I worked across multiple sectors. I loved working with vulnerable and at-risk children and youth and their families. Although my career was fulfilling, I felt that spiritual and cultural integration was missing and I wanted to embrace more personal work alongside my passion of women’s empowerment. My life’s work and biggest passion is working with women. I truly believe women and mothers are the cornerstones of our planet & I feel privileged to work alongside all of you.
My journey has led me to travel to over 30 countries and experience a rich & vibrant maiden life. In 2023, while I was living in Costa Rica, I became pregnant and in 2024 I gave birth to my beautiful baby daughter, which completely transformed my life. Becoming a mother completely changed me. Although my circumstances were very difficult and life has tested me in many ways, I made a conscious effort to embody & embrace the identity changes & difficulties that came with motherhood and allow them to guide me into my souls journey.
I am honoured to be a part of any season you’re currently in and to walk alongside you in some of the most vulnerable times of your life. I am here to gently guide you back to your values & support you to reconnect with your inner wisdom to live a life you’re truly proud of.
Our Process
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Step 1: Explore My Services
I offer virtual counselling and coaching sessions for women and mothers, as well as in-person postpartum packages on the Sunshine Coast, QLD. Browse through my services to see how we can work together to support your unique journey.
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Step 2: Book a Connection Call
Book a free 20-minute connection call at a time that suits you. During this call, we’ll get to know each other, ensuring our energies align. I’ll walk you through the details of my services and help you choose the best support options tailored to your needs.
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Step 3: Commit to Yourself
Once you’ve selected the service that best supports your needs, I’ll customise a package just for you. This is the ultimate step in committing to your healing journey. Welcome to the Altar of Women, a sacred space for growth, empowerment, and transformation.
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Step 4: Begin Your Journey
Investing in the right support for your well-being, postpartum care, and life transitions is one of the best decisions you can make, for yourself, your family, and your future. I look forward to holding space for you and guiding you on this transformative journey.
Testimonials
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"I have already done so much work on myself over the years that I found it hard to find someone who could meet me where I am and help me go higher. Grace was able to do this in ways I didn't even think possible, she shone light on my blind spots in the simplest, most loving and grounding way
Bea F
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‘Grace’s services have truly exceeded my expectations. Her support has been an enriching and transformational experience, helping me address long standing life challenges, as well as the fun ones that pop up day to day. I loved her approach to having both a psychology and spirtual aspect to her work with me. I am so grateful i found Grace and for her loving and professional guidance on this journey to embrace and love all the great and ugly parts of myself’.
Maya K
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I often struggled with the feeling of being ‘too much’. Grace taught me so many in guidance me to more self compassion and embracing the beauty of the different parts of me. I feel like such a more authentic version of myself. What sets Grace’s services apart if her ability to empower you and her unique perspective. She really helped me identify so many patterns in my life that I could make changes against. Im so grateful I took the leap to get support.’
Alisha A
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“This was the first time I have ever been to counselling and I was so scared. Grace made this experience feel so much better and I have felt heard and supported. I thank Grace for all the beautiful support she gave to me in a hard time of my life.”
Maddison L
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"She helped me ground down into all I've learned and simlify my perspective. I let go of huge amounts of control and anxious energy. I am so much better off for having met grace and I’m extremely grateful.”
Josephine J
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“ Ever since I started my sessions with Grace I’ve been more mindful and intuned with my intuition”
Emily
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"I'm so glad I did Grace's program at the start of 2024, it really helped me grow and become a stronger person, which lead me to do incredible things this year I never thought I would"
Anonymous - Counselling Client
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"‘Grace’s services have truly exceeded my expectations. Her support has been an enriching and transformational experience."
Anonymous - Counselling Client Workshop Client
